Animation goes multimedia

REFRESH × FANTOCHE #3

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.