
Onlinepersonasinhabitanabstractionofhumanityinatimelessworld.Doesthisthenofferaformofimmortalityintheartifice?Dowebecomeavatarsofgodsseekingworship?Howhasmediaplatformworshipreshapedtheconceptofdivinity?Ourconsciousnessistransmittedacrossthenetwork,re-narratingtheconceptofselfwhilecreatingrepresentationsinanidealisedimagethatadherestothenetworkprotocols.Paradoxically,thisnetwork-bestowedomnipotenceonlycanbeachievedthroughadheringtothetermsandconditions,thesurrenderingofidentityandprivacy,andinexchangeforallofourdata.Whatisleftoftheidentitywhenitissurrenderedtothenetwork? DuringarecentresearchtriptoAthens,IfoundanallegorywhosethemesconnectthesequestionsthatIhavebeenworkingon:theHomericHymntoDemeter.Inthisstory,IsawanarrativearcthatIconsidertobeasrelevanttodayasitwasinantiquity.IntheHymn,theprotagonistisfacedwithanordealthatfundamentallyredefinestheworldaroundher.Throughare-interpretationofthistextbymeansof3Danimation,Iintendtocreateanarrativethatre-imaginestheGreekpantheonbyrepresentingthemthroughthecontemporarydominantaestheticsofsocialmediaandonlinegaming. Onaninterpersonallevel,thestoryisaboutthebondbetweenamotheranddaughterandthestrife-riddenthroesofinitiationandmaturity.However,italsoencompassesfundamentalquestionsregardinggenderroles,cyclicaltemporality,powerstructures,andthedefianceoffinitude.Onamoreuniversalscale,thestorycentersaroundthesurvivalofthehumanrace,thechallengesposedbytechnologicaladvancements,mortalityandthepossibilitiesofthehumanconsciousness.Byre-renderingthismythina3Dworld,Iaimatinvestigatingifandhowtoday'sartificialconsciousness,fedbyouronlinesocieties,AIandconstantfluxofinformation,isaimingtotransfiguretheroleofthegods,byimaginingandreflectingarealitythatisinfactadecadentmirror,defeatedbyaworldwhichisoutofourcontrol. 源自:http://www.ryancherewaty.com/index.php/project/pharmakon/ 导演主页:http://www.ryancherewaty.com/