s3mαntiC0//4pøk∆l¥ps!_<シ垔÷言吾/☨丶》
Multi-media Installation,
Meta Quest 2 VR Headset and Handles, Duo Channel TV Screens, LED Lights, Projector, MIDI Controllers, Live Performance,
2024
Decoding the Glitchy Title
s3mαntiC0//4pøk∆l¥ps!_< = Semantic + Collapse + Apocalypse
<シ垔÷言吾/☨丶》= 《湮语示》
# Introduction
“s3mαntiC0//4pøk∆l¥ps!_<シ垔÷言吾/☨丶》” is a VR audiovisual environment that speculates an imaginary plausible future of a post-linguistic/semiotic world by queering post-human language into a possible reconstruction of glitchy digital signals- echoing the aesthetic of rave and club culture. Within the dystopian narrative of meaning collapse, language no longer functions as a stable vehicle for communication but instead disintegrates into fragments, loops and noise, resonating as emotional, sonic and visual textures. Experiencers traverse a storytelling-embedded cyber landscape where linguistic entropy becomes a sensory field.
# Conceptual & Technical Framework
The “Etymology”: Conceptual Origin
Phenomenon Observation of Language Alienation
The speculative design model
The “Phonology”: Sonic Fracture of Disembodied Waves
Ableton Live rhythm
The “Morphology”: Visual Fragments of Mutated Glyphs
VFX Effect
3d Models
The “Semantics”: Recomposing Meanings and Unmeaning meanings
The “Syntax”: Technical Logic of the System
Meta Quest 2 VR Headset + PC
Unreal Engine Niagara Particle System
Ableton Live OSC Sender
TouchDesigner Spout Out Operator
The “Pragmatics”: Interaction as Interpretation
The “Metalinguistics”: Tech-Lingo Symbiosis
The “Poetic Reconstruction”: Metaphors’ Queer Rebuilt
Layers of hardware and software communication via different protocols and network symbolizing a post-human machinic communication