Simulations (Nuclear Samurai)
Video, 2023
About the artwork
Simulations presents an exploration of virtual reality education, where children experience fun and exciting adventures, contrasted with some of history's greatest tragedies in immersive simulations. It highlights the potential disconnect from reality and the risk of trauma when learning is too lifelike. I wanted to present this fun idea with a bit of a dark undertone, to show this duality of possibilities.
AI generated music by Nuclear Samurai and CC0 sound effects from Freesound.org
Audio explanation
Listen to Nuclear Samurai discuss this work.
Nuclear Samurai is an artist with a background in commercial photography, and fine art photography.
He has worked for years as a studio photographer and studied a fine art degree majoring in photography. His work often considers topics such as truth in images, identity and persona in the digital era, and musings on absurdities in the way society is structured.
His visual style is often inspired by a photographic, subtle surrealism, that leans heavily on the cinematic language of film to convey narratives and emotions.