2020: Interactive Art Collection

This is a virtual reality experience. You need a PC-based VR device to visit 2020: Interactive Art Collection. 

Hello visitor / explorer / passenger / hitchhiker…

We are the creators of this parallel universe of art, a desert of self expression or however you would like to describe it. Go inside and tell us. Where are you?

A desert on earth? Another planet?

What is art? How would you describe it?

Is it a way of self expression? A way of understanding the universe? Finding a meaning?

 Or does an art piece have its own entity? Existential crisis, emotions, a character?

 Is it possible for an art piece to develop any kind of relationship with another entity?

 How would you communicate with an art piece? Is it whispering? Is it possible to hear its words as you get closer?

Or do you have to touch it? To feel its every bits and bytes on your skin.

I can see that you have some answers and also some questions in your mind. Let’s put them aside for now and begin our journey!

Welcome to 2020: Virtual Art Collection!

 2020: Virtual Art Collection is composed of 8 art pieces created by Mekan.Space and amazing guest artists.

You can see all the details related to 2020: Interactive Art Collection and the names of all those amazing people on the wall.

As James Joyce said, “They lived and laughed and loved and left.” So we gathered and created and gathered and created… and at the end what we have is this unique virtual art collection inside of this unique virtual place.

Each art piece has its own entity and a way of interaction with its visitors. Each art piece has something to tell you.

Get closer to listen.

We left you a "HowToUse" guide among your files. You know what to do!

At the moment, we are unable to test input controls on devices other than Oculus devices. So we can't guarantee it will work correctly on other devices than Oculus Rift, Rift S and Quest.

Team:  

Mekân Space

Concept and Development:  

İpek Kuran Yıldırım
Zeynep Burcu Kaya Alpan 

Guest Artists: 

Memory Invaders: Ege Özyuvacı
Disintegrate: Esen Küçüktütüncü
OUTCRY: Elif Cerrahoğlu, Pınar Horozoğlu
Arzen: Yusuf Ulufer
Happiness: Luis Miguel Alves Fernandes 
Can't You See?: Naci Hakan Zehirlioğlu
Skin: Melike Tarakçı
Volumetric Song: Boğaçhan Bakır, Gözde Akyol
Price Tag: İpek Kuran Yıldırım, Rıza Yıldırım, Zeynep Burcu Kaya Alpan 

Artworks were created partly at 2020: Interactive Art Workshops at VR1- Bahçeşehir University and Alt lab- Bilgi University.  

Thank you:

Ahmetcan Alpan
Özde Karadağ
Kutsal Mustafaoğlu
İlbey Çağan
Harid Taşkın