FRANÇOIS VAUTIER I SAW THE FUTURE
VORTEX. Virtual Reality Experiences and VR Cinema
In 1964, Arthur C. Clarke, co-writer of Stanley Kubrick’s on 2001: A Space Odyssey, revealed his vision of the future.
Back in those days, the visionary humanist scholar was already talking about how advances in technology and satellite communication would transform our conception of physical space, stating that it would be “possible to have a world in which we can be in instant contact with each other wherever we are. We will be able to contact our friends anywhere on Earth, even if we don’t know their actual physical location. Possibly in 50 years’ time it will be possible for a man to run his business from Tahiti or Bali as well as from London”.
Revisiting the signal transmitted by the first cathodic images, the virtual reality experimental film I Saw the Future by François Vautier literally plunges us into the sound and visual matrix at the heart of this achive by C. Clarke: predicting the existence of the Internet.
VENUE:
Nave 0
DATE:
From 21 to 24 September
RUNNING TIME:
6 minutes
LANGUAGE:
English
