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Searching for ’ō’ō // V iskanju 'ō'ō
Interactive instalation and VR art
Searching for 'ō'ō is a 360-degree photo and sound installation. The user is confronted with a 360-degree spherical photograph representing a place that exists now but will not be here for much longer, an island called Naranjo Chico which is one of 370 low-lying islands of the San Blas Archipelago. Four of the San Blas islands are inhabited by indigenous people called Guna Yala. They speak their own language and enjoy an autonomous region inside the country of Panama. Researchers say that the sea could rise by 2 meters due to climate change by the year 2100, which would sink the islands. Some scientists even say that the islands will be uninhabited in 20 to 30 years’ time. The Guna Yala people will not disappear by the rising sea, but this will significantly change the way they live. They will have to move to the mainland where they will face new and different problems like malaria.
The project is a combination of two media, 360 ° spherical photography together with field and archive sound recordings. Two mediums are combined, creating illusory moving images and helping to immerse the viewer in a virtual environment. The new technology is used in such a way that 360 ° spherical photography serves a documentary role. Perhaps in the future it will serve as a virtual digital archive or a record of this exotic lost place for future generations to experience it digitally. It is also meant for scientific or anthropological purposes the 360 photography will serve as an archival audio recording of the OO bird that serves scientists today. The project also touches on the anthropocene problems of global environmental change and uses new technologies to digitally record the allure of nature. The author tries to acquaint the viewer with the problems that are facing the Caribbean Guna Yala tribe. With his visual style Godec tries to inspire the viewer with the allure and appeal of nature and, together with the sound, creates a relaxing intermedia space that immerses the viewer in a state of serenity.
If you listen carefully, you can hear a birdsong. It's the haunting beauty of a love song lost amidst the shrill sounds of commercial exploitation. It is a song by a bird called The Kaua'i 'ō'ō from a family of Australian-Pacific honeyeaters. This species is now extinct due to habitat destruction, however, the related cause for extinction was human intervention. What you are hearing does not exist anymore; it's a song last heard in 1987. The bird is all alone, the last of its kind, calling for a female that will never come.

SEARCHING FOR ’ō’ō – Artist: Miha Godec (SI) Producers: Project is part of the “Media Arts and Practices” masters programme at the School of Arts - University of Nova Gorica (2020) Co-producer: IFCA-International Festival of Computer Arts Special thanks to IFCA for grant and technical support, to Žiga Pavlovič and Marko Cafnik and to my mentors: Robertina Šebjanič, Rene Rusjan and Peter Purg Interactive instalation and VR art The VR project is a combination of 360-degree spherical photography, and archive sound recordings.

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