Gwangju University Holds AI and VR-Based 'Immersive Media Platform Exhibition'

Shin Dowon's "I Am Art" Exhibition at Hosim Art Museum

Gwangju University announced on March 16 that it has completed the construction of an 'immersive media platform' that allows not only students and faculty but also all members of the local community to create, experience, and enjoy cutting-edge culture and the arts.

With support from the RISE (Regional Innovation-led University Support System) project, the immersive media platform was installed on the first floor of the campus theater building, inside the Hosim Art Museum. It provides visitors with immersive experiences that make them feel as if they are in a virtual world or a specific space, utilizing AI-based VR (virtual reality), AR (augmented reality), and MR (mixed reality) technologies.

To commemorate the completion of the immersive media platform, a special exhibition titled "I Am Art" by local media artist Shin Dowon will be held from March 19 to April 10. During college, Shin was an all-around artist, working in painting, installation, performance, and hologram art.

Shin made a debut in the art world in 1998 with a solo exhibition titled "Excretion." This was an early experimental and avant-garde piece in which the act itself became the artwork, based on drawing performance. Recently, Shin has been focusing on "media of abstract conceptual death," visualizing participation, interaction, and data through VR and AI-based works, merging technology with emotion.

Shin first paints abstract works freely and spontaneously, then splits, combines, sends away, and zooms in on these paintings. This crafts a world of "media of abstract conceptual death" while creating a sense of empty space, a key aspect of Eastern art. Unlike other media artists who use others' works or ordinary objects, Shin chooses his own works as the subject for media art. This sets him apart from other media artists.

Choi Junho, Director of Hosim Art Museum, emphasized, "Since opening in 2019, the Hosim Art Museum has held over 100 exhibitions. With this upgrade to our exhibition environment, we will infuse even greater emotion and vibrancy into the local community's culture and arts sector, and take a leading role in building the AI-powered culture and arts ecosystem."

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