Modules
Modules is a VR art experience, where architecture, sculpture, film, and music blend together to immerse viewers into Zhestkov's world.
VR application, 2023
Modules is a project by Maxim Zhestkov, where different forms of art – architecture, sculpture, film, and music – blend together to create an intense, interactive virtual experience.
A total work of art, it is a world that questions the established definitions of our reality. In digital space, we can abandon the logic of reality and are freed from its boundaries. New worlds with total freedom are possible, worlds only limited by our creativity and the potential of art.
Modules will expand to contain Zhestkov’s entire body of work. Over the course of years, the project will grow as he grows, expanding into new territories and blurring the boundaries between art, games, and reality.
With experimentation at its core, it is Zhestkov’s playground, where he is able to refine his work with no end, challenging the limits of his own medium.
The first edition of Modules was released in the spring of 2023 as Cluster 01 — a space containing 11 rooms with unique audiovisual installations. Existing as an application for VR headsets and PCs, Modules launched on Oculus Store and Steam as a free experience for everyone to join.
Based on Maxim's project Modul from 2009, Modules brings the initial idea of modularity to a new level. The virtual gallery is multi-layered in its structure — singular elements form installations, installations — clusters, and clusters will become groups.
Expanding within the structure of Modules, the artist aims to create at the intersection of art, design, and gaming. Bringing these disciplines together, Zhestkov builds a space that can be his test polygon of ideas about how human experience changes in a world that does not inherently implies having a body and a fixed viewpoint.
Another goal for Modules is to become a space of co-existence between humans and digital actors. Integrating elements of multiplayer and collaborative creation, Modules will develop as a platform for various virtual experiences that are meant to connect.
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