Shrine, 2020

‘Shrine’ is an experimental art game made in collaboration between Sian Fan X Ellie Niblock X Sizou Chen.

It guides you on a surreal virtual journey, seeking to incite an expanded state of consciousness, making you more receptive to the embodied experience of being online. 

The mountain, inspired by traditional Chinese painting, has a thin, winding path leading from base to peak. The viewer is led by mischievous virtual spirit guides, along the path towards enlightenment. Communication from the spirit guides are presented via overlaid dialogue boxes, emulating video game interfaces. At the peak of the mountain sits a temple with a glowing magic circle on the floor. Once at the peak, the viewer is left by the spirit guide before being teleported into the sky, floating back to the world, listening to ‘Shrine’ melodies.

‘Shrine’ is made for playing on laptop or pc only. Please use Google Chrome.