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Kong Wang

空亡



Kong Wang

pseudo-documentary video
7 min 3 sec
2024
video, digital game design
London 

*Kong Wang* is a collaborative video work created by artist Chengyu Yao and musician Xiaoran Han. The title is derived from a unique concept in the I Ching and traditional Chinese astrology, where "Kong Wang" signifies disappearance, non-existence, looseness, or diminished influence, often carrying ominous connotations in cultural interpretations.

In this piece,  Chengyu Yao documents eerie occurrences within a fictional residential space built using the game development software Unity. She transforms her real-life paranormal experiences into an independent game, then adapts the in-game events into a faux documentary format. 

The film explores her journey through mysticism, charting her evolution from an initial fear of the supernatural to a place of clear understanding and acceptance. This project is both an experimental venture into the ninth art—*video games*—and an encounter between reality and an otherworldly dimension, blending the lines between digital storytelling and spiritual exploration.

​music by: Han Xiaoran
 
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《空亡》是由藝術家姚承語和音樂人韓潇然共同創作的影像作品。作品名源於《易經》八字中的一個獨特概唸，其中“空亡”意指消失、不存在、不緊密或作用力減弱，在傳統文化中常被視爲兇兆。

在這件作品中，姚承語記錄了在遊戲製作軟件 Unity 中的一個虛構民宅中髮生的異象事件。她將自己真實的超自然經曆製作成獨立遊戲，再將遊戲中髮生的故事製作成偽紀錄片。

影片呈現了她在神秘主義探索中的旅程，從最初對超自然現象的恐懼到如今的清晰認知與釋然。這一項目不僅是她對第九藝術——“遊戲”的一次實驗探索，更是現實與另一個世界的一次邂逅，將數字敘事與精神探索巧妙融合。

音樂: 韓潇然
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