Seoul Light Hangang
Type
16-laser light installation
Shown at
Seoul Light Hangang, Seoul, 2023
Credit
Creative direction: Bertie Sampson. Producer: Youngjun Chang.
Format
Outdoor, six shows a night
Altar imagines a future where humanity and the machine are entangled, our fates so wound together you can’t tell where one ends. It reimagines AI as an object of worship, equal parts awe and unease. Built on scaffolding, it bridges the world we know and the one that might be coming. Inside, you’re not a spectator but part of a ritual, shaped by sound and light.
It was made for the 2023 Seoul Light Hangang Bitseom Festival, as part of Hyper Drive on Seorae Island by the Han River, and ran six times a night from 6 to 15 October 2023.
Commissioned by
Easywith, for the Seoul Metropolitan Government. Art director: Choi Jin-hee
Credits
Lighting, visual and SFX programming: Bertie Sampson and Youngjun Chang. Technical and system design: Youngjun Chang. Sound design: Henry Howe. Unreal Engine pre-vis: Harvey McGarry
Six shows a night, 6 to 15 October 2023, Seorae Island, Seoul.
AI as an object of worship, equal parts awe and unease.
Built on scaffolding; inside, the audience is part of the ritual.
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