Project
VR Caligraphy
Traditional Chinese Calligraphy, Shufa书法, articulates the physical writing of ink on paper using brushes. It is a deeply material-based practice that also transcends beyond art, to a core philosophy of Chinese culture, recognized by UNESCO (2009). It is a tangible practice with an intangible cultural heritage - a lineage spanning millennia. Our research aims to extend this practice further, from a material-based art into a digital form of media dissemination. Retaining the core values of Shufa书法, these are referred to as geist (spirit) in the West and represented by yi(意, intent) in Chinese [Shi 2019]. Instead of using ink and brush, the physical tools articulating a two-dimensional practice, we investigate how three-dimensional calligraphy can be written in VR space.
#VR
2024
Publications
VR Body Calligraphy - Whole-body Performance Writing for Chinese Calligraphy
VR Calligraphy: Transposing Chinese calligraphy as choreographed movements into whole-body performances in VR
We aim to transfer its qualities to an immaterial and dynamically time-based version in VR" [Shum and Klein 2023]. Previously [ibid], we have started unravelling the philosophical aspects of the research, and written in depth about the aesthetic considerations of transforming two-dimensional calligraphy into three-dimensional forms.
ADDRESS
School of Creative Media,
City University of Hong Kong, 18 Tat Hong Avenue, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong
CONTACT
info@awesomelab.studio
SOCIAL
Youtube
Project
VR Caligraphy
Traditional Chinese Calligraphy, Shufa书法, articulates the physical writing of ink on paper using brushes. It is a deeply material-based practice that also transcends beyond art, to a core philosophy of Chinese culture, recognized by UNESCO (2009). It is a tangible practice with an intangible cultural heritage - a lineage spanning millennia. Our research aims to extend this practice further, from a material-based art into a digital form of media dissemination. Retaining the core values of Shufa书法, these are referred to as geist (spirit) in the West and represented by yi(意, intent) in Chinese [Shi 2019]. Instead of using ink and brush, the physical tools articulating a two-dimensional practice, we investigate how three-dimensional calligraphy can be written in VR space.
#VR
2024
Publications
VR Body Calligraphy - Whole-body Performance Writing for Chinese Calligraphy
VR Calligraphy: Transposing Chinese calligraphy as choreographed movements into whole-body performances in VR
We aim to transfer its qualities to an immaterial and dynamically time-based version in VR" [Shum and Klein 2023]. Previously [ibid], we have started unravelling the philosophical aspects of the research, and written in depth about the aesthetic considerations of transforming two-dimensional calligraphy into three-dimensional forms.
ADDRESS
School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong, 18 Tat Hong Avenue, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong
CONTACT
info@awesomelab.studio
SOCIAL
Youtube
Project
VR Caligraphy
Traditional Chinese Calligraphy, Shufa书法, articulates the physical writing of ink on paper using brushes. It is a deeply material-based practice that also transcends beyond art, to a core philosophy of Chinese culture, recognized by UNESCO (2009). It is a tangible practice with an intangible cultural heritage - a lineage spanning millennia. Our research aims to extend this practice further, from a material-based art into a digital form of media dissemination. Retaining the core values of Shufa书法, these are referred to as geist (spirit) in the West and represented by yi(意, intent) in Chinese [Shi 2019]. Instead of using ink and brush, the physical tools articulating a two-dimensional practice, we investigate how three-dimensional calligraphy can be written in VR space.
#VR
2024
Publications
VR Body Calligraphy - Whole-body Performance Writing for Chinese Calligraphy
VR Calligraphy: Transposing Chinese calligraphy as choreographed movements into whole-body performances in VR
We aim to transfer its qualities to an immaterial and dynamically time-based version in VR" [Shum and Klein 2023]. Previously [ibid], we have started unravelling the philosophical aspects of the research, and written in depth about the aesthetic considerations of transforming two-dimensional calligraphy into three-dimensional forms.
ADDRESS
School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong, 18 Tat Hong Avenue, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong
CONTACT
info@awesomelab.studio
SOCIAL
Youtube