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Kinnie Lane – The Loop

The musical style of French artist “Kinnie Lane” sounds very similar to 1980s pop music. Repeating synth patterns, straight drum lines and lots of reverb on the vocals are characteristic for this style. Thus my concert for this artist is referring to the aesthetics of that era. Animations of analogue graphic computers (Scanimate) and early, very rudimentary digital computers are my inspiration for the concert’s visuals. This style is currently trending again; however, it is not yet common in VR. I try to make it tangible and perceptible.
In early computer games of the 1980s movement was of central importance. The idea of going on a journey with an artist during their concert appealed to me right away. Unfortunately, movements not initiated by the users are very complex to realize in VR since they can interfere with the sense of balance and lead to nausea. Precise reference points moving in synch with the user are important to prevent disorientation. In my concert, this reference point is a truck on which the users ride through different settings. The artist is on top of the driver’s cabin, performing for the audience located on the loading area of the truck.

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Director: Jörg Kahlhöfer

Hamburg, 2018

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Geschichten aus Jerusalem

Four shorts of six to eight minutes in 360°/VR and 3D deal with life in the heart of the Mid-East conflict, told from a both an Israeli and Palestinian point of view and not without the dry humour characteristic for Dany Levy’s feature films. Their titles are “Faith”, “Love”, “Hope” and “Angst”. “Faith” is about an Israeli stand-up comedian clashing with aggressive spectators on Zion Square, whereas “Love” portrays a young Palestinian woman on a public bus from the West Bank across the border to Israel. A soldier of the same age pulls her from the bus at the check point for a momentous interrogation overshadowed by a five metre high wall. In the “Hope” episode, a military sniper sited above the roofs of the old town is aiming at a very special target. Is he waiting for a divine sign? There’s a restless ghost haunting the ruins of the building once supposed to become the Palestinian parliament in the episode “Angst”. Could it be Yassir Arafat?

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Director: Dani Levy

Germany, 2018

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gaengeVRtl

“gaengeVRtl” enables the spectator to visit a virtual rendition of Hamburg’s Gängeviertel district. Using photogrammetry we digitized parts of the area and created and impressionist version of this fascinating part of town.

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Director: Sven Freiberg

Hamburg, 2018

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Book of a Hundred Ghosts

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God (John 1:1)
“Book Of A Hundred Ghosts” is a virtual reality installation, a Chinese parable staged in the form of a virtual tableau. It reimagines the history of an ancient land as a Book of falling words and crushing signs, inciting awe, fear, pain and carnal pleasure.
The falling words, each unique, is a blend of characters that appear only once in Confucius’ “Analects” and the Constitution of the People’s Republic of China; two important texts that supposedly serve to govern the moral and political being of Chinese both symbolically and practically.

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Director: Ip Yuk-Yiu

China 2018

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Blind Vaysha

This short VR films allows viewers to make a visceral connection with Vaysha, a young girl born with a left eye that sees only the past and a right eye that sees only the future. Like a terrible curse, Vaysha’s split vision prevents her from inhabiting the present. Blinded by what was and tormented by what will be, she remains trapped between two irreconcilable temporalities.
In this metaphoric tale of timeless wisdom and beauty, based on the eponymous short story by Georgi Gospodinov, filmmaker Theodore Ushev reminds us of the importance of keeping our sights on the present moment.

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Director: Theodore Ushev

Canada, 2017

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