Ipseity
Ipseity

Ipseity is a world of mythological characters, scenes and objects that narrate new rituals around today’s notions of identity by New Media Artist Enrique Agudo.

Ipseity is a collection of 8 digital paintings on LED displays that contain windows into the worlds of 8 new deities that speak to the role technology plays into what it means to be human today. They explore notions of gender, sexuality, chosen family or cultural heritage, youth and wisdom among others. These scenes contain spaces, objects, costumes, machines that explore the myths of selfhood in today's technological world. The artworks present integrated generative animations connected to real time data in which the digital and the physical are suspended into a mythological allegory that might make one wonder about how the design of technology might be thought of as a generator of culture and not merely a vehicle for efficiency. The unknowns of this time are distinctly defined by technology, and so we must turn to technology as a way to continue to define what it means to be human. Our futures are not sterile envionments abstracted from cultural practice, individual identity, or collective truth.
Credits
Creative Director ENRIQUE AGUDO Executive Producer SARAH J. VILLAREAL 3D/VFX Lead & Art Director MICHELLE RECIO 3D/VFX Lead & Art Director MIWA ESPINOZA Technical & Generative Design Lead MATEA FRIEND VFX Producer MOHAMMAD SOLEI Editor VLADIMIR ZELINSKIY Sound JULES FOSFORO Procedural Flower Artist ARMIN LOTFI Technical Consultant STEFAN KRAUS Poetry written and recited by JENEVIEVE TING Fashion Illustrations ROB UNETT Costume Design ENRIQUE AGUDO Digital Costumes ADIELLA BASCHE 3D Scanning HUMAN ENGINE Grooming ALINA VILKOVA Grooming JACKSON LUKAS Grooming MICHELLE RECIO Grooming CHERRIE TSOI
Special thanks to
IE University @ieuniversity @iehumanities The Art of Elysium @theartofelysium National Endowment for The Arts @neaarts SCIArc @sciarc

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The scenes present integrated generative animations connected to real time data in which the digital and the physical are suspended into a symbiotic exchange. Seasonal change, wind speed and direction, time, rising average temperatures are all factors that bring life to these digital paintings. The Alchemist and The Oracle are permanently installed in the Auditorium foyer of IE University Tower in Madrid.

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