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

Aboard the Mayflower

Aboard the Mayflower

by | Sep 21, 2020

Aboard the Mayflower

A VR journey from Geneva to the Mayflower in 1620.

Project Info

Client

International Museum of the Reformation

Year

2020

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Summary

In November 1620, the passengers and crew of the Mayflower reached the coast of Massachusetts, where they established a new colony. Among them were Puritan Reformers seeking to build a community in accordance with their religious and political aspirations.

Aboard the Mayflower is a VR experience that transports visitors into the final moments of this historic voyage. The journey begins at Geneva’s Reformation Wall before taking participants aboard the Mayflower, where they witness discussions between the passengers and discover Cape Cod Bay from the upper deck of the ship.

Designed as a lightweight standalone VR installation using Oculus Quest, the experience combines historical reconstruction, storytelling and immersive technology to connect Geneva’s Reformation heritage with the voyage of the Mayflower.

Aboard the Mayflower was presented at the International Museum of the Reformation in Geneva from October 28, 2020, to August 31, 2021.

Credits

Original idea and scientific committee
Gabriel de Montmollin, Hanna Woodhead – Internation Museum of the Reformation

Production, direction, script, 3D content creation, gameplay, photogrammetry and motion capture
Artanim

Actors
Vincent Coppey, José Lillo, Edmond Vuilloux

Sound design
Félicien Fleury, Alain Renaud – ActMedia

Voice-over
Sabina Foeth

Dubbing
Tony Clark, Jonathan Cotton, Jan Peter Richter, William Sage, James Smillie, Thomas Stecher

Superimposed Realities

Superimposed Realities

by | Sep 15, 2020

Superimposed Realities

Three VR experiences revealing different realities of the Nyon amphitheater.

Project Info

Client

TypicalOffice

Year

2020

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Summary

Built at the beginning of the 2nd century AD and discovered during excavation work in 1996, the Roman amphitheater of Nyon is the sixth amphitheater discovered in Switzerland and is remarkable for both its size and state of preservation.

Superimposed Realities is an immersive installation designed specifically for the archaeological site. Visitors move freely through the arena and discover three VR experiences that reveal different historical, architectural and imagined realities of the amphitheater.

Noviodunum — Historical Experience

Based on the historical reconstruction developed by Archeodunum and the Roman Museum of Nyon, Noviodunum transports visitors into the amphitheater during the Roman era.

Julius II Project — Architectural Experience

In 2002, an international architectural competition was launched to transform the amphitheater into an archaeological site accessible to the public. This experience allows visitors to explore the winning proposal designed by architect Bernard Pahud.

Rêverie — Artistic Experience

Rêverie immerses visitors in a colorful fictional world where flora and fauna reclaim the remains of the amphitheater and gradually transform a space traditionally occupied by humans.

Superimposed Realities was presented inside the Roman Amphitheater of Nyon on October 3 and 4, 2020.

Credits

Original idea
TypicalOffice
Yony Santos
Damien Greder

Production, direction, 3D content creation and gameplay
Artanim

Project leads
Daniel Rosselat – Fondation pour le développement du Musée romain 
Monique Dubey, Veronica Tracchia, Fabienne Freymond – Service de la culture de la Ville de Nyon 

Consultants
Véronique Rey-Vodoz, Izmini Farassopoulos – Musée romain de Nyon
Bernard Pahud, architect
Pierre Hauser, preventive archaeology specialists – Archeodunum

Avenergy

Avenergy

by | Mar 6, 2020

Avenergy

An AR experience visualizing Switzerland’s energy landscape through Microsoft HoloLens.

Project Info

Client

Avenergy

Year

2020

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Summary

Avenergy is an augmented reality experience designed to present Avenergy’s activities and interests in the energy sector through an interactive visualization of Switzerland.

Artanim developed the AR application for Microsoft HoloLens around a physical model of Switzerland that serves as both the spatial reference and the foundation of the virtual experience. Digital content is overlaid onto the model to reveal and contextualize different aspects of Avenergy’s activities.

The physical installation and AR experience were designed as the central element of Avenergy’s booth for the 2020 Geneva International Motor Show.

Geneva 1850

Geneva 1850

by | Dec 7, 2019

Geneva 1850

A multi-user VR journey into Geneva on the eve of the 1846 revolution.

Project Info

Producer

Artanim

Year

2019

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Summary

Geneva 1850 is a multi-user immersive VR experience that transports visitors to Geneva in October 1846, just days before the uprising that marks a turning point in the city’s political history.

In groups of four, participants embody period characters and freely explore the reconstructed city. The experience combines visual, spatial, auditory, olfactory and haptic elements: visitors walk physically through the virtual environment, interact with real objects and engage with fellow participants and virtual characters.

The historical environment is based on 3D data obtained from the digitization of the Relief Magnin exhibited at Maison Tavel, bringing the streets and architecture of 19th-century Geneva back to life.

Geneva 1850 was presented at Maison Tavel from April 12 to July 14, 2019, and at the Museum of Art and History of Geneva from August 1 to September 29, 2019. It was later presented at the Dreamscape center in Geneva from July, 1, 2022, to December 1, 2023.

Learn more about the immersive technology behind the experience.

Credits

Production, project direction, VR platform, 3D content creation, gameplay and R&D
Artanim

Coordination – City of Geneva and Museum of Art and History
Félicien Mazzola, David Matthey, Bertrand Mazeirat

Script
Marianne Brun

Performance direction
Dorian Rossel

Actors
Marco Calamandrei, Fabien Coquil, Xavier Fernandez Cavada, Delphine Lanza, José Lillo, Edmond Vuilloux

Concept art and illustrations
Laurence Suhner

Sound environment
ActMedia

Set design and haptic devices
Marc Wettstein

Scent creation
Firmenich SA

User equipment design
Actis-Datta Créations Sàrl

English dubbing
Dale Chappell, Melisa Epp, Andrew Fogarasi, Kenneth Kriheli, Stephen Fu, Vince Melamed, David Richter, Steven Varnum

Voice-over
Sabina Foeth

Scientific committee
Bénédicte De Donker, Estelle Fallet, Alexandre Fiette, Sylvain Wenger

Supported by
City of Geneva, Ernst Göhner Foundation