Chikyuchi is a virtual pet inspired by Tamagotchi. This avatar ‘Amazonchi’ represents the amazon rainforest. Its goal is to raise awareness about deforestation. Its health is synched to the (shrinking) surface data of the amazon rainforest through API and is therefore critically low…but you can temporarily cheer it up by playing games with it or cleaning its poop!
Single edition animations from "serious game" that's the core of an art installation exhibited in museums and galleries in Tokyo, Hong Kong and South-Korea. Next show at museum USA.
Official Page:
https://vincentruijters.com/Chikyuchi
50% profit donated to https://www.mightyearth.org/
Series: Chikyuchi Amazonchi (collection of 10)
Medium: Animated GIF, hand drawn. From Unity WebGL game.
Vincent Ruijters & Ray LC 2021
Edition: 1/1 single edition
Resolution: 1535 x 1535px
