MELANCHOLY MIRAGE ___ VOGUE CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Virtual reality, multiplayer online spaceYEAR 2022
VIRTUAL REALITY SPACE: ART DIRECTION, CGI, PRODUCTION Mélanie Courtinat
AVATAR: ART DIRECTION, 3D SCAN, CGI, STYLING Ugo Masseï, Pierre Moulin
TEXT Zdenëk Marek
For an interview about Mélanie Courtinat’s creative practice for Vogue Czechoslovakia magazine, she designed a multi-user virtual reality space integrated within the VRChat application. Indeed, since the journalist in charge of the interview was located in Prague and Mélanie in Paris, the idea was born to create an online space world where the two of them could meet and interact.
Melancholy Mirage allows anyone, with or without a virtual reality headset, to enter an immersive environment after selecting an avatar. Within this space, users can communicate via their microphones, and explore a virtual world where the ruins of unknown architectures mingle with lush, untamed nature.
