Post-Tribe: Signal Rituals 2026
AR Exhibition
YEAR
2026
CLIENT
tpaddassoc
STUDIO
XX Studio
CREATOR
Hui Kai Su
ROLE
Art Director, Designer
POST-TRIBE: Signal Rituals — 共域座標 2026
我參與了由 TPadd assoc. 策劃的《共域座標 2026》，一項結合擴增實境（AR）、數位藝術與全球公共空間的跨國展演計畫。展覽以「後部落」為核心概念，探索在科技與人工智慧逐漸改變人類生活的時代，個體如何跨越地理、文化與數位世界的界線，重新建立彼此之間的連結。
展覽透過地點導向的 Web AR 技術，將城市中的公共空間轉化為虛實交錯的「訊號地景」（Signal Landscape）。觀眾只需透過手機，便能在真實環境中觀看數位藝術作品，讓原本存在於螢幕中的虛擬影像，成為城市景觀與日常經驗的一部分。
這次參展也是一次探索數位媒介與空間關係的機會。透過 AR 的特性，思考藝術如何突破傳統展示場域的限制，讓虛擬創作與真實世界產生新的對話，並重新想像人、科技與公共空間之間的關係。
POST-TRIBE: Signal Rituals — Global AR Exhibition 2026
I participated in POST-TRIBE: Signal Rituals, an international augmented reality exhibition initiated by TPadd assoc. The project explores the evolving relationship between individuals, technology, and collective identity in an increasingly interconnected world, questioning how new communities can emerge beyond geographical and cultural boundaries.
Using location-based Web AR technology, the exhibition transforms public spaces across different cities into immersive “Signal Landscapes,” where digital artworks coexist with physical environments. Through their smartphones, visitors can discover virtual interventions embedded within familiar urban surroundings, creating unexpected encounters between art, technology, and everyday life.
Participating in this exhibition offered an opportunity to explore the relationship between digital media and physical space. By extending artistic expression beyond conventional exhibition settings, the project opens new possibilities for how virtual experiences can reshape our perception of public environments and the connections we form within them.
作品介紹 Project Overview
《光浴佛》（Light Bathes Buddha）是為《共域座標 2026 — POST-TRIBE: Signal Rituals》所創作的互動新媒體作品。展覽透過 AR 擴增實境技術，探索數位藝術、公共空間與當代社群之間的關係。
作品以佛教浴佛節為靈感，重新詮釋悉達多太子誕生與「九龍吐水」的經典意象。我希望跳脫傳統宗教場景的再現，將「洗滌煩惱、顯現本性」的精神轉化為具有當代視覺語言的數位儀式，探索淨化、覺醒與自我顯現的過程。
透過光、水與互動行為，觀眾不再只是觀看者，而是親自參與浴佛儀式的一部分。隨著原本模糊的太子佛像逐漸顯現，整段體驗從黑暗走向光明，在古老的精神文化與當代數位媒介之間，建立一場富有詩意的對話。
Light Bathes Buddha is an interactive new media artwork created for POST-TRIBE: Signal Rituals, a global AR exhibition exploring the relationship between digital technology, public space, and contemporary communities.
Inspired by the Buddhist Bathing Buddha ceremony, the work reimagines the birth of Prince Siddhartha and the legend of nine dragons bathing the newborn Buddha. Rather than recreating a traditional religious scene, the project transforms the ritual into a contemporary digital experience, exploring themes of purification, awakening, and the gradual revelation of one's true nature.
Through light, water, and interactive gestures, viewers become active participants in the ritual. As the initially obscured Buddha gradually reveals its form, the experience moves from darkness toward illumination, creating a contemplative dialogue between ancient spiritual traditions and emerging digital media.
技術與視覺實驗 Creative Technology
視覺原型透過 Three.js 與 WebGL 即時 3D 渲染技術，結合動態光線軌跡、程序化 Shader 與 Bloom 光暈效果，探索兼具數位感與精神性的影像表現。
每一道光線都擁有獨立的生命週期，從遠方誕生、穿越空間、觸及佛像，再化為向外擴散的漣漪。透過不同時間節奏的交錯，形成持續流動的光之軌跡，將象徵性的供養行為轉化為具有生命感的動態視覺系統。
The visual prototype explores real-time 3D rendering through Three.js and WebGL, combining animated light trajectories, procedural shaders, and bloom effects to create an ethereal atmosphere.
Each beam of light follows an independent lifecycle, traveling through space, striking the Buddha's surface, and dissolving into expanding ripples. These overlapping movements create a continuous flow of energy, transforming the symbolic act of offering light into a dynamic visual system.
互動體驗 Interactive Experience
互動體驗從佛教典故中的「誕生七步」展開，隨著七道漣漪依序出現，太子佛像逐漸浮現於觀眾眼前。透過反覆的互動，觀眾觸發光線與水波，使佛像原本隱藏的細節逐步顯現。
體驗最終以「九龍吐水」完成浴佛儀式。九龍從平面圖像突破至立體空間，周圍環境逐漸轉化為無限延伸的水面與倒影，讓現實場域成為寧靜而超然的精神景觀。
The interactive journey draws inspiration from Buddhist mythology, beginning with seven steps symbolizing the birth of Prince Siddhartha. Through repeated interactions, viewers initiate waves of light and water that gradually reveal the Buddha's form.
The experience culminates in the appearance of nine dragons, whose ritual bathing completes the transformation. As the dragons ascend and the surrounding space dissolves into an endless reflective surface, the physical environment becomes a serene, otherworldly landscape.
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