[“Á”1653 “gora” 23035], by CARLES CASTAÑO

[“Á”1653 “gora” 23035] is an immersive and interactive Mixed Reality installation that presents a rediscovery of a forgotten experiment on planet Earth. Amidst forests that have grown over the ruins of an extinct civilisation, luminous intelligences guard a secret buried in the planet’s memory. Fragments of a shattered past emerge from the darkness, waiting to be activated and rediscovered. Each memory reveals a new question; each decision activates a new archive of ancestral memory. Every step brings you closer to a truth that perhaps should never have been discovered.

What really happened on Earth? What became of the beings who once ruled the planet? And, after all, who inherited the future?

Carles Castaño (Girona, 1992) is a digital creator specialized in real-time 3D art, with a background in programming, illustration, and visual arts. He has exhibited his work in festivals and institutions such as Arts Santa Mònica, Grec, IDEAL, Bombas Gens, MIRA, or Hyper House.  He currently directs Immersive Services, a hybrid space that bridges the gap between a production company and an artistic laboratory, developing immersive and collaborative XR projects in dialogue with institutions such as the Generalitat de Catalunya and the Barcelona City Council.