Epoch Gallery -
A Cosmic Movie Camera
3D modeling and virtual exhibition environment
Biennale de l'Image en Mouvement 2024
Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève
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A virtual exhibition co-developed with EPOCH Gallery for the 18th Biennale
de l'Image en Mouvement — one of Europe's most significant exhibitions of
moving image art, held at the Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève (CAC Genève)
and curated by Nora N. Khan and Andrea Bellini.
The physical show ran January 24 – May 16, 2024, featuring fifteen
internationally commissioned artists. Running in parallel — and designed
to outlast the physical exhibition — was a full 3D virtual world built
by EPOCH, in which the same works could be experienced by anyone, anywhere.
Brief
Build a 3D model of the city block surrounding the Centre d'Art Contemporain
Genève for a mixed reality / digital twin of the physical exhibition — a speculative and navigable virtual environment that translated the artists' works into a three-dimensional spatial context.
Process
Working as 3D Modeler within EPOCH's production team — led by founder Peter Wu+ — my role was the precise 3D modeling of the city block surrounding the CAC Genève, reconstructed from reference and site documentation.
Links
EPOCH Gallery — A Cosmic Movie Camera:
https://epoch.gallery/a-cosmic-movie-camera/
Enter the virtual exhibition:
CAC Genève — exhibition page:
https://centre.ch/en/exhibitions/biennale-de-limage-en-mouvement-2024/
e-flux announcement:
Mousse Magazine review:
https://www.moussemagazine.it (search: A Cosmic Movie Camera 2024)
Flash Art review:
https://flash---art.com/article/marilena-borriello/
EPOCH press page (full coverage list):
Outcome
The virtual exhibition launched alongside the physical show and remained
accessible online beyond the May 16 closing — extending the reach of the
Biennale to audiences who could not travel to Geneva.
The project was covered by Mousse Magazine, Elephant, Flash Art, Spike Art Magazine, and e-flux, among others.
The exhibition catalogue — Andrea Bellini and Nora N. Khan, eds., A Cosmic Movie Camera: Biennale de l'Image en Mouvement 2024 — was published by Lenz Press and CAC Genève in 2026.
Credits
Organized and created by: EPOCH / Peter Wu+
Key 3D Modeler: Hings Lim
3D Modeler: Gabriel Wartofsky (Hypercube Creative)
Curated by: Nora N. Khan and Andrea Bellini
Institution: Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève
Dates: January 24 – May 16, 2024