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A look at TRACES : THE GRIEF PROCESSOR, and the invisible pain that we carry
Montreal made, multi-user interactive VR experience TRACES : THE GRIEF PROCESSOR, directed by Vali Fugulin, invites you to explore your own grief with others. It was recently selected at SXSW and nominated for Best in XR at Games for Change 2025 Festival. Are you rushing around with a full inbox and an even fuller head?…
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“Our intention, with Édith Canat de Chizy, is to keep the audience close to the performer.” – Blanca Li (THE SHADOW)
Presented as part of the IRCAM’s Manifeste 2025 festival, THE SHADOW is an augmented dance piece created by choreographer Blanca Li, incorporating mixed reality on stage with both headset-equipped audience members and live performers. It’s a way of questioning the relationship between dance and new immersive technologies—an area that leaves the Franco-Spanish artist anything but…
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Editorial⎜Five Reasons Why I Keep Falling for CPH:DOX Inter:Active
CPH:DOX Inter:Active 2025: a declaration of love in five points to a festival with a big heart. Cover: CONSTANTINOLOLIAD by Sister Sylvester & Nadah El Shazly I’ve been writing about CPH:DOX for years now on XRMust. I first followed the event from afar when COVID kept me from traveling – and even from home, I…
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TRACES: THE GRIEF PROCESSOR (2025)
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PALAIS GARNIER, LA MAGIE OPÉRA (2025)
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6 DEGREES (2024)
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NOTES TO MY FATHER (2017)
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DANSE DANSE DANSE – MATISSE (2025)
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“Form follows people… and the stories they want to tell” – Stephan Bernardes, Lukas Koll (Arkanum Pictures)
Read more: “Form follows people… and the stories they want to tell” – Stephan Bernardes, Lukas Koll (Arkanum Pictures)At the NewImages market, this year, we had the opportunity to discover two projects that immediately called for our attention: THE PRIVILEGE GAME SHOW and KITCHEN OF MEMORIES. Both are from the production studio Arkanum Pictures, which also operates in the world of film and series. In these works, the physical component and embodiment play…
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VIVE Arts, Musée de la musique – Philharmonie de Paris and Atlas V to Debut PLAYING WITH FIRE, a New Immersive Concert Experience with acclaimed Pianist Yuja Wang
Read more: VIVE Arts, Musée de la musique – Philharmonie de Paris and Atlas V to Debut PLAYING WITH FIRE, a New Immersive Concert Experience with acclaimed Pianist Yuja WangThe pioneering mixed-reality installation PLAYING WITH FIRE: AN IMMERSIVE ODYSSEY with Yuja Wang offers audiences a bold reimagining of the classical concert experience. Using a combination of live recital, visual art, mixed reality (MR) and virtual reality (VR) technologies, and spatialised sound, the experience pushes the boundaries of musical performance and conjures a fascinating dialogue…
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“Entertainment isn’t about being superficial. It’s about creating an environment people genuinely want to return to, emotionally and imaginatively”- Rene Hyewon Lee (GiiÖii)
Read more: “Entertainment isn’t about being superficial. It’s about creating an environment people genuinely want to return to, emotionally and imaginatively”- Rene Hyewon Lee (GiiÖii)At this year’s NewImages Festival, XRMust had the opportunity to meet one of the festival’s most significant delegations: the Korean one. Our conversation with the studio GiiÖii offered a closer look at the country’s distinctive approach to immersive experiences and a preview of their latest project, PALACE IMMERSIVE GOONG, showcased at the NewImages market in…
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“Technology as the lens through which the artwork is viewed and a tool to understand it” – Ugo Arsac, Marie Point, William Board (GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE)
Read more: “Technology as the lens through which the artwork is viewed and a tool to understand it” – Ugo Arsac, Marie Point, William Board (GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE)GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE, created by Ugo Arsac and produced by William Board, Marie Point, and Mathieu Rozières, is an interactive video installation that delves into the theme of sex work to explore the sense of loneliness that connects us all in a deeply digital era. At the heart of this exploration lies the smartphone, a symbol…
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Preview⎜“In Search of Us”, a 2025 Tribeca Immersive line-up, with Onassis ONX and Agog
Read more: Preview⎜“In Search of Us”, a 2025 Tribeca Immersive line-up, with Onassis ONX and AgogAfter its big-digital artwork edition at Mercer Labs last year, Tribeca Film Festival’s immersive programme now shifts to an iteration that embraces works spanning multi-formats and multiple voices. The programme, which opens with the festival on 6 June and extends to the end of the month, is presented in partnership with Onassis ONX and Agog.…
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“Film festivals have to approach immersive works from an artistic perspective, beyond any fascination with technology” – Elie Levasseur (Cannes Film Festival)
Read more: “Film festivals have to approach immersive works from an artistic perspective, beyond any fascination with technology” – Elie Levasseur (Cannes Film Festival)For the second consecutive year, the Cannes Film Festival showcased a Competition featuring nine immersive works. A market dedicated to immersive creation as a whole was also launched. This ambitious program reflects the growing interest of film festivals in immersive media and highlights the vitality of a rapidly expanding international ecosystem. Elie Levasseur, head of…

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