Game Engines and the Gesamtkunstwerk

DIGITAL PROUN

This documentation shows various experiments of the work Digital Proun (2020). As an early experimental artwork in this project, Digital Proun was key to exploring the possibilities within game engines, as influenced by 1920s avant-garde artists such as El Lissitzky and Wassily Kandinsky.

Lobwein, G. (2020). Digital Proun 93. [Real-Time 3D Animation, 360° Video, infinite loop]. Render view.

360° Digital Proun REnders

This video render of Digital Proun is a 360° video, and can be interact with using a mouse. By dragging your cursor on the video, you can pan around to see the entire panoramic animation.

Lobwein, G. (2020). 360° Digital Proun 93. [3D Animation, 360° Video, 00:38 runtime]. Render view.

Sphere REnders

Over the course of this project, many renders of real spaces where created as proof of concept for faculty staff, and for my own precursor visual tests before installing the work. As many of the artworks in this project where presented in public spaces, this was an important step in receiving approval for these projects. However, later I began to see that these 3D renders could be used to plan out and experience the work before I even installed it in real space. This video is a 3D recreation of the atrium in which the Sphere sits at E-Block, QUT Kelvin Grove.

Lobwein, G. (2020). Digital Proun Proof of Concept. [3D game engine animation, 360° Video, 04:28 runtime]. Render view.

PROUN DRAWINGS

These drawings depict the various stages in which I explored El Lissitzky's Prouns as a productive creative arena for my game engine making. As I discuss in the exegesis, this exploration revealed limited results. However, my drawings and consideration of Prouns still constitutes an important experimental avenue in this project's overall trajectory.

(2020). Proun drawing I. [Pen and ink on paper]. 210 × 297 mm.

(2020). Proun drawing II. [Pen and ink on paper]. 210 × 297 mm.

(2021). Proun environment. [Pen and ink on paper]. 210 × 297 mm.

(2021). Light Proun II. [Pen and ink on paper]. 210 × 297 mm.

(2021). 4D Proun drawing animation moving through 3D space. [Pen and ink on paper]. 210 × 297 mm.

(2021). Study of 'Proun 8' Rotation and Location over 4th Axis. [Pen and ink on paper]. 297 x 420 mm.

(2021). Proun drawing IV. [Pencil on paper]. 210 × 297 mm.

(2021). Proun drawing V. [Pencil on paper]. 210 × 297 mm.

Various Proun drawings created during the early stages of this project.

STUDY FOR NEUE PROUN

Study for Neue Proun (2020-2021) was the working title of the experiments between Digital Proun and Prounal Motions. While I did not include this intermediate work in my exegesis, it is nevertheless evidence of the broader experimentation that was occuring during the research project. Later, some of these works would be folded into Prounal Motions. Included in Study for Neue Proun, was the two game engine worlds Light Proun I & II.

Lobwein, G. (2020). Light Proun I & II. [Video, 4:26 runtime, stereo sound]. Render view.

Lobwein, G. (2020). Study for Neue Proun. [3D game engine animation, spherical display, 360° video, looping]. Installation view.