A new feature will be at the heart of the 37th edition: Le FIFA Experientia, devoted to virtual reality and interactive works, all free to the general public. These works will include festive and artistic experiences offered free to the public March 20–24, 2019. They will take the form of Experimental Bars, incorporating a total of twelve interactive virtual works. These offerings will be enriched by one interactive public performance celebrating dance.
Virtual reality
Unframed | Intimacies
Martin Charrière | Switzerland | 2018 | 7'
Painting
Félix Vallotton portrayed his friend and muse, the celebrated French pianist Misia Sert, in each of a series of woodcuts. Upon seeing them, she took up her finest pen and wrote to the artist. Let her guide you through these late nineteenth century Paris interiors and tell you about how a man wanted to portray his love life…
Firebird: The Unfinished
Balthazar Auxietre | France | 2018 | 15'
Performing Arts
Firebird: The Unfinished plunges viewers into the heart of the ill-fated love story of Auguste Rodin and Camille Claudel. It creates a fairy-tale atmosphere in which the emotion and grace of romantic ballet are enhanced by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra performing Gustav Holst’s The Planets.
The Coast
Turbulent studio | Canada | 2018 | 4'
Music
The Coast is a virtual reality video for the Montreal band Valaire’s eponymous song. Lasting less than four minutes, it transports the viewer into the rhythmic landscape of an exotic island, richly coloured and full of life, bursting with music. The experience practically begs spectators to dance along.
Claude Monet – L’obsession des nymphéas (Claude Monet–The Water Lily Obsession)
Nicolas Thépot | France | 2018 | 8'
Painting
Claude Monet-The Water Lily Obsession is an immersive experience in which the visitor explores the environment surrounding Monet’s celebrated Water Lilies series. From the water gardens of Giverny, through the painter’s atelier, to the exhibitions at the Musée de l’Orangerie, this film is a contemplative journey narrated by extracts from the correspondence between Claude Monet and Georges Clemenceau.
Anicca scène
Cecilia Sweet-Coll | USA | 2017 | 6'
Performing Arts
The fruit of a close collaboration of musicians and dancers, Anicca explores the idea of impermanence, one of the three pillars of Buddhism. Using motion design technology, the film translates the dancers movements into virtual reality; their graceful and expressive figures move through the same space as the audience, inviting them to rethink their own place in the universe.
Condemned to Play
Gordon, Andrès Jarach | France | 2018 | 5'
Painting
Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s 1560 painting Children’s Games portrays 200 children playing 91 different games. In this funny, irreverent, and erudite film, the children take control of the painting, bemoaning their weariness at having to play for all eternity.
The Gods of Dance
Jayson Tang | USA | 2017 | 6'
Performing Arts
The Gods of Dance is a virtual reality experience that is as much auditory as visual, immersing viewers in the essence of poetic and graceful movements of three San Francisco Ballet dancers. In this world, these godlike figures reign supreme.
Unframed | Hodler
Martin Charrière | Switzerland | 2018 | 6'
Painting
On the 100th anniversary of the death of Ferdinand Hodler, a virtual train sets off through fascinating landscapes, making four stops along the life and work of the most celebrated of Swiss painters. It is an immersive journey into the great masterpieces of Swiss art.
True Passion
Samuel Ivaska | Slovakia | 2018 | 2'
Performing Arts
Step onstage alongside the dancers of the Slovak National Theatre and discover the elegance of balletic art firsthand.
Carriberrie
Dominic Allen | Australia | 2018 | 14'
Performing Arts
“Dance is our first language.” From Uluru to the edge of the rainforest, Carriberrie transports the viewer to the heart of Aboriginal traditions and customs that are more at risk than ever before. Combining dance, song, and music, this documentary is a hymn to the richness and diversity of the Aboriginal culture.
Playing Together
Federico Giuseppini, Gabriele Giuliani | Italy | 2018 | 7'
Performing Arts
What if you could sit in on a rehearsal featuring great artist and his orchestra? In Playing Together, the viewer discovers the work of celebrated Italian pianist Giovanni Allevi, hard at work with Orchestra Sinfonica Italiana on Together, a piece from his latest album Equilibrium.
Video game
Vandals
Cosmografik | France | 2018
Urban Art
An homage to graffiti, this game of stealth transports the viewer to five iconic Street Art cities – Paris, New York, Berlin, São Paulo, and Tokyo – in search of new urban canvases and the works of masters such as Keith Haring and Banksy. The “game” also offers 40 facts sheets to help understand the evolution of Street Art from the 1960’s to today.
Performance
Auto-workshops de performance: Un Documentaire Vivant
Laurence Beaudoin Morin and the collectif des auto-workshops | Canada | 2018 | 80'
Performing Arts
Halfway between documentation and performance, “self-workshops” are staged performance ateliers that bring together artists and laypeople. These one-off meetings, emphasizing experimentation and the exchange of artistic practices, create a unique social dynamic.
FIFA wishes to thank Canadian Heritage, the Canada Council for the Arts, Telefilm Canada, SODEC, the Secrétariat à la région métropolitaine, Ville de Montréal, the Conseil des Arts de Montréal and Tourisme Montréal for their generous support, and also would like to thank Halo Creation for their valuable contribution.
