An Exhibition That Redefines the Boundaries of Art and Technology

The contemporary art world has always sought to break conventions. “Horizontes Cyborg” does so in an unprecedented way: it turns a physical garden into the gateway to nine digital universes, erasing the boundary between outdoor space and the metaverse.

Visitors arrive at the Museo Evaristo Valle, put on a pair of Meta Quest virtual reality headsets and travel to completely different worlds — each conceived by a different artist, each with its own aesthetic, narrative and technology. All without leaving the museum gardens.

The Project: Who Makes It Possible

“Horizontes Cyborg” is the result of a multidisciplinary collaboration:

Emma Fernández Granada (Gijón, Asturias) — Promoter, developer and sponsor of the initiative. Artist and curator of the global project.
Álvaro Gómez-Sellés (Oviedo, Asturias) — External advisor. Architect and lecturer at RISD (USA) and ELISAVA.
Eduardo Fuentevilla Blanco and María Ruiz — Maedcore (Torrelavega, Cantabria). The startup responsible for developing and designing the experience software.
Ignacio Revenga (Madrid / USA) — Architect, founder of Estudio Topomorpho and designer of Pabellón 024.

The Artists and Their Metaverses

Six artists from five different countries have created the nine virtual worlds that make up the exhibition:

Marisa Müsing (Canada) — Stuck in the Motherboard: an exploration of digital identity trapped within the circuits of the technological world.
Wendi Yan (China) — Tale of Mammoth Goddess: ancestral mythology reimagined in a virtual environment of epic scale.
Josep Pierce (London) — Scale: a reflection on the perception of size and scale in spaces without gravity.
Cachito Vallés (Seville) — Panopticon: an experience that questions surveillance and control in digital society.
Machina Infinitum (Germany) — Amazing Koch Fractal Inside a Huge Dome: generative fractal geometry inside an immersive dome of visual mathematics.
Jorge Jiménez Azcue (Madrid) — Margarita Electrónica: nature and technology fused in a work of digital visual poetry.

Maedcore’s Role: Technology in Service of Art

Maedcore took on the technical challenge of making possible what on paper seemed complex: creating a stable, fluid and accessible VR experience for visitors of any technological background, in an outdoor setting, with the goal of allowing multiple people to enjoy it simultaneously.

The work included: