The Irish artist capitalised on virtual-reality technology during the painstaking 18-month process
At her studio in Harold’s Cross in Dublin, Aisling Phelan’s easygoing, down-to-earth manner surely belies what’s going on in her mind. The, who works across 3D animation, video, virtual reality, photography and more, is interested in concepts around the digital self and identity.
When Phelan began to explore 3D digital art, “there was just a spark. The learning curve is so steep, but I’m also quite patient with things. That probably comes from piano. Especially at Grade 8, you pull out this Beethoven piece and you’re, like, ‘Obviously I’m never going to learn this!’ Then, week in, week out, you go to a class, you do your two hours a day, and a couple of months later you’re playing something. I think I understood that attention, commitment and repetition works.
“That was really exciting for me. So I made digital versions of themselves, and had them in a full motion-capture suit, like a wetsuit, that has up to 20 sensors. So they perform the facial and body movements that are happening in the video. They’re not things I made them do. It’s animation that is run from their movements.
The process was painstaking. Phelan had her initial meeting with Sloucho in October 2022, at the start of an 18-month process. “I was reading forums for hours every single day: ‘Does anyone know how to get their MetaHuman out of the splits?’” One of the digital characters had his feet stuck behind his head for two weeks..
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