PICK ONE
PICK ONE
XR Installation, Cologne, Germany, 2026Engine Development: Shipeng Ouyang
Animation: Hojin Lee, Jiwoo Kim, Jinyoung Yoo
Set Design & Research: Jin-a Lee
Sound: On Lee
AI Prompting: Yoonha Song
Poster Design: Hyunji Seo
Installation: Hyunji Seo, Jin-a Lee, On Lee, Yoonha Song
Watch documentation: verison A
A central component of PICK ONE is the coexistence of two parallel XR environments, each constructing a distinct experiential logic.
Version A
Recurring visual motifs from these campaigns were analyzed, layered, and reconfigured within a contemporary context. While each figure performs different visual actions and occupies distinct social roles, all ultimately arrive at the same conclusion: the repeated offering of a box of chocolates as a reward. The endings unfold almost like a copy-and-paste structure, repeating identical gestures and phrases despite their differing appearances.
In this version, the box of chocolates functions as a metaphor for normative reward systems tied to heteronormative and modernist models of life. What initially appears familiar, comforting, and realistic is gradually revealed to be entirely artificial: both the figures and the objects exist solely as simulated images generated within digital systems.
Version A questions the illusion of normality and exposes the constructed nature of hegemonic ideals. At the same time, it offers a critical perspective on the recent resurgence of “TradWife” aesthetics and narratives circulating through social media, examining how historical structures of gendered desire.
From version B to version A
Version B
Version B constructs a counter-space in which difference is not treated as something to be regulated, but understood as value in itself.
The XR environment is composed of deliberately unrealistic imagery, yet paradoxically it resonates more deeply with lived experience than normative ideals do. This contrast reveals the central tension of the work: what appears realistic and “natural” within dominant social systems is often highly constructed and illusory, while queer-feminist imaginaries—frequently dismissed as unrealistic—can feel profoundly intuitive, embodied, and real.
A central spatial element is a circular body of water that visitors are invited to step onto. Defying physical expectations, the water supports the body, reconfiguring the relationship between presence, perception, and belief. Through this impossible yet tangible interaction, the work challenges assumptions about what is considered stable, believable, or natural.
A physical mirror object further confronts visitors with their own reflection, accompanied by the message:
“You are so beautiful, even more yourself.”
This gesture functions as a direct act of resistance against systems of categorization and social normalization. Rather than reinforcing imposed identities, it invites forms of self-recognition that exist beyond externally enforced frameworks, offering a counter-response to normative structures and their mechanisms of control.
From version A to version B
Installation view with visitors