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The REFRESH x Fantoche exhibition is situated at the interface of art, design and technology. By means of games, video works and immersive installations, it explores the themes of “care”, community, the ecological crisis and the complex relationship between humans and nature.
The designers adeptly combine a highly diverse range of technologies to convey the urgency of their narratives in a contemporary and immersive format. It comes as no surprise that they frequently push the boundaries of their disciplines with their artistic practice.
At times poignant, at other times hilarious, sometimes critical and always profoundly personal – the international group exhibition, comprised of 16 works, is a plea for a new “we” that inevitably includes non-human life (“more than human”).
REFRESH x Fantoche is a collaboration between the Department of Design, Immersive Arts Space of the Zurich University at the Arts (ZHdK) and the Fantoche International Animation Film Festival.
Curated by Maike Thies (Research Fellow, Zurich University of the Arts, Department of Design).
The technical director is Stefan Kraft (Research Fellow, Zurich University of the Arts, Department of Design).
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Mountain
David OReilly, Game, 2018
Spare Packs
AATB, Robotic Installation, 2023
Boys Latin
Panda Bear, Music Video + Making-Of by Eran Hilleli, 2014
Re-Animated
Jakob Kudsk Steensen, 2D Cinematic
Video & VR, 2019
Flock
Hollow Ponds, Game, 2024
Florence
Mountains Studio, Game, 2020
Planet of Lana
Wishfully Studios, Game, 2023
Doppelgänger
Immersive Arts Space Zurich University of the Arts, VR, Work in
Progress
In Full Bloom
Lisa Bach & Charisse Ann de Leon, Game, 2024
RiceBoy Dreams
Charles Hanil Roberge, Experimental Game, 2024
After the Fallout
Dominic Nahr & Sam Wolson, VR, Immersive Documentary, 2020
Sea of Solitude
Jo-Mei Games, Game, 2019
The Guardian of Nature
Inlusio Interactive, Game, Work in Progress
Rehousing Technosphere
WANG & SÖDERSTRÖM, 3D Animation, Sound, 2022
Rückkopplung – Resonanz – Resilienz
Louie Rechsteiner, Performative Installation,
2024
