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Extended Reality 2022
Filmstill [Posthuman Wombs]
[Posthuman Wombs]
Anna Fries, Malu Peeters
This auto-theoretical essay explores the womb of a posthuman, questioning stereotypical ideas of pregnancy and speculating about non-binary reproduction scenarios.
Filmstill [Posthuman Wombs]

[Posthuman Wombs]

[Posthuman Wombs]
Anna Fries, Malu Peeters
Extended Reality 2022
XR
Germany,
Netherlands,
Switzerland
2021
20 minutes
English

The stereotypical idea of pregnancy is a challenge for persons who do not define themselves as female only. This auto-theoretical essay explores the future of the family and non-binary reproduction scenarios in which all bodies can become pregnant. We travel into the womb of a posthuman and follow speculations about the de-feminisation of childbearing.

Lars Rummel

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Producer
Anna Fries, Malu Peeters
Animation
Lisa Kaschubat, Manuel Tozzi
VR Developer
Ambrus Ivanyos
3D Artist
Lisa Kaschubat, Manuel Tozzi, Danielle Williams
Creative Technologist
Ambrus Ivanyos
Sound
Malu Peeters
Script
Anna Fries
Score
Malu Peeters
Performer
Brandy Butler, Anna Fries, Olivia Hyunsin Kim, Ncube as Bibi, Fercha Pombo, Kübra Uzun, Wheelymum
Director
Anna Fries, Malu Peeters
Extended Reality 2022
Filmstill All Unsaved Progress Will Be Lost
All Unsaved Progress Will Be Lost
Mélanie Courtinat
In a deserted city text fragments float over a sea of flowers: the story of a woman who refused to leave her home after a disaster.
2022
Filmstill All Unsaved Progress Will Be Lost

All Unsaved Progress Will Be Lost

All Unsaved Progress Will Be Lost
Mélanie Courtinat
Extended Reality 2022
XR
France
2022
10 minutes
English
Subtitles: 
English

In the middle of a deserted city of concrete and fog, text fragments float over a sea of flowers. This is the story of a woman who refused to leave her home after a disaster. The game of tension and ignorance, suggestion and concreteness leaves room for projections: We are confronted with our own fears before the plot is resolved.

Lars Rummel

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Producer
Mélanie Courtinat
Score
Yatoni
Director
Mélanie Courtinat
Extended Reality 2022
Filmstill Control Negative
Control Negative
Monika Masłoń
A VR experience as a psychological experiment that confronts us with feelings such as frustration, helplessness, stress, rage and grief, and debunks control as an illusion.
2022
Filmstill Control Negative

Control Negative

Control Negative
Monika Masłoń
Extended Reality 2022
XR
Poland
2022
30 minutes
Polish,
English

The Western culture of self-optimisation is based on the idea that one can control all aspects of life. This VR experience subjects us to a psychological experiment, confronting us with feelings such as frustration, helplessness, stress, rage and grief to show: Control is an illusion. Step by step, we are led from physical activation to contemplative perception.

Lars Rummel

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Producer
Krzysztof Franek, Krzysztof Pijarski
Executive Producer
Agnieszka Sural, Tomasz Filiks
Creative Producer
Pola Borkiewicz, Jacek Nagłowski
Production Company
The Polish National Film School in Łódź – vnLab
VR Developer
Marcin Puchalski
3D Artist
Adam Kosiewicz, Marcin Puchalski
Sound
Kajetan Zakrzewski
Script
Monika Masłoń, Rafał Kotas
Score
Karolina Rec
Narrator
Julia Kolberger, Włodzimierz Press, Richard Bialy
Director
Monika Masłoń
Extended Reality 2022
Filmstill Dragzina
Dragzina
Nikita Shokhov, Masha Vorslav
Where are the spaces for the LGBTQIA2S+ culture in Russia? This AR experience opens a digital safe space for the drag scene where they can perform without fear of violence.
2022
Filmstill Dragzina

Dragzina

Dragzina
Nikita Shokhov, Masha Vorslav
Extended Reality 2022
XR
USA,
Russia,
UK
2022
12 minutes
English,
Russian

The LGBTQIA2S+ community in Russia is facing an increasingly hostile social climate, is tabooed and criminalised. The AR experience opens a digital safe space for the local drag scene where they can perform without fear of violence. At the same time, this artistic occupation of heteronormatively dominated places is a political intervention.

Lars Rummel

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Producer
Anna Evtiugina
Production Company
iPureland.art
AR Developer
Yuan Li
Interactive Design
Parker Ford
Artistic Design
Alexey Golubev, Vannet, Zac Kim
Creative Technologist
Zach Duer
Sound
Konstantin Andzhanovskii
Score
Ultraflex, Anoche Xenon
Performer
Masha Vorslav, Lorina Rey, Anoche Xenon, Skinny Jenny, Polis Vera/Robert, Vanessa Diziai, Ramona Vile, Vannet
Key Collaborator
Moscow gender play community "Dragzina", Moscow drag community "Home Drag Race", Ilya Lagerfeld
Director
Nikita Shokhov, Masha Vorslav
Extended Reality 2023
Filmstill Draw for Change: We Exist, We Resist
Draw for Change: We Exist, We Resist
Mariana Cadenas Sangronis
Maremoto is a young Mexican illustrator and visual creator, but first and foremost a sensible artist. We follow her daily fight against sexism, fear and anxiety.
2023
Filmstill Draw for Change: We Exist, We Resist

Draw for Change: We Exist, We Resist

Draw for Change: Existimos, resistimos
Mariana Cadenas Sangronis
Extended Reality 2023
XR
Belgium
2023
15 minutes
Spanish,
English,
French,
Dutch

Femicides are daily in Mexico. We follow Maremoto in her fight against sexism, fear and anxiety. She is an illustrator and visual creator, but first and foremost a sensible artist. This VR experience is inspired by her art, her search for identity, her self-empowerment, her way of making herself and others aware of their own bodies and of finding allies in the struggle for change.

Lars Rummel

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Concept
Mariana Cadenas Sangronis
Producer
Evelien De Graef, Hanne Phlypo, Michel Denis, Kris De Boeck, Patrick Vandenbroeck
Production Company
Clin d’oeil films, Castar, Benuts Flanders
Animation
Camille Chailloux, Eline Mollet, Daaf Wouters
VR Developer
Nicolas Corson, Jonathan Massin, Milan Gerard, Pierre Lacasse
VFX Artist
Boris Gortz, Manon Martin
Sound Design
Walter Fiorini
Key Collaborator
Mar Maremoto
Director
Mariana Cadenas Sangronis
Cinematographer
Jimi Abidts
Extended Reality 2023
Filmstill Elele
Elele
Sjoerd van Acker
We let Max Cooper’s music take over our hands. They get to dance on a virtual, hypnotic stage: intuitively, playfully, gracefully. Anything goes.
Filmstill Elele

Elele

Elele
Sjoerd van Acker
Extended Reality 2023
XR
Netherlands
2022
7 minutes
English
Subtitles: 
None

In the midst of a blue-violet tinted mountain range are the remains of a lonely pavilion. Accompanied by the music of Max Cooper, this setting becomes the stage of a dance performance – in which our hands play the leading roles. Intuitively we let the rhythm take them over, move them playfully, form graceful gestures. At this hypnotic place everything is possible for the dancers.

Lars Rummel

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Producer
Firat Sezgin, Ecegül Bayram
Production Company
Institute of Time
Artistic Design
Tolga Tarhan, Gamze Yavuz
Score
Max Cooper
Director
Sjoerd van Acker
Extended Reality 2023
Filmstill Her Name Was Gisberta
Her Name Was Gisberta
Sérgio Galvão Roxo
Gisberta Salce was a Brazilian trans woman who was tortured for days and at last brutally murdered by 14 young men in Portugal in 2006. This film honours her memory.
2023
Filmstill Her Name Was Gisberta

Her Name Was Gisberta

Seu nome era Gisberta
Sérgio Galvão Roxo
Extended Reality 2023
XR
Portugal
2023
30 minutes
Portuguese (Brazil),
English
Subtitles: 
English

Gisberta Salce, called Gis by her friends and family, was a Brazilian trans woman who was tortured for days and at last brutally murdered by 14 young men in Portugal in 2006. This 360° film keeps her memory alive and illuminates the horrific scale of this hate crime, uncovering systemic transphobia and advocating for justice and change.

Lars Rummel

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Concept
Sérgio Galvão Roxo
Production Company
corpo-paisagem
Editor
Sérgio Galvão Roxo
Animation
Sérgio Galvão Roxo
Sound
Sérgio Galvão Roxo, Pedro Velho
Script
Pedro Velho, Sérgio Galvão Roxo
Narrator
Alexia Vitória
Director
Sérgio Galvão Roxo
Extended Reality 2022
Filmstill In the Mist
In the Mist
Tung-Yen Chou
A group sex scene in a gay sauna becomes a real-surreal stage for desire and reflection: on sex positive spaces, our own lust and our own sense of morality.
2020
Filmstill In the Mist

In the Mist

Wù jhong
Tung-Yen Chou
Extended Reality 2022
XR
Taiwan
2020
15 minutes
English,
Chinese

We find ourselves in the middle of a gay sauna. In search of physical contact outside ideas of bourgeois romantic love, we are part of a group sex scene. We look at the protagonists, just as they look at us. The space becomes a stage, both real and surreal, that provokes reflections: about sex positive spaces, our own lust and our own sense of morality.

Lars Rummel

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Executive Producer
Chin-Hsuan Sung
Production Company
Very Theatre
Editor
Chia-Wen Huang
VR Developer
Ming-Yuan Chuan
Sound
Chin-Lun Kao
Score
Hai-Ting Liao
Performer
Jing-Yan Lin, Gryphon, Hsin-Hung Chen, Jack, John, James, Kai-Cheng Cho, Owen Wu, Chi-Yen Li, Luke, Barnie, Eason Lee, Ming-Fang Qiu
Director
Tung-Yen Chou
Cinematographer
Che-Yu Chou
Filmstill Kusunda

Kusunda

Kusunda
Felix Gaedtke, Gayatri Parameswaran
Extended Reality 2022
XR
Germany,
Nepal,
Sweden,
Switzerland,
Taiwan
2021
23 minutes
English,
Nepali,
Kusunda

The Nepalese shaman Lil Bahadur and his granddaughter Hima have dedicated themselves to the revival of his native language, Kusunda. It’s about more than communication, namely identity, tradition and awareness of one’s own history. The interactive voice-control of this VR experience allows us to learn Kusunda ourselves. We learners become human archives of an all but lost indigenous language.

Lars Rummel

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Co-Producer
Sönke Kirchhof, Philipp Wenning, Emma Creed, Aliki Tsakoumi, Kuan-Yuan Lai
Executive Producer
René Pinnell
Creative Producer
Felix Gaedtke, Gayatri Parameswaran, Mia von Kolpakow
Production Company
NowHere Media
Animation
Moritz Mayerhofer
VR Developer
Tobias Wehrum
Sound
Mads Michelsen, David Segal
Key Collaborator
Gyani Maiya Kusunda, Lil Bahadur Kusunda, Hima Kusunda
Director
Felix Gaedtke, Gayatri Parameswaran
Extended Reality 2023
Filmstill No Place But Here
No Place But Here
Dylan Valley, Annie Nisenson
In 2017, the “Reclaim the City” initiative occupied an unused hospital in Cape Town. Their symbolic protest against the housing shortage became a new home for hundreds of people.
Filmstill No Place But Here

No Place But Here

No Place But Here
Dylan Valley, Annie Nisenson
Extended Reality 2023
XR
South Africa
2022
16 minutes
Afrikaans,
English
Subtitles: 
None

In 2017, the “Reclaim the City” initiative occupied an empty hospital in the Woodstock district of Cape Town. Their symbolic protest against the housing shortage became a new home for hundreds of people: the “Cissie Gool House”. The work conveys intimate insights into an unusual housing project that combats criminalisation by politics and the public.

Lars Rummel

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Producer
Dylan Valley, Annie Nisenson, Alex Hendricks, Valentia Fisher
Production Company
Electric South
Editor
Stephen Abbott
Animation
Shukry Adams, Tara Weber
Sound
Joshua Yon
Sound Design
Rob Brinkworth
Key Collaborator
Faghmeeda Ling, Karen Hendricks, Quintin Moos, Amanda Gericke, Tsukie Bhalindela, Darren Christian, Gear Sponsorship
Director
Dylan Valley, Annie Nisenson
Extended Reality 2022
Filmstill On the Morning You Wake (to the End of the World)
On the Morning You Wake (to the End of the World)
Mike Brett, Steve Jamison, Pierre Zandrowicz, Arnaud Colinart
The nuclear threat became real for 1.4 million people on Hawaii. On 13 January 2018, a text message warned them of a missile. The message was false, its consequences momentous.
2022
Filmstill On the Morning You Wake (to the End of the World)

On the Morning You Wake (to the End of the World)

On the Morning You Wake (to the End of the World)
Mike Brett, Steve Jamison, Pierre Zandrowicz, Arnaud Colinart
Extended Reality 2022
XR
France,
UK,
USA
2022
42 minutes
English,
French,
German,
Korean,
Japanese,
Norwegian
Subtitles: 
English

The peace of the superpowers is based on “mutual assured destruction”. States can annihilate each other completely with their arsenals. On 13 January 2018, 1.4 million people on Hawaii got a taste of this: A false missile alert text message brought their lives to a standstill that lasted 38 minutes, panic broke out and the nuclear threat suddenly became real.

Lars Rummel

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Producer
Arnaud Colinart, Jo-Jo Ellison, Mike Brett, Steve Jamison
Executive Producer
Paul Mezier, Susanna Pollack
Production Company
Atlas V, Archer’s Mark
Animation
Alan Sorio
3D Artist
Renaud de Bellefon, Anthony Rubier
VFX Artist
Yasuyuki Otsuki
Script
Dr. Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio
Score
Bobby Krlic
Key Collaborator
Games for Change, Princeton University, British Film Institute, VR for Good, ARTE France, CNC
Director
Mike Brett, Steve Jamison, Pierre Zandrowicz, Arnaud Colinart
Extended Reality 2023
Filmstill Pause
Pause
Michal Shoshan
A journey into the vast expanse of the void: If you engage with the game and do not take too long a break, you can uncover hidden secrets and find your own path in the middle of nowhere.
2020
Filmstill Pause

Pause

Pause
Michal Shoshan
Extended Reality 2023
XR
Israel
2020
20 minutes
English

In this indie game we embark on a journey into the vast expanse of the void. If you like, you can contemplate, rest, observe yourself. If you feel like moving, you can navigate the white space step by step – or just take a break … But not for too long! Or you will miss the chance to uncover hidden secrets and find your own path in the middle of nowhere.

Lars Rummel

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Producer
Michal Shoshan
Interactive Design
Michal Shoshan
Artistic Design
Michal Shoshan
Coding
Michael Berelejis
Sound Design
Shahar Shirly
Score
Shahar Shirly
Director
Michal Shoshan
Extended Reality 2023
Filmstill Plastisapiens
Plastisapiens
Miri Chekhanovich, Édith Jorisch
In this “surreal eco-fiction” we merge with plastic to become hybrid creatures whose identity and DNA were restructured. We become the material that unites us all.
Filmstill Plastisapiens

Plastisapiens

Plastisapiens
Miri Chekhanovich, Édith Jorisch
Extended Reality 2023
XR
Canada,
Israel
2022
15 minutes
English

Microplastics are everywhere: in the air, the soil, and the water. In this “surreal eco-fiction,” plastic and the environment live in peaceful coexistence. They invent a comforting world in which we merge with plastics to become hybrid creatures, endowed with a new identity and DNA. In the plastisphere we become the material that unites us all – if only it were finally allowed to re-shape us.

Lars Rummel

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Producer
Isabelle Repelin, Raphaëlle Sleurs, Marie-Pier Gauthier
Executive Producer
Louis-Richard Tremblay
Production Company
Dpt., National Film Board of Canada, Lalibela Productions
Artistic Design
Dpt.
Sound Design
Ori Alboher
Script
Miri Chekhanovich, Édith Jorisch
Narrator
Miri Chekhanovich
Director
Miri Chekhanovich, Édith Jorisch
Extended Reality 2022
Filmstill Seven Grams
Seven Grams
Karim Ben Khelifa
Our everyday digital life is unthinkable without mobile phones. But what natural and human resources does the tech industry require for this innovation?
2021
Filmstill Seven Grams

Seven Grams

Seven Grams
Karim Ben Khelifa
Extended Reality 2022
XR
France,
USA,
UK
2021
24 minutes
English,
French,
German

Our everyday digital life is unthinkable without smartphones. Across the world, more than five billion such devices are in circulation. Each one of those is even touched more than 2,600 times per day. This AR experience takes us through the hidden history of this technology and thus into the Democratic Republic of the Congo. What natural and human resources does the tech industry require for its innovations?

Lars Rummel

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Executive Producer
Chloé Jarry, Opeyemi Olukemi
Production Company
Lucid Realities
Animation
TT Hernandez
AR Developer
Novelab
Sound
Frank Weber
Script
Karim Ben Khelifa, Juan B. Diaz
Key Collaborator
Quentin Noirfalisse
Director
Karim Ben Khelifa
Extended Reality 2023
Filmstill The Assembly
The Assembly
Charlotte Bruneau
In this realm of sounds, polyphony reigns: Through singing together and synchronised movements, participants create an authentic communal experience.
2023
Filmstill The Assembly

The Assembly

The Assembly
Charlotte Bruneau
Extended Reality 2023
XR
Luxembourg
2023
18 minutes
English
Subtitles: 
None

Welcome to the realm of sounds! What separates us – language, individualised lifeworlds – can be overcome, for this is where polyphony reigns. In this multiplayer installation, participants come together through singing and synchronised movements and create an authentic communal experience through their combined vocal power.

Lars Rummel

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Concept
Charlotte Bruneau, Catherine Elsen
Producer
Christel Henon, Lilian Eche, Charlotte Bruneau, Catherine Elsen
Co-Producer
CCRD Opderschmelz
Production Company
Bidibul Productions, Pitchblack Collective
VR Developer
Gluk Media
3D Artist
Wesley Allsbrook
Sound
Matrix
Sound Design
Pouya Ehsaei
Script
Charlotte Bruneau, Rokas Kišonas, Catherine Elsen
Score
Pouya Ehsaei
Performer
Catherine Elsen
Director
Charlotte Bruneau
Extended Reality 2023
Filmstill The Contrast or Illusion
The Contrast or Illusion
Mariusz Borzyszkowski
Surrounded by giant statues, we become an object of appraisal: A field of tension between arbitrariness and control, power and impotence, diversity and uniformity opens.
2023
Filmstill The Contrast or Illusion

The Contrast or Illusion

The Contrast or Illusion
Mariusz Borzyszkowski
Extended Reality 2023
XR
Poland
2023
6 minutes
without dialogue

We are exposed to evaluations every day. The norm by which they are made is usually out of our hands. This VR experience creates a field of tension between arbitrariness and control, power and impotence, diversity and uniformity. A circle of 16 real objects marks the entrance to a virtual process of evaluation in which 16 giant grey statues examine us.

Lars Rummel

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Producer
Mariusz Borzyszkowski
VR Developer
Mariusz Borzyszkowski
Artistic Design
Mariusz Borzyszkowski
3D Artist
Mariusz Borzyszkowski
Coding
Mariusz Borzyszkowski
Sound Design
Marcin Zieliński
Key Collaborator
Janina Rudnicka
Director
Mariusz Borzyszkowski