△Ark is looking for an artist to ideate, design and build three sculptures for Novascene, an experimental Unreal Engine audiovisual performance project.

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Video references:

• https://delta.center/novascene-hekhalot-full <— the write up
• https://vimeo.com/1134393300 <— insanely rough cut
• https://vimeo.com/1095773524 <— a more polished version of a different video in the series

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‍‍The world:

Humans live inside a massive artificial superintelligence (the way gut bacteria live inside us), on a megastructure on a planet.‍

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The sculptures:

Three monumental statues, each the centerpiece of a different village (on the megastructure). The figures are chimeras—animals with technological elements doing human things. They're an allegory: humans in this world are uplifting animals into technological beings, which mirrors what the artificial superintelligences are doing to us. These are a big part of the project. They need to be detailed, symbolic, and interesting—each one should tell a story in sculptural form. They can't be literal or obvious. They are sort of “an allegory for the religious beliefs of these people,” so we’ll have to flesh out those allegories together.‍

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References:‍

Think Bernini x Watership Down x Neon Genesis Evangelion. We're looking for that level of craft and strangeness—not cool sci-fi creatures, but figures that hold weight the way devotional sculpture does.

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About us:

△Ark is a studio working at the intersection of game engines, motion capture, experimental music, and speculative fiction. We're based at Gray Area Foundation for the Arts in San Francisco.

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You might be right for this if:

• You have experience with religious, mythological, or symbolic imagery
• You can design figures that hold complexity without being illustrative
• Your portfolio has work that's strange, detailed, and not generic sci-fi/fantasy

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Rate: $50/hr

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To apply:

Click the apply button and fill out the form.

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Some very limited references: