Between the pixels, bringing maximal effect with minimal information, by Gigandect

*Caution: This work contains intense flickering that may trigger photosensitive seizures. We advise light-sensitive individuals to refrain from viewing this film.

This article is about music producer Gigandect’s VR work Between the pixels.

Mr. Gigandect is active as a music producer, providing songs to musical artists and performing as a DJ.

Here is an introduction to Mr. Gigandect’s career and the key elements of his work.

This article will help you better appreciate his works.

About Gigandect

 

“His future dream is to become an astronaut. A boy born in the suburbs of FUCKOKA who loves rectangular waves. Today, he is fighting invisible enemies with his Game Boy as a weapon.”

From the NEWVIEW CYPHER official website (https://newview.design/cypher)

Twitter : https://twitter.com/gigandect
Instagram：https://www.instagram.com/gigandepics/

It is a unique self-introduction.

He expresses himself through special music by using sounds (8-bit) made on Game Boy, providing music to music artists, and performing as a DJ on Game Boy.

Gigandect’s primary activities include producing music and performing as the backing DJ for the musical artist 4s4ki.

Between the pixels

*Caution: This work contains intense flickering that may cause photosensitive seizures. We advise light-sensitive individuals to refrain from viewing this film.

Between the pixels is a VR piece in which white, red, green, and blue flat images are arranged in the shape of a room.

The space flickers at high speed, directly attacking one’s visual sense.

Gigandect’s concept of expression is “to make people feel uncomfortable or sad with as few things as possible using chiptune-like ideas.”

The flat image is not 3DCG but GIF data of less than 1 MB.

This space is composed of 17 GIF data. The GIFs peeking into the facial image data in the center are less than 1 MB, making the capacity of this VR space quite small.

 

Using STYLY, I wanted to make people feel uncomfortable or sad with as little material as possible, using a chiptune-like concept. The material is 640 KB including BGM.https://t.co/E5XJ4f5nph #STYLY

— Gigandect (@gigandect) October 31, 2021

Because VR goggles are media devices that intensify your sensory experience, they risk becoming a kind of torture device.

Even if you close your eyes, the sensation will burn into your eardrums.

Let’s read Gigandect’s statement here:

FUCK YOU.FUCK YOU.FUCK YOU.FUCK YOU.FUCK YOU.FUCK YOU.FUCK YOU.FUCK YOU.FUCK YOU.FUCK YOU.FUCK YOU.FUCK YOU.FUCK YOU.FUCK YOU.FUCK YOU.FUCK YOU.FUCK YOU.FUCK YOU.FUCK YOU.FUCK YOU.FUCK YOU.FUCK YOU.FUCK YOU.FUCK YOU.FUCK YOU.FUCK YOU.FUCK YOU.FUCK YOU.FUCK YOU.FUCK YOU.FUCK YOU.FUCK YOU.FUCK YOU.FUCK YOU.FUCK YOU.FUCK YOU.FUCK YOU.FUCK YOU.FUCK YOU.FUCK YOU.FUCK YOU.FUCK YOU.FUCK YOU.FUCK YOU.FUCK YOU.FUCK YOU.FUCK YOU.FUCK YOU.FUCK YOU.FUCK YOU.FUCK YOU.FUCK YOU.

From Between the pixels in STYLY GALLERY https://gallery.styly.cc/scene/f9628d5d-62ae-4d73-b551-adec3c940191

Gigandect is always aggressive.

But as solid as the concept of this piece is, Gigandect has always had an aesthetic for the aggressive.

The music he describes as the “Game Boy Sound” could be considered the same concept.

In our society, we are constantly surrounded by information, and we have become information-consuming creatures.

What is Gigandect’s view in this information-rich society?

 

It not only is aggressive but also questions the way we live and consume in the information society.

It tries to appreciate such a world.

Appreciate it until you are on the edge of feeling sick.

How to experience a VR scene

If you are accessing this page from a smartphone, please click on the “Experience the Scene” button (*If you are experiencing the scene on a smartphone for the first time, please also refer to the following instructions).

After clicking, the following screen will be displayed.
If you have already downloaded the STYLY Mobile app, please select “Continue on Browser”.

You can then select “Play on Mobile App” to experience the scene.

If you have an HMD device, click the “Experience the Scene” button from your PC (web browser), then click the VR icon on the scene page.

Download the STYLY Mobile app

 

 

 

Download the Steam version of STYLY app
https://store.steampowered.com/app/693990/STYLYVR_PLATFORM_FOR_ULTRA_EXPERIENCE/

Download the Oculus Quest version of STYLY app
https://www.oculus.com/experiences/quest/3982198145147898/

For those who want to know more about how to experience the scene
For more information on how to experience VR scenes, please refer to the following article.