EVERYTHING
Nohlab’s immersive experience EVERYTHING, observes everything as it is, questions all this existence and suggests new possibilities in three parts. Through the eyes of a candid narrator, who follows the storyline in sync with us, visuals & sound follow a narrative where science, philosophy and metaphysics converge.
Nohlab’s immersive experience EVERYTHING, observes everything as it is, questions all this existence and suggests new possibilities in three parts. Through the eyes of a candid narrator, who follows the storyline in sync with us, visuals & sound follow a narrative where science, philosophy and metaphysics converge.
DESCRIPTION
Nohlab’s immersive experience EVERYTHING, observes everything as it is, questions all this existence and suggests new possibilities in three parts. EVERYTHING was on exhibition at Atelier des Lumières & Bassin des Lumières in 2021, and part of Nohlab's immersive exhibition at RDS, Dublin in 2022.
Through the eyes of a candid narrator, who follows the storyline in sync with us, visuals & sound follow a narrative where science, philosophy and metaphysics converge. We observe elements that construct what we call our lives and ways of ascribing meanings to things. This way we can grasp how the vast system of existence enveloping us is prone to many questions.
Shouldn’t we yet start pondering upon what already is? Can we really perceive all there is with our limited senses? Are we at the very end of evolution? Could the system of life we built be not only 0’s or 1’s? Are we held back and entrapped by systems we created? Do we really have free will? Maybe this is only a contingency which our subconscious and evolutionary process carried us to.
Shouldn’t we extend the limits of our awareness yet? What then, could we become? Embracing how much we don’t know might lead us to accept becoming in a constant state of transformation and probabilities. With numerous layers we can neither perceive nor think about with our limited capabilities, there’s still a lot to discover and be fascinated about.
Nohlab’s immersive experience EVERYTHING, observes everything as it is, questions all this existence and suggests new possibilities in three parts. EVERYTHING was on exhibition at Atelier des Lumières & Bassin des Lumières in 2021, and part of Nohlab's immersive exhibition at RDS, Dublin in 2022.
Through the eyes of a candid narrator, who follows the storyline in sync with us, visuals & sound follow a narrative where science, philosophy and metaphysics converge. We observe elements that construct what we call our lives and ways of ascribing meanings to things. This way we can grasp how the vast system of existence enveloping us is prone to many questions.
Shouldn’t we yet start pondering upon what already is? Can we really perceive all there is with our limited senses? Are we at the very end of evolution? Could the system of life we built be not only 0’s or 1’s? Are we held back and entrapped by systems we created? Do we really have free will? Maybe this is only a contingency which our subconscious and evolutionary process carried us to.
Shouldn’t we extend the limits of our awareness yet? What then, could we become? Embracing how much we don’t know might lead us to accept becoming in a constant state of transformation and probabilities. With numerous layers we can neither perceive nor think about with our limited capabilities, there’s still a lot to discover and be fascinated about.
INFO
ROLE: Direction & Design & Concept
TYPE: Immersive Experience
DATE: 2021
DURATION: 12' 00"
COMMISSIONED BY: Culturespace Digital
PREMIERE: Atelier des Lumières | Paris, FRANCE [2021, May 19 - 2022, Jan 02]
Bassin des Lumières | Bordeaux, FRANCE [2021, May 19 - 2022, Jan 02]
EXHIBITIONS: Royal Dublin Society | Dublin, IRELAND [2022, May 16 - Aug 4]
Noor Riyadh Light Art Festival | Riyadh, KSA [2022, Nov 3 - 19]
Milan Art Week & Milan Design Week / Meet Digital Culture Center | Milan, ITALY [2023, Apr 15-23]
CREDITS
DIRECTION, DESIGN & CONCEPT: NOHLAB
VISUAL ARTISTS: Tiber Ergür, Alexandre Le Guillou, Fehmican Gözüm, VOID
SOUND ARTISTS: Gökalp Kanatsız, Ilgın İçözü
NARRATOR: Jeanne Barbieri (FR), Melissa Lara Clissold (EN)
SCRIPT: Prof. Ebru Yetişkin, NOHLAB, u29dc, Erkan Esenoğlu
CONCEPTUAL RESEARCH: Prof. Ebru Yetişkin, Candaş Şişman (NOHLAB)
TECHNICAL CONTENT DIRECTION: Fehmican Gözüm
PHOTOGRAPHERS: Roberto Conte, Camille McOuat, Jonathan Mascaro
VIDEOGRAPHER: Jonathan Mascaro
VIDEO EDITOR: Teoman Küçükeren
01 — WHAT IS?
How did everything begin? We don't even know what we don't know. Can you remember becoming with a single thread of self-generation? Everything depends on how we perceive the world. We created concepts and meanings with perceptions. We created the concept of time to organize the chaotic existence. We created systems to order and to control. Entrapping ourselves in these spaces of enclosure
01 — WHAT IS?
How did everything begin? We don't even know what we don't know. Can you remember becoming with a single thread of self-generation? Everything depends on how we perceive the world. We created concepts and meanings with perceptions. We created the concept of time to organize the chaotic existence. We created systems to order and to control. Entrapping ourselves in these spaces of enclosure
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02 — WHAT IF?
Can you sense the frequencies that connect everything? Can my limited perception represent the reality? What if the world changes when I change the ways I see the world? What if I want to break this fabricated reality? What if I don't limit my understanding within binaries. Evolution will continue, perhaps regardless of humans. The question is: How do I contribute to the evolutionary process? How can free will be possible?
02 — WHAT IF?
Can you sense the frequencies that connect everything? Can my limited perception represent the reality? What if the world changes when I change the ways I see the world? What if I want to break this fabricated reality? What if I don't limit my understanding within binaries. Evolution will continue, perhaps regardless of humans. The question is: How do I contribute to the evolutionary process? How can free will be possible?
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03 — WHAT ELSE?
A constant war goes on and on in echo chambers. I am not the center of anything. what is really human today? I can augment probabilities by shifting the existing conceptions. Evolution of species is open to new mutations. Re-design… Re-think... Re-imagine…. Re-set...What else can I do with techno-science for the sake of commons? I am not afraid of the darkness of not knowing. Only then, we can open the doors to the infinite possibilities of everything
03 — WHAT ELSE?
A constant war goes on and on in echo chambers. I am not the center of anything. what is really human today? I can augment probabilities by shifting the existing conceptions. Evolution of species is open to new mutations. Re-design… Re-think... Re-imagine…. Re-set...What else can I do with techno-science for the sake of commons? I am not afraid of the darkness of not knowing. Only then, we can open the doors to the infinite possibilities of everything
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I can live with doubt, and uncertainty, and not knowing.
I think it's much more interesting to live not knowing...
...Than to have answers which might be wrong…
I don't have to know an answer.
I don't feel frightened by not knowing things,
By being lost in the mysterious universe without having any purpose.
— Richard Feynman
I can live with doubt, and uncertainty, and not knowing.
I think it's much more interesting to live not knowing...
...Than to have answers which might be wrong…
I don't have to know an answer.
I don't feel frightened by not knowing things,
By being lost in the mysterious universe without having any purpose.
— Richard Feynman