Rosa "Sai" Salangsang

CTRL-ART-DEL is a group exhibition made by the graduating digital media art students of 2023 at San Jose State University. The physical part of the exhibition occurred on December 2nd, 2023. It served as an opportunity to share our artworks that are a culmination of all the we have learned during our time in the program. Although the physical part of this project has long been torn down, the virtual part is still accesible. Viewers can find our virtual works on New Art City. The link is provided at the bottom.

As part of the virtual team in CTRL-ART-DEL, I was tasked with making some of the 3D Assets for the main lobby of the New Art City exhibit. I've made the gates, a couple of wall decorations, and the floating holographic screen. The gates resemble a monitor, tablet, and television because the idea is to take advantage of the fact that New Art City has no colliders. Viewers can literally jump into the screen and travel to the galleries where our projects are displayed. The floating hologram would be where the welcome message and controls would be displayed. It would be the first thing the viewer would see when they enter the main lobby.

The theme of this exhibit was internet aesthetics of the early 2000s. The inspiration behind the designs of the 3D assets was my own nostalgia for that aesthetic. To my younger self, the internet was this magical place full of color. I have fond memories of those low-poly, colorful computer games that I would play when it's computer lab day for my 1st grade class.

See these assets in action in the CTRL-ART-DEL Gallery at New Art City! Be sure to also check out my "Stories of Friends Made" project as well!