The 81st Venice International Film Festival (Fondazione La Biennale di Venezia) proudly presents its premiere of “Symbiosis/\Dysbiosis: Sentience”, an extraordinary #XR installation that explores the intricate web of microscopic connections binding us to the world, Powered by Resonite.
This immersive experience, conceived by renowned creator Tosca Terán, invites participants to journey deep within an old-growth forest, where their real-time EEG data and the bio-electrical activity from living fungal Mycelium control their path.
Notably, this marks the first experience from Resonite to be premiered at the Venice Film Festival.
Join us at #VeniceImmersive2024 from August 28th to September 7th. “Symbiosis/\Dysbiosis: Sentience” will be exhibited at Venice Immersive Island.
About the Experience:
Symbiosis/\Dysbiosis: Sentience combines real-time fungal biodata streams with EEG data from Guests, creating an environment where participants perceive and interact with the microscopic connections formed within us, on us and around us.
Within the expanded reality installation, Nanotopia creates an evolving soundscape with living Mycelium that is directly connected to a custom synthesizer and bio-electrically connected to the virtual environment.
Through whimsical storytelling, live actors, and a live soundtrack featuring the star of the show, Ganoderma lucidum, this installation creates a dynamic, interactive environment. Participants are not mere spectators but active contributors to the intricate balance and potential discord within these relationships, reinforcing the notion that everything is connected.
Canada Council for the Arts | Conseil des arts du Canada , Ontario Arts Council | Conseil des arts de l'Ontario, #MUSE, INVR.SPACE GmbH,
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CREDITS:
Original Concept & Story by: Tosca Terán Teran aka Nanotopia
World Created by: Nanotopia, Rixx, Raptoranim
Lead Programmer/Tech Director: Seven Steffens aka Rixx
Biodata Configurations: Rixx, Brendan Lehman aka Neurochems
3D Sculpts & Avatars by: Nanotopia, Raptoranim, İsmail Burak Çendik
Live Soundscape Performances: Nanotopia, Ganoderma lucidum, Pleurotus ostreatus
Actors: Selen Lun 🌈 (Any) 🔜Venice IFF, Sebastian Jure, Michael Barngrover
Production: Nanotopia + The Mycelium Network
Executive Producer: Sönke Kirchhof, INVR.SPACE GmbH
Camera Director/Videographer: Rick Tuazon aka Projektivity
PR & Marketing: Annabelle Paulino
VR EEG Test Crew:
Cataena, Sarah Choukah, Maria Karam, Penelope Walcott, Isaac Kay
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