Club 2.0

MetaGarden Club 2.0 by Tanja Vujinović
Generative artwork (world for Sansar platform), 2021.
More about the project: https://www.tanjav.art/work/club2

For years I wanted to make a project dedicated to the history and political aspects of rave culture and techno music. After getting to know many electronic music communities in social VR spaces, I have decided to make several versions of Club (within Sphere 4 & Sphere5) both as spaces for informal gatherings and scheduled events. These artworks are developed as imaginary futuristic garden playgrounds and have many sculptural elements that I call proto machines. They are inspired by several ancient plants, most notably a proposal of one scientist about what the first flower that appeared on planet Earth looked like. We tried to reconstruct that flower and place it into this world, together with objects that I made inspired by both snakes and plants, to Dyson sphere-like objects that are taking care of the energy needs. PLUR (peace, love, unity, respect) was a credo of the early rave movement. Although sounding like a utopian dream, it might be useful now when we are trying to structure these new spaces we are building in the so-called metaverse or noosphere and find new ways to motivate ourselves in these complex times we are living in.