METRONOM

Chun-Li (2017) is the fourth video presented by the artist Cassie McQuater within the program FILTRO, the third edition of DIGITAL VIDEO WALL, an annual project structured in thematic chapters, aimed at promoting the dissemination and experimentation of digital art. 

Chun-Li is one of the levels of the most exstensive work and browser-based videogame Black Room: the latter is a narrative game centered on a insomniac person who, falling asleep on his computer, starts a poetic journey that moves within different settings. In one of these spaces it is possible to meet Chun-Li, who is not controlled but can freely moves and shows to the observer her actions without entering in conflict with another character. Cassie McQuater with this digital frescos investigates networked system of digital power, binding herself with the cyberfeminist thought. 

FILTRO is the theme chosen by Gemma Fantacci to present a series of works linked by keywords such as avatar, identity, body, digital vs analogue, IRL vs. virtual worlds. FILTRO is conceived in its twofold meaning of device that allows the execution of modifications, real or virtual, to an object or body, also real or digital, and finally of lens, or screen, through wichi we experience an altered version of reality and of the media landscape that surrounds us. 

With DIGITAL VIDEO WALL Metronom offers a place dedicated to the display and presentation of languages of digital art. The peculiar position of the video wall, which allows 24-hour use from the street front, transforms the DVW into an urban intervention, a way to redesign and change the image of the street. 

You can find the press release here. 

©Cassie McQuater, Chun-Li, 2017, Courtesy the artist

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