The Anticipation of Rain
Using animated brush strokes in a 3D environment, a soundscape and scents, Naima Karim brings the tropical thunderstorm to life. Climate change has made the once-romantic monsoon into a life-threatening phenomenon.
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IDFA DocLab Competition for Immersive Non-Fiction
Projects in this section
Projects in this section
The Butterfly Effect
In this multi-sensory installation, we make intimate acquaintance with a 4.5-billion-year-old rock fragment that traveled the universe before landing on Earth as a meteorite. Scientific data is translated into a sensorial experience.
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Dancing with Dead Animals
Maarten Isaäk de Heer has “re-animated” all the animals that died in his direct environment over the course of six months. He situates them in a pseudo-paradisical celebration of life that walks the line between tableau vivant and danse macabre.
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Ihyangjeong: Carving with Memories
For animator Sunghwan Lee, the South Korean housing market offers little opportunity to find a real home—one like his father’s childhood house, packed with memories. A virtuoso animated journey through time and space.
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Ikhet (Sound Pyramid)
Referring to the glorious light of the Great Pyramid of Giza, this interactive installation with light, vibration and a very personal sound collage immerses the visitor in a microcosm that stimulates the senses.
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In Pursuit of Repetitive Beats
This interactive VR documentary takes you deep inside the UK rave culture of 1989. Grab a flyer and hunt for the illegal rave, somewhere in a secret location in Coventry. Experience the anticipation, the search—and finally the euphoria.
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Kristine Is Not Well
In this interactive VR simulation you try to stay a step ahead of censorship on a fictitious online platform, with critical posts about the sudden disappearance of influencer Kristine. Based on real anti-censorship techniques used by online activists.
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Missing 10 Hours VR
Watch passively, go along with what’s happening, or intervene? In this interactive VR production, the viewer’s choices determine whether a night out ends in date rape or the safe return home of the girl whose drink is spiked with GHB.
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My Toe (Uncensored)
When Lisa Schamlé posted photos of her toe online, she immediately got reactions from foot fetishists. That led to this installation of photos, embroidery and a live performance. Is it possible to fetishize absolutely every part of the female body?
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Plastisapiens
Leave behind your worries about the future—Plastisapiens takes you on a playful and soothing VR journey where organic beings and plastics become one.
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Slumberland
In our “attention economy”, where money is to be made from every second we spend looking at a screen, more and more people are suffering from insomnia. In this live guided group experience in VR, theater collective Bombina Bombast leads you to sleep.
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With These Hands
This VR installation shares challenging, complex and under-discussed stories of sexual assault and recovery. It explores the role of listening in the recovery of both survivors and those responsible for sexual harm.
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