Origin of Somu: Digital Tools for Prototyping the Post-human Self
Saturday, October 1, 2022
4pm ET / 1pm PT
Virtual Event
Free
"Origin of Somu" is a chapter of an ongoing transmedia series created by CultureHub Resident Artist Andrea Kim. The Somu avatar's origin story is an allegory for entering the metaverse, raising questions about "masking" identities and performing new ones in this creator-forward take on agency in post-human times.
In this artist talk, Andrea will read "Origin of Somu" in webXR and discuss how digital tools interface with creativity, techno-culture, and the human-machine relationship. This reading is also an auto-theoretical exploration of virtual identity, blending performance and speculative fiction in the way gender, culture, and technology are imagined and discussed.
This event will take you to the scene of "Origin of Somu" via a custom-built virtual space powered by Arium. RSVP to receive the link to the space and instructions for navigating webXR. You can access the event by using a desktop or laptop computer. For best results, use google chrome. No downloads necessary.
Andrea Kim is a CultureHub Resident Artist in Los Angeles.
View the Arium Participation Guide here.