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NFF Digital Culture

NFF gives digital stories and productions the space they deserve – a chance to experience and marvel at the wealth of Dutch digital culture.

The digital productions take innovative and original approaches to storytelling at the intersection of technology, art and science, and in a variety of forms: VR, XR, AR, apps, games, web series, installations and performances.

De Gouden Kalf selectie Beste Digitale Cultuurproductie 2023

Alisons Room

Alison's Room

Maker: Paula Strunden
Production: Paula Strunden Studio, Nieuwe Instituut, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
Type: VR installatie
Year:
2022

"Alison's Room" is a room-scale immersive virtual reality installation that brings to life the original workroom of British brutalist architect and author Alison Smithson. Using a mix of virtual and mixed reality technologies alongside physical objects and crafts, architectural designer Paula Strunden offers a unique opportunity to experience and explore the past, experimenting with new narratives and transforming the way we engage with history-based design knowledge.

*This installation is not accessible by wheelchair.

CAVES

CAVES

Maker: Alex Raúl
Art director & 3D artis
t: Bats Bronsveld
Character desig
n: Charleton Mercelina
Music:
Alex Raúl
Production: Alex Raúl
Type: VR
Year:
2023

What would it sound like to be surrounded by an intimate choir, in the middle of a large cave? The virtual reality installation CAVES lets us experience it. Intricate vocal harmonies blend with the lush reverb of a virtual prehistoric cave. Find yourself immersed in a deep, 3D listening experience, as a group of virtual cave dwellers perform their intriguing evening ritual.

Clouded

Clouded

Maker: Jeff Beukema
Concept: Vincent Boon
Producer: Enzo Soubra
Production: UNI_VERSE Studio
Type: VR
Year:
2022

This Virtual Reality experience is a satirical commentary on our relationship with the virtual world through personal devices, an experimental story driven by interaction. In this story, a post-human tourist gets uploaded to the cloud in expectation of a mindful digital holiday at the Cloud Hotel but gets caught in a loop by a self-centered device.The space gives freedom to the user, challenging them to define their own destiny.

Ctrl Alt Img

Ctrl. Alt. Img.

Maker: affect lab, Çiğdem Yüksel, Triple Black, Prospektor
Concept: affect lab, Çiğdem Yüksel
Production:
Prospektor, affect lab
Type:
Interactieve installatie
Year:
2023

How inclusive is our visual culture if artificial intelligence creates the images? Spoiler alert: not really. This asks for a creative intervention.

*This installation is not accessible by wheelchair.

De Jurkenhet Scheepswrak

The Dress and The Shipwreck

Maker: Arnold van Bruggen
Concept: Thomas Lievestro
Producer: NTR - Laura Verduijn
Production: Prospektor
Type: Interactieve webgame
Year: 2023

The interactive web game, The Dress and The Shipwreck, offers an immersive online dive into the hidden Palmwood Wreck off the coast of Texel. Visitors embark on an audiovisual journey where music, sound, 3D imagery, and stories create a rich narrative and a unique experience. What treasures does the wreck reveal?

*This installation is not accessible by wheelchair.

Dearbelovedfriend

Dear Beloved Friend,

Makers: Dries Verhoeven & Kininso Koncepts
Concept: Dries Verhoeven & Kininso Koncepts
Production: Studio Dries Verhoeven & Kininso Koncepts
Type: Interactieve theatervoorstelling
Year:
2023

Live from Nollywood, the center of the African film industry, Nigerian performers get in contact with European audiences. In a live-streamed movie they scrutinize the European self-image.

His Name Is My Name

His Name Is My Name

Maker: Eline Jongsma & Kel O’Neill
Production: Jongsma + O’Neill, Good Name Media
Type: Geanimeerde documentaireserie / AR
Year:
2022

HIS NAME IS MY NAME is an Instagram based animated documentary series that explores how the crimes of WWII-era perpetrators still reverberate through today’s society, shaking the foundations of our homes and our families. Part detective thriller and part personal visual essay, HIS NAME IS MY NAME tracks Eline Jongsma’s investigation into her family’s history, and shines a light into a still-dark corner of Europe’s past.

The Imaginary Friend

The Imaginary Friend

Maker: Steye Hallema
Producer: Corine Meijers
Production: Studio Biarritz, Cassette for Timescapes, Submarine Channel
Type: VR
Year:
2023

A young child with an overactive imagination struggles to make sense of the world around him, he needs YOU–his imaginary friend–to help him navigate his feelings.

Sneak Peek Shadow Game

Sneakpeek: Shadow Game

Maker: Korneel Hamers, Elisa Demarré, SKaGeN Team
Concept: Mathijs F. Scheepers
Coproducer: Eefje Blankevoort & Els van Driel
Production & Co-production: SKaGeN, Prospektor en SneakPeek
Type: Reatime documentaire / WhatsApp
Year:
2022

In the very first real-time documentary, you follow the WhatsApp conversation 'live' between two Dutch documentary makers and 15-year-old Afghan refugee SK, who threads his way through Europe.

To Be Continued

To Be Continued

Maker: Yannick Noomen, Noortje van den Eijnde, Roel Wouters, Luna Mauer
Concept: Nineties, Noralie, Moniker
Production: Nineties Productions
Music: Philipp Johann Thimm
Type: Telegram ervaring / Audiovisuele performance
Year:
2023

In a digital era when life is in top gear, To Be Continued challenges our relationship with technology and our perception of time. In this production, technology plays the leading role. After a bot uses Telegram to analyse the visitors’ time perception, it presents the Now in an AV installation. In a unique combination of theatre, the chatbot’s findings and audiovisual on-site performance, it shows the impact of digital culture on our time perception. All this to a soundtrack of fully electronically generated music, inspired by the world of interfaces and apps. To Be Continued is a collaboration between theatre company Nineties, video artist Noralie, interactive design studio Moniker and musician/producer Philipp Thimm.

*This installation is not accessible by wheelchair and can form a risk for people with light sensitive epilepsy.

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Maker: Vincent Boon
Production:
Willem de Kooning Academie
Scenario:
Vincent Boon
Music:
Eftymios Stavropoulos
Type:
Animation
Year: 2023

An artist struggling with a lack of inspiration is tormented by surrealist manifestations from his subconscious. As a result, he – like the viewers of this VR – turns into an artistic shapeshifter.

*This Installation is part of the Student Competition and is not included in the Golden Calf selection.

More Digital Culture

Besides Storyspace, there is more Digital Culture at NFF! Join the inspiring and in-depth talks during the NFF Professionals Programme.

Digitale Cultuur Over fellows battles en winnaars

Digtal Culture: about fellows, battles and winners

25 September, 19:00 - 22:00

An evening full of enriching experiences! You will meet the research fellows of the NFF Fellowship Programme, which saw its launch this year, experience an AI meditation with Abdo Hassan and compete in The Hmm’s Prompt Battle. The climax of the evening will be the announcement of the three nominations for the Golden Calf for Best Digital Culture Production 2023, celebrated by drinks afterwards.

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