# Uncharted Territory

Canonical URL: https://www.xdlab.net/projects/uncharted-territory
Artwork identifier: https://www.xdlab.net/projects/uncharted-territory#work
Artwork names: Uncharted Territory; 미지의 영역
Korean title: 미지의 영역
Year: 2024
Artwork creators: Prof. Yiyun Kang, Jeanyoon Choi
Medium: Exhibited at the "Paris 2024 Olympic Games special exhibition" "Noli: jeux coreens"
Exhibition / venue: Centre Culturel Coréen, Paris, Frace

## Artwork

Uncharted Territory is a web-based interactive artwork that symbolically represents various aspects of the Anthropocene.

Uncharted Territory unfolds themes symbolic of the Anthropocene such as drought, wildfires, and the Holocene extinction, allowing audiences to interact with and relate to the narrative of the artwork by manipulating the Earth. Although the interaction with the artwork can be intuitive and playful through a simple UI, the scenes that unfold are dreamlike yet sorrowful. Humanity has indiscriminately exploited the Earth as if it were an object to be used, but as a result, we are living in a state of high instability and uncertainty. By interacting with this work, we hope viewers will imagine what the Earth might look like if we do not make an effort, placing it in uncharted territory.

## 한국어 작품 설명

인류세와 기후 환경을 다루는 인터랙티브 웹아트이자 환경 미디어아트 프로젝트다.

## Research

Research question: How can an interactive web artwork represent the overlapping conditions of the Anthropocene?
Method: interactive web artwork, environmental media art, Anthropocene narrative
Research contribution: Uses web interaction to frame climate and environmental conditions as an open, interdependent territory.

## Research concepts

- [interactive web artwork · 인터랙티브 웹아트](https://www.xdlab.net/projects#concept-web-artwork)
- [Anthropocene art · 인류세 예술](https://www.xdlab.net/projects#concept-anthropocene-art)
- [climate art · 기후 예술](https://www.xdlab.net/projects#concept-climate-art)
- [environmental media art · 환경 미디어아트](https://www.xdlab.net/projects#concept-environmental-media-art)

## Artwork video

- [Uncharted Territory video](https://vimeo.com/999406292)
- [Embedded player](https://player.vimeo.com/video/999406292)
- [Video thumbnail](https://www.xdlab.net/projects-optimized/4/1-1920.webp)

## Artwork images

- [Uncharted Territory — image 1 of 7](https://www.xdlab.net/projects-optimized/4/1-1920.webp)
- [Uncharted Territory — image 2 of 7](https://www.xdlab.net/projects-optimized/4/2-1920.webp)
- [Uncharted Territory — image 3 of 7](https://www.xdlab.net/projects-optimized/4/3-1920.webp)
- [Uncharted Territory — image 4 of 7](https://www.xdlab.net/projects-optimized/4/4-1920.webp)
- [Uncharted Territory — image 5 of 7](https://www.xdlab.net/projects-optimized/4/5-1920.webp)
- [Uncharted Territory — image 6 of 7](https://www.xdlab.net/projects-optimized/4/6-1920.webp)
- [Uncharted Territory — image 7 of 7](https://www.xdlab.net/projects-optimized/4/7-1920.webp)