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RUSALKA PROJECT
October, 2021
Rusalka Opera is the tragic story of a girl's quest for love. The librettist has created two incompatible worlds: the human world and the superbeing world. The prince's love is more of an 'illusion' that loves him. When the prince first sees her, he calls her Rusalka, who in mythology is the beautiful water spirit. Their mutual lack of understanding and unequal relationship leads to a tragic end.
Symbols were used to express the relationship at the centre of the characters. Rusalka represents a highly idealized, romanticized association. That is, we humans love to indulge in our own created 'illusions'.
The illusion we created and imposed on modern popular idols is merely the imagination of our desire. Rusalka represented the ideas of fans in creating 'products of unrealistic perfection, supported by the exploitation of the capital market in order to gain masses of profit. In order to support the 'illusion', fans will pay for and consume unnecessary products, leading to excessive consumption and waste.
In this project, I used new media to create virtual idols. Virtual idols can be supported by virtual goods, thus eliminating the wastefulness of unwanted and unnecessary products to a certain extend.
ILLUSTRATION OF RUSALKA
ILLUSTRATION OF RUSALKA
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