Dual Reality (2022)
Dual Reality (2022)
Live Interactive Work, Audio Piece, 3D Print
‘Dual Reality’ is an interactive installation that explores the merging of our online and offline identities. It questions what is lost in the digital reconstruction of the human form. Merging physical and virtual space, the installation invites the viewer to fragment Phelan’s digital self. Through interaction with the work, the viewer becomes part of the interplay between the real and the virtual world as they mutually influence each other.
‘The Ship of Theseus’ is a paradox which questions whether an object is the same after all its parts have been replaced. By investigating this thought experiment through a digital lens, this installation encourages reflection on the self in relation to one’s engagement with the online world.
‘Dual Reality’ also features Phelan’s 3D scanned face which has been reconstructed through the process of 3D printing. From a post-photographic perspective, this piece explores how we project versions of ourselves online and represents the ability for our identities to become morphed into one another. The projected video is an exploration of self-documentation over the course of a year, allowing the work represent several layers of identity. This installationis accompanied by an audio piece in which her human and computer-generated voices discuss what it means to have a digital double.
This work was exhibited at the NCAD Degree Show, Galway International Arts Festival and the RDS Visual Art Awards 2022.
Related Press:
- An Artist Explores the Dual Realities of Our Online/Offline Selves Today - Dublin Inquirer - Emerging Wicklow artist shortlisted for RDS Visual Art Awards 2022 | Irish Independent
- Artists of the future: these are emerging talents to add to your art collection now | Business Post
- Irish Arts Review, New Generation Gallery — Aisling Phelan
Live Interactive Work, Audio Piece, 3D Print
‘Dual Reality’ is an interactive installation that explores the merging of our online and offline identities. It questions what is lost in the digital reconstruction of the human form. Merging physical and virtual space, the installation invites the viewer to fragment Phelan’s digital self. Through interaction with the work, the viewer becomes part of the interplay between the real and the virtual world as they mutually influence each other.
‘The Ship of Theseus’ is a paradox which questions whether an object is the same after all its parts have been replaced. By investigating this thought experiment through a digital lens, this installation encourages reflection on the self in relation to one’s engagement with the online world.
‘Dual Reality’ also features Phelan’s 3D scanned face which has been reconstructed through the process of 3D printing. From a post-photographic perspective, this piece explores how we project versions of ourselves online and represents the ability for our identities to become morphed into one another. The projected video is an exploration of self-documentation over the course of a year, allowing the work represent several layers of identity. This installationis accompanied by an audio piece in which her human and computer-generated voices discuss what it means to have a digital double.
This work was exhibited at the NCAD Degree Show, Galway International Arts Festival and the RDS Visual Art Awards 2022.
Related Press:
- An Artist Explores the Dual Realities of Our Online/Offline Selves Today - Dublin Inquirer - Emerging Wicklow artist shortlisted for RDS Visual Art Awards 2022 | Irish Independent
- Artists of the future: these are emerging talents to add to your art collection now | Business Post
- Irish Arts Review, New Generation Gallery — Aisling Phelan
