Program

15. 10. - 17. 11. 2024

International Competition

October 15 - 20, 2024
DOX Centre for Contemporary Art

A showcase of the best 15 XR projects from the past year, combining the latest technology with an inspiring visual style and storytelling. Entrance to the International Competition section is part of the regular DOX entry ticket. Tickets can be purchased online during the festival or at the DOX box office.

A Dream Of Fish: Prologue

Lucas Rizzotto
2024

Do we dare to expose our vulnerability and tell our own stories into the pond full of virtual goldfish?

A Simple Silence

Craig Quintero
2024

A fragile film in which the longing for silence meets the longing for a pulsating life.

Battlefield

François Vautier
2024

What did one of the most famous battles of World War I look like from the perspective of the soldiers in the trenches?

Bloom

Fabienne Giezendanner & Franck Van Leeuwen
2023

Deep underground lies both doom and hope for the fate of our planet.

Bodies of Water

Chélanie Beaudin-Quintin, Caroline Laurin-Beaucage
2024

An underwater 360° dance film exploring the existential levels of human bodies and souls.

Duchampiana

Lilian Hess
2024

The upward journey as a manifesto against the conventions of depiction of the female body.

Hinterlands

Rebecca Evans
2023

Dance performance in a mixed reality where almost indestructible creatures meet fragile humans.

Ito Meikyu

Boris Labbé
2024

The diversity of human life woven on the virtual loom of the universe.

LIMBOPHOBIA

Wen Yee HSIEH
2023

A black and white dreamy fresco that shows the silent darkness of the near future.

Lost and Found

Dime Gjorgjievski
2024

Where to find the things we've lost? And how to find ourselves among them?

Otherworlds

Sophia Bulgakova
2024

A magical ritual based on ancient Ukrainian traditions that opens up new possibilities for sharing and coexistence. Magický rituál založený na ukrajinských dávných tradicích, který otevírá nové možnosti společného soužití.

Shadowtime

Sister Sylvester, Deniz Tortum
2023

Can virtual reality be the next space where the shadow of our time materializes?

Soul Paint

Sarah Ticho, Niki Smit
2024

Immersive painting in the heart of the present feelings.

The Cave VR

Jowita Guja, Adam Żądło
2024

How would Plato depict the allegory of the cave if he had a VR headset?

Turbulence: Jamais Vu

Ben Joseph Andrews & Emma Roberts
2023

A look into a world where the familiar suddenly becomes alien.

VR Exhibition: Beyond the Glass Ceiling

October 15 - November 10, 2024
DOX Centre for Contemporary Art

This immersive VR installation presents 12 projects exploring the position of women as artists in virtual reality. Besides being created by women, the projects also capture women's, mostly personal, experiences.

Close

Hana Umeda, Dorota Sosnowska
2023

After watching this critical exploration of the Japanese dance jiutamai and the effects of patriarchy on its performers, you'll never look at watermelons the same way again.

Comfortless

Gina Kim
2023

America Town was once a “haven of rest” for US soldiers. A realistic look into its streets and buildings reveals the desolate life of South Korean “comfort women”.

Draw for Change! We Exist, We Resist

Mariana Cadenas Sangronis
2023

The power of creative protest as one of the best ways to resist sexual violence.

Everywhen 360°

Mária Júdová
2021

How do the gestures of traditionally feminine bodies preserve their historical origins? A hypnotising dance project exploring the meanings of rhythmic movements.

HeartBeat

Dee Harvey, Johanna Courtney, Simon Ratliff
2023

The story of a woman who decided to break the taboo and openly share her experience with something that is a part of many women's lives: her miscarriage at home.

I Took a Lethal Dose of Herbs

Yvette Granata
2023

Bizarrely chilling story that shows how postpartum psychosis and anti-abortion ideology can lead women to self-destructive behaviour.

Mammary Mountain

Tara Baoth Mooney, Camille Baker & Maf'j Alvarez
2023

Get to know the stories of breast cancer survivors and join them on their road to recovery.

MAYA: The Birth of a Superhero

Poulomi Basu & CJ Clarke
2024

What superpower have you always wanted? If your answer is "spraying your enemies with menstrual blood", then this project is a perfect fit for you.

Nana Lou

Isabelle Andreani
2024

A touching animated film about the inevitability of making mistakes as a mother and finding a way to reconciliation on the deathbed.

Natalie’s Trifecta

Natalie Paneng
2023

Visit the digital world of Natalie Paneng, who will guide you through her creative process towards a glitch art utopia full of hope, cuteness, and playful interactions.

Oneroom-Babel

Sanghee Lee
2023

An underwater world full of coral-filled one-room apartments revealing the feelings of young people experiencing the housing crisis.

Sister Lin-Tou

Hsiao-Mei Ho
2023

An orbit of the landscape of the female body which stores past traumas as evidence of its resilience.

Special Program

DOX Centre for Contemporary Art

Throughout the month, ART∗VR will showcase the medium of XR in its diversity: mixed reality projects, interactive games, immersive performances or VR worlds that you can explore together with other people.

Astra

Eliza McNitt
2024

In the depths of space, on distant planets, the chemical elements and compounds that are the essence of life are hiding. However, in searching for them, you can also find what is hidden in the depths of the human soul.

Detachment.EXE

Roman Rappak, Anne McKinnon, Lucio Anselmi
2024

Another day. Another spaceship. Another voiceover. Another moving, empathetic story. A satirical film exploring VR creation and everything around it.

FORMATIONS

Roman Rappak, Anne McKinnon
2024

A live music show in a mixed reality format that takes you into diverse mind formations.

Fragile Home

Ondřej Moravec, Victoria Lopukhina
2024

Depiction of the aftermath of the Russian aggression against Ukraine, which, at its core, tells a story of everyone who had to face the fragility of their safe space, and discover that the invincible home lies within.

Guided Tours of VR Worlds

NProwler, Lotus, 1029chris, Ectique, Mixie!, suzuki_i

9. 11. 2024 11 - 19 Do you feel like taking a break from the real world? Try the virtual ones in which there are no limits - of your appearance, the laws of physics or fantasy.

The Tent

Rory Mitchell
2024

An augmented reality project for the tablet medium that unravels the issues of homelessness, what it means to be a good activist and, most importantly, a good person.

Program for Schools

October 22 - November 15, 2024
DOX Centre for Contemporary Art

Special screenings for schools presenting VR as a technology as well as an artistic medium, together with stimulating the discussion of important topics such as women's rights or mental health.