<Newborn Space> (Newborn Space v1.0.0) is part of the 'Newborn' project, which predicts and implements future cultural patterns using contemporary technology. It is a media installation that subverts the vision-centric spatial perception system and reconstructs space through hearing.

Rapid technological advancements have expanded the object of enjoyment beyond physical reality to 'non-material virtual space' composed of data and signals. However, unlike the extreme fluidity of digital space, which can be reconstructed with a single click, physical space remains bound by limitations requiring immense costs and physical constraints to change. This discrepancy in speed and flexibility between the two spaces increasingly fades the inherent meaning of fixed physical space. Amidst this phenomenon, the 'Newborn Space' project attempts 'Spatial Upcycling' to break away from the inertia of familiarity. It endows physical space with new value by utilizing the marginalized sense of hearing instead of the basal sense of vision. As the first implementation, 'Newborn Space (v1.0.0)' collected extensive audiovisual data by combining four action cameras in a panoramic format along with an Ambisonic spatial audio recorder. The AI learned the correlation between sound and spatial images from the data, constructing a virtual space solely from input sound with visual information eliminated. The space cultivated from sound is output through a media wall composed of 12 monitors, manifesting the hidden sides of space unrecognized by traditional sensory organs and revealing the fragmented aspects of future space implemented by AI.

This endeavor illuminates a future where virtual space, freed from physical constraints, overlaps with reality, blurring the boundaries between them. By grafting digital fluidity onto physical space to provide a momentary experience generated differently at every instant, 'Newborn Space (v1.0.0)' evokes conflicting emotions of alertness and awe regarding cultural changes driven by technological development, presenting a new existential meaning for physical space in the expanding digital era.