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Always notable: gratitude, appreciation, humility, and hope.

Alix Desaubliaux is interested in building narratives inside the virtual environments of Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs), and in exploring the concept of the &ldquo;Magic Circle&rdquo; and its connection with both ancestral rituals, and the interaction between humans and their physical surroundings. Popularized by Johan Huizinga in his book &ldquo;Homo Ludens" (1938), the magic circle is a physical (or currently, virtual) space in which actions have a specific meaning because they are part of a game. Taken further, this idea leads to considering how every space in our society is subject to a set of explicit or implicit rules and codes, so that we are all, in a certain way, players behaving in accordance with the rules of a game.

In &ldquo;Sigils,&rdquo; the artist weaves the magic circle concept with the sigil, a symbol used in magic to summon a deity or spirit, and the physical space of an abandoned foundry of metallurgical alloys. The architectural plans of the factory inspire the artist to search for sigils that invoke an &ldquo;industrial genie,&rdquo; and she carries out a fictional ritual by burning the plans and creating rings of fire as a way to activate the sigil. The sound in the piece also creates an otherworldly effect that feels similar to the sounds generated by ghost hunters who use the feedback from electronic devices to search for the voices of spirits. In this way, the artwork suggests a paranormal experience through the lens of digital media by connecting the different types of code that have shaped human societies&mdash;from incantations, to laws, to programming scripts.

The hierarchical nature of social media has enabled influencers to become modern-day pagan deities, extending their power over the masses of believers who worship them. In &ldquo;Neonumens,&rdquo; Solim&aacute;n L&oacute;pez addresses this idea by exploring the Instagram feed of Brazilian beauty blogger Camila Coelho, who regularly shares makeup tutorials, archetypes of ideal beauty, and her luxurious lifestyle to her 9.2 million followers. The artist focuses on two images posted on the social media platform in particular&mdash;one featuring Coelho and two friends, and another depicting a baby shower with a dog sleeping on a couch next to a newborn and a large teddy bear. These images are recreated using 3D libraries and image recognition software, and then incorporated into a virtual installation. A video created by the artist explores the simulated piece, and is accompanied by sound generated from light values extracted from one of the images.

The wireframe structures of the 3D objects and the feature detection marks become neon lights and wire mesh sculptures in a composition that is reminiscent of both an altarpiece and a futuristic shop window display. Overall, the method for obtaining these elements and the resulting imagery remind us of the algorithmic nature of the contents we consume in social media. Coelho&rsquo;s success and the particular type of images she disseminates result from unspoken rules, social codes, and the snowball effect of being favored by the sorting algorithms of the media platform.

This is a prototype version of Democracity which was given out during the Enchiridion Cryptovoxels Scavenger Hunt where teams competed to see who could find the most items in the virtual world.

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