Olivia Mc Gilchrist, Canada/Québec, 2019-2020
360° VR Film
MYRa combines digital underwater worlds with performance art, where viewers remain still amidst a virtual tidal wave, represented through 360° videos and 3d animations which moves around them. This virtual wave evokes the Caribbean’s complex relationships with water: from geographical dependency to environmental precarity. It is also inspired by the loss of a close friend, suggesting the feeling of being submerged by grief.
MYRa combina mondi digitali sottomarini alla performance art. Gli spettatori rimangono immobili in mezzo ad un’onda virtuale anomala, rappresentata attraverso video a 360 gradi e animazioni 3d che prendono vita intorno a loro. Quest’onda virtuale evoca le complesse relazioni dei Caraibi con l’acqua: dalla dipendenza geografica alla precarietà ambientale. E’ ispirata anche dalla perdita di un caro amico, trasmettendo la sensazione di essere sommersi dal dolore.
COMPOSITION/SOUND DESIGN: Olivia Mc Gilchrist, Diego Bermudez-Chamberland
SOUND DESIGN: Yanik Temblay-Simard
VR DEVELOPMENT – UNITY3d: Scott Smith and Dougy Hérard
COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION: Canada/Québec
PRODUCTION SUPPORT: Decoy Magazine (CA) Hexagram (CA/QC) Milieux Institute (CA/QC)
Canada, 2019-2020
Kindly supported by the Senate Chancellery Hamburg and the Québec Government Office in Germany.
