Visual Narratives: Socio-Emotional Resonance through Large-scale 3D Fictional Animations in Korean Society

Thursday, February 15, 2024: 3:10 PM
Lake Ontario (Hilton Chicago)
Sung Rok Choi
The final presentation, titled "Visual Narratives: Socio-Emotional Resonance through Large-scale 3D Fictional Animations in Korean Society," will delve into the use of 3D animation for crafting emotionally evocative outdoor screenings reflecting Korean society and digital culture. The panelist will explore the creative process, the effect on viewers, and technology's role in enhancing the emotional depth of the animations. The panelist will also discuss how large digital screens in Korean urban landscapes alter the concept of external visual art experiences. The projects highlighted include Great Chain of Being, Genesis Canyon, and Seoul Small Fantasy, which feature non-linear narratives, computational simulation of natural elements, and anamorphic visual metaphors for urban spaces.

Great Chain of Being (2020) is a 2D digital animation media facade project utilizing high-resolution 2D animation inspired by medieval panel paintings to create non-linear visual narratives.

Genesis Canyon (2021) is an outdoor media facade with 3D animation projection, visualizing conceptual elements in a data world as ancient myths telling the world's creation. This project involves simulating natural features like light, fire, and water using computational processes integrated into the exhibition site with a media facade setup.

Seoul Small Fantasy (2022) is a 3D anamorphic animation displayed on Seoul's most prominent outdoor LED media wall. The project covers creating anamorphic vision through 3D animation techniques, capturing urban structures and people using 3D scanning for metaphors, and examining the relationship between media walls and viewers for delivering artistic experiences.