Solutions for a Better Tomorrow
Project Labyrinth - an Immersive Experience to Parallel Realities of the Game World
Inspired by the mythologies of old such as the Minotaur, Professor Eugene Alexander Birman, in partner with the French art director Xavier Reyé, created the "Project Labyrinth" which provided an immersive a video-meets-video game production that reflects on a world facing obliteration.
Premised on Yeo Siew Hua's forthcoming film and performance work, The Once and Future for NVAF 2022, Project Labyrinth, like Noah's Ark in our digital age, imagines the survival of mankind's extinction. Except ours is not a ship, but an interconnected network called the "Labyrinth" and the project was to simulate the process of uploading ourselves for the sake of posterity.
The only chance of survival lies in the creation of an artificial Intelligence that becomes not only a repository but also a personification of the experiences of ordinary lives. The process emerges through maze-like plot lines inspired by mythologies of old such as the Minotaur, a fabulous beast that combines man and animal in a metaphor that refers to the past but also to the hybrid future.
Audience can immerse themselves in the world extinction environment created by the team and experience various parallel realities of the game world.
Project Team
Professor Eugene Alexander Birman, Associate Director (Internationalisation) and Associate Professor, Academy of Music
In Partner With
- Xavier Reyé, Creative Director / AI Modelling & Rendering
- Yeo Siew Hua, Director / Writer
- Roger Garcia, Executive Producer
- Topi Lehtipuu, Executive Producer
- Anandi Bhattacharya, The “AI”
- Serj Tubash, Technical Director
- Stanley Dodds, Conductor
Interested in Our Innovation?
Contact us at iit@hkbu.edu.hk to explore collaboration and partnership opportunities.