Restless Glows

Restless Glows

by | Jan 22, 2025

Restless Glows

An experimental video project exploring light, movement and technology through motion capture and CGI animation.

Project Info

Client

Alan Bogana

Year

2024

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Summary

Restless Glows is an experimental video project exploring the relationships between light, the human body and technology. Drawing on speculative research that brings together contemporary utopias and ancient archetypes associated with artificial lighting, the project examines cultural influences between Western and East Asian contexts.

The work combines CGI animation with footage captured in China, Switzerland and Italy. Its animated sequences feature ethereal, luminous and constantly evolving avatars brought to life through motion capture.

For Restless Glows, Artanim captured the movements of two body-flying performers in a vertical wind tunnel using an Xsens inertial suit, as well as dance performances recorded in the studio with the Vicon optical motion capture system.

Credits

Indoor skydiving performers
Benjamin Guex, Olivier Longchamp (RealFly Sion)

Butoh dancer
Flavia Ghisalberti

Motion capture
Artanim

Supported by
Pro Helvetia

Limites VR

Limites VR

by | Sep 16, 2023

Limites VR

An immersive VR experience exploring the boundaries between nature and the museum.

Project Info

Producer

Tell me the Story

Year

2023

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Summary

Limites VR places visitors between two interacting, and sometimes opposing, ecosystems: a fragmented forest with its fauna and flora, and the museum environment that contains it, with its spectators, protocols and rules.

Participants move between the roles of observer and observed, crossing the traditional boundaries of the museum experience. Along the way, they encounter a series of poetic, ironic, unsettling and spectacular tableaux that invite them to question their relationship with nature and the way it is represented and displayed.

By becoming part of the museum system itself, visitors experience the encounter between these two ecosystems from within and are encouraged to reconsider the relationship between nature, representation and spectatorship.

For the prototype of Limites VR, Artanim was responsible for motion capture, animation retargeting on the 3D characters, and VR application development.

Credits

Written and directed by
Simon de Diesbach

Producer
Hélène Faget

Writing collaboration
Olivier Vonlanthen, Marine Hugonnier

Production and directing assistance
Yael Golan

Illustrations
Caroline Murphy

Actors
Corinne Soland, Clovis Kasanda

Modeling and animation
Simon Ott, Tristan Siodlak

Motion capture and character animation
Artanim

Interaction consultant
Benjamin Botros

Sound design
Tobias Herzog

VR application development
Artanim

Supported by
Federal Office of Culture, Cinéforum, Loterie Romande, Virtual Switzerland

Basement Drawing

Basement Drawing

by | Nov 27, 2022

Basement Drawing

A VR artwork bringing viewers into Albert Oehlen’s creative process.

Project Info

Client

MacInnes Studio

Year

2022

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Summary

Basement Drawing is a VR artwork by Albert Oehlen that transports viewers into the artist’s creative process. Through a highly realistic avatar of Oehlen at work, the experience creates an encounter between artist and viewer while blurring the boundaries between physical and virtual space.

Curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Artistic Director at Serpentine, and developed with VIVE Arts and MacInnes Studio, the work is accompanied by music composed by Oehlen himself.

For Basement Drawing, Artanim performed the body motion capture of Albert Oehlen.

The VR work was presented at Art Basel in Basel from June 16 to June 19, 2022.

Credits

VR production
MacInnes Studios, VIVE Arts

Artist and music
Albert Oehlen

Motion capture
Artanim

3D scanning
Human Engine