Trailer of the new collaboration between Javier Ideami and Wallace Chan that premiered at Mr. Chan's Earthly - Unearthly Exhibition during the 2022 International CIIE Expo in Shanghai, China (5th to 10th of November). Named after the extraordinary masterpiece created by multidisciplinary artist Wallace Chan, Stilled Life is a 10-minute immersive video art experience (vfx programming, visuals and music created by Javier Ideami), that explores the significance of the Cicada, which has been celebrated in China since ancient times, as a symbol of harvest, purity, nobility and rebirth.
The immersive video artwork experience combines advanced digital particle systems and programming with visual effects and audiovisual production and postproduction processes to produce a dynamic journey in 10 stages: The dream, Underground, Facing nature, Noise and stilled life, The long road, Messengers of god, Life and death, Transfiguration, Meditation, Jade Cicada.
Over 150 of Wallace Chan jewelry creations were shown at Mr. Chan's exhibition. Among the jewelry creations, the immersive video art experience by Javier Ideami appeared at various locations around the exhibition space.
The centerpiece of the show was Stilled Life, a sculpture depicting a cicada crouching on a bamboo leaf. The artwork is made of imperial jadeite, diamonds, crystal and other gemstones. First exhibited at the Antiques Biennale in Paris in 2012, the artwork has "grown" over the years, with additional bamboo branches, leaves and a tiny spider added. Mr. Chan's masterpiece was presented on the Chinese mainland for the first time at the 5th CIIE.