The Venice Festival, known as a venue for showcasing innovative media works, invites visitors this year to a world beyond reality with its creative and diverse pieces. The first visible work at this event is a metal box, chest-high, equipped with a lens and two speakers. Looking inside this box, you see an image of yourself from a height of about 20 feet. This image displays other guests and even birds sitting on the ground.
An Experience of a Lynching Nightmare
But when one of these passersby stands next to you for a longer time, you feel you need to step back from the lens and see what they want. It is at this moment that the experience turns into a lynching nightmare. This passerby is not real, or rather, they are only inside the real box. They are wearing a blue coat and with a heavy French accent narrate a story that doesn’t fit well in chic gatherings. They tell you that you must have a lot of time since you have been watching this lens continuously for a few minutes. "Why do people still look at this box?" they ask. "What are they looking for? This is not reality."
The Impact of Climate Change and the Future of Digital Art
This experience is merely a prelude to the deeper world of digital art and its impacts on human life. The Venice Festival this year, with diverse works stemming from topics such as climate change to social critique, allows visitors to think beyond the boundaries of their realities. This exhibition not only addresses issues such as the impacts of climate change but also considers the shaping of the future of digital arts.
