Loikka Dance Film Festival is proud to present for the first time a globally significant programme of virtual reality art pieces aimed for a wide audience. Rarely presented and usually attainable only for selected industry audience, these virtual reality works are now open for public at Annantalo Arts Centre whom the virtual reality programme is realised in collaboration with.
The programme consists of 13 virtual reality works offering an opportunity to explore the world of virtual dimensions and different ways of experiencing art. The programme allows you to have an understanding of feasible recent virtual technologies but the curatorial focus has been on portraying the different means of dance, performance art, multimedia and music being present in virtual formats, producing engaging and fully immersive experiences. Virtual reality art is inherently multidisciplinary by its nature and in how movement, three-dimensional space, gravity and sensomotoric phenomenons become vividly experienced and immerse us into being deeply touched and evoked.
Gaming, interaction, multiple dramaturgy and nonlinear narratives are customary tools in VR. These tools are also becoming popular in the common use of the performing arts. In the VR works presented at Loikka these virtual means enable multiple dimensions to inhabit unknown territories and to blur the boundaries of the known and unknown worlds which enhances our consciousness of corporality. We are no longer just witnessing art in action but entering the world where the art takes place. We are touched, shaken, and sometimes overwhelmed by these unpredictable territories.
The virtual reality programme of Loikka is enabled by an exceptionally wide collaboration with the private and public sector in the field of culture and business. The main partner is the City of Helsinki who is supporting the programme and the visit of the filmmakers to Loikka. VR_I, a work by the Swiss choreographer Gilles Jobin is presented in close collaboration with Annantalo. In addition to this, Dance House Helsinki is also collaborating with Loikka in presenting WHIST.
The programme consists of 13 virtual reality works offering an opportunity to explore the world of virtual dimensions and different ways of experiencing art. The programme allows you to have an understanding of feasible recent virtual technologies but the curatorial focus has been on portraying the different means of dance, performance art, multimedia and music being present in virtual formats, producing engaging and fully immersive experiences. Virtual reality art is inherently multidisciplinary by its nature and in how movement, three-dimensional space, gravity and sensomotoric phenomenons become vividly experienced and immerse us into being deeply touched and evoked.
Gaming, interaction, multiple dramaturgy and nonlinear narratives are customary tools in VR. These tools are also becoming popular in the common use of the performing arts. In the VR works presented at Loikka these virtual means enable multiple dimensions to inhabit unknown territories and to blur the boundaries of the known and unknown worlds which enhances our consciousness of corporality. We are no longer just witnessing art in action but entering the world where the art takes place. We are touched, shaken, and sometimes overwhelmed by these unpredictable territories.
The virtual reality programme of Loikka is enabled by an exceptionally wide collaboration with the private and public sector in the field of culture and business. The main partner is the City of Helsinki who is supporting the programme and the visit of the filmmakers to Loikka. VR_I, a work by the Swiss choreographer Gilles Jobin is presented in close collaboration with Annantalo. In addition to this, Dance House Helsinki is also collaborating with Loikka in presenting WHIST.
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The audience may explore the contents of the VR programme by scanning the 10th anniversary logo of Loikka via Arilyn, an application based on using augmented reality techniques. Download Arilyn on you mobile device and step into the virtual programme! Arilyn is free to download for iOs and Android operating systems.
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The recommended age for the VR programme is 10 years. For further information on the age limits, please view the descriptions of the pieces separately.
VR_I
By blending art and technology VR_I enters into new, unexplored and unchartered territories of contemporary dance.
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WHIST
WHIST invites you on a journey into the unconscious mind, where your instincts will guide you through a narrative of surreal dreams and fears.
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OCEAN VORTEX
Ocean Vortex is a combination of tactile, meditative and interactive experiences, leaving you a feeling of having visited another planet.
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NUANC3D & PHANTOM
Nuanc3d is the world’s first volumetrically captured and virtually experienced contemporary circus performance offering the viewer an opportunity to move freely among the performers. Phantom is a virtual music video of the trip-hop and dark experimentalist electronic duo Phantom’s song “Smoke”.
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THROUGH YOU
Vibrant and sensual VR experience explores love across a lifetime.
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EGOCURE
Interactive story engages the viewer to become a part of a choreographers nightmare-like journey.
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Bannerikuva: Anna Semerdjiev
