Carl Emil Carlsen. Intangible exhibition, 2023. Photo: Juris Rozenbergs
The artist Carl Emil Carlsen developed the VR Intangible artwork at the EMAP residence. Carl Emil Carlsen is a Danish artist and designer who creates interactive experiences in the hybrid space between physical and virtual reality. Exploring the sensory potential of generative algorithms, and their application in live performance and visual music, he works closely with composers and musicians to investigate new forms of interplay between live sound and animation. His works have been featured at events and venues such as Ars Electronica (Linz), Nikolaj Kunsthal (Copenhagen), and Click Festival (Helsingør). The recent collaborative XR theatre production, “SH4DOW”, received the main Danish performance art prize, the Reumert, as well as an Honorary Mention from Ars Electronica in 2023.
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Intangible. Exhibition at the RIXC Gallery, 2023
The immersive installation submerges the viewer in the digital world and challenges our senses and our sensory perception. The installation is a longing and an invitation to return to nature through our sense of touch. The artwork paradoxically uses technologies that have made us move away from the natural environment. The installation is complemented by Latvian composer Anna Fišere’s musical compositions.
Intangible is an algorithmic nature experience in which you explore a series of virtual phenomena with your hands. Being audible, visible, and touch-sensitive, yet non-haptic, each instance exhibits a perplexing performance for your senses, inviting you to investigate its behavior while it undergoes a metamorphosis.
The work reflects on the human desire to connect with the environment through the sense of touch, echoing our primal bond with the natural world. Engaging with simulated wilderness using the very technologies that have further estranged us from a tactile reality, represents an ironic return to nature.
Each instance is accompanied by a musical composition by Anna Fišere, blending acoustic and electronic sound sources to accentuate an unmistakably artificial, yet organic behavior.
The artwork was awarded CPH:DOX INTER:ACTIVE Award 2024
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Carl Emil Carlsen. Intangible exhibition, 2023. Photo: Juris Rozenbergs
Carl Emil Carlsen. Intangible, 2023. VR environment.