KUBO WALKS THE CITY
Installation
Information
Kubo Walks the City is a free-roaming installation developed for Il Min Museum in Seoul/Korea (museum dedicated to press history). Like an “ethno-detective”, you follow the footsteps of Kubo, a Korean writer in his urban flanerie in Seoul in 1934, when Korea was under Japanese occupation.
International title
KUBO WALKS THE CITY
Release date
10/01/2021
Synopsis
You discover 1930's Seoul through the press caricatures mocking the shortcomings of a part of Korean society emerging from the poverty and archaisms of the past, and discovering with reckless the modernity and prosperity coming with the occupation. Then you are confronted with the resistance of another part of the population, through the story of the first Korean athlete to win an Olympic medal in Berlin in 1936, seeing how this resistance was erased by censorship.
Minimum Duration (mn)
20
Thematics
Culture and artsDocumentary
Technology(ies) used
3D animation6DoFInteractivity
Production company(ies)
INNERSPACE VR
Distribution Strategy
Device(s) compatibility
Oculus Quest 2
Number of user(s)
Multi-user experience
Play area
IndoorRoom Scale
Distribution strategy
Art museums & galleriesFestival, Art fairsHistory museums
Target audience(s)
Casual audience
Main Achievements (Prize, Selection, where the project has been already distributed)
Official selection Stereopsia 2021 Brussels
Official selection New Images 2022 Paris
Team
First and last name(s) of the Lead artist(s)
Hayoun Kwon, Director
Main cast
Jake Kyun (Kr)
Corentin Koscas (EN & FR)
