Wandering Sun Series

Highly advanced AI technology is creating incredibly realistic images that are consumed through various multimedia environments. I wonder which sunrise remains the most beautiful in the hearts of those who have seen it in real life, in movies, or experienced it in a game. Korean landscape painting has a different context from Western landscape painting. It’s based on a different worldview. Understanding landscapes depends on how we perceive nature, the universe, and technology. In “Wandering Sun,” the sunrise over the sea actually emerges from the floor of the exhibition space. The entire space turns red due to light reflection, transforming the natural sunrise phenomenon into a spatial transformation within the exhibition hall. This aims to deliver a synesthetic and holistic experience of sound and light.

 

Above all, I wanted to talk about the epistemological crisis caused by AI. We are entering an era where science and technology artificially control our senses more precisely. We may be trapped in our own senses, including sight. We must stay awake. The sun rising from the floor moves slowly clockwise, following the frame of the previous video. Despite being an impossible phenomenon in real landscapes, it looks very realistic. This is because phenomena like changing clouds and light reflection are simulated so realistically by advanced AI technology. Are we living in a ‘Truman Show’ that has been created? “The Truman Show,” released in 1998, is about a TV show that broadcasts the entire life of a man who doesn’t know he’s living in a studio designed to look like reality to the whole world. We were the viewers observing the protagonist in the movie, but now, is AI in a position to observe us? AI is like a giant mirror. It collects my information and shows me based on that data. However, the way the real world sees me may be different. But AI eliminates this difference and shows only the image of myself that I want to see. It may feel good, but it detaches from the complexity and authenticity of the real world, makes everyone dependent on their own fantasy world, and ultimately distorts our understanding of the world, putting us at risk of further disconnecting communication with others. Through this virtual sunrise video that slowly flows clockwise along the frame of the video, I wanted to poetically show the wandering crisis of humanity.