The Unreal is a machinima piece (the use of computer game graphics to make a film) that was made with the game software Unreal Engine. It has purposely employed default materials inherent in the software to dress the landscape. Such materials include those meant for weapons as this is also a default object in the software. Additionally, the voiceover is using the codes of a guided meditation to lure the viewer into a state of bliss. Thus, we are subverting the respective intentions of such audiovisual codes towards an imaginary that in fact is utopia in disguise. The piece aims to render the viewer capable of discerning the illusion and to encourage a critical awareness of the promises and dreams we are exposed to on a daily basis.
The piece has been exhibited at online exhibitions such as “Digital Settlement: Light becomes Data” curated by The PhotoPhore in the 2020 Athens Digital Art Festival, it was selected to be part of the collection of Internet Moon Gallery and in the group exhibition "Welcome to the Antropoceno" at Museo de Salamanca in Spain. It was also part of the public program “Paisajes Irreales” in the framework of the exhibition “Posespacios”, organised by Injuve in Madrid, Spain.