VR Pop Up Cinema 2025
5 to 18 May at Futuro-Haus
Free admission, booking of free online tickets possible from 24 April 2025.
Immersing in virtual art and nature – 2025, DOK.fest München and XR HUB Bavaria, in cooperation with the Bavarian State Ministry for Digital Affairs and Die Neue Sammlung, present three artistic Virtual Reality experiences and an Augmented Reality application at Futuro-Haus: In CITYFLOW – LOOMITS MÜNCHEN by Carl Amadeus Hiller, Janis Winkler, Sheila Uschkurat and Stefan Göppel, we get to know the city through the eyes of the graffiti legend Loomit, meet in Gerda Leopold's SCHIELE – EINE PERSÖNLICHE BEGEGNNUNG IN VR the world-famous expressionist shortly before his death, deal with body politics in DUCHAMPIANA by Lilian Hess and go on an expedition into the magical deep sea in CURRENT by She’s excited, Anke Schiemann and /p – in visually and narratively diverse forms of representation.
The AR and VR experiences
CURRENT
Germany 2024, Directors: She's Excited! aka Anne Wichmann, Anke Schiemann, /p aka Peter Graf, Visuals: Anke Schiemann, Sound: She's Excited! aka Anne Wichmann, Coding: /p aka Peter Graf, Original language: without language, 10 min.
Seaweed swirls up, a shoal of herring passes by, sea urchins swim around. We dive into the deep sea. Little by little, the magical AR installation changes due to pollution and climate change: plastic islands appear, oil pollutes the water. CURRENT is a poetic and playful call to protect the marine ecosystems.
Information
- Recommended from 6 years
- Three to four tablets or smartphones available
Biographies
She's Excited! aka Anne Wichmann is an award-winning music producer, powerhouse performer and sound artist. She develops and produces interactive, immersive showcases that break down the barrier between audience and artist.
Media artist and filmmaker Anke Schiemann experiments with XR and spatialised sound and explores new forms of storytelling in her immersive installations. Her work has been shown at numerous festivals and exhibitions.
/p aka Peter Graf studied computer science and has been realising web-based and media art projects since 1994. Since 2018, /p has been working with Tamiko Thiel and other artists on AR and AI artworks. /p is gender-neutral and does not use pronouns.
Further projects
LUMINESCENCE, DE/US 2025, 25 min., Interactive Mixed Reality performance
CITYFLOW – LOOMITS MÜNCHEN
Germany 2025, Directors and production: Carl Amadeus Hiller, Janis Winkler, Sheila Uschkurat (Virtual Reality film), Stefan Göppel (Mixed Reality story park), Original language: German, Without subtitles, 12-15 min.
Munich is his canvas – from the first graffiti of the 19th century to modern murals: graffiti legend Loomit takes us on a journey. In razor-sharp 16K VR, we experience his creative process and how urban spaces, design and chance influence his work. First German VR documentary film in this image quality.
Information
- Recommended from 12 years
- One pair of VR glasses available
Biography
Carl Amadeus Hiller is VR videographer for music, theatre and dance films, which he produces with “Pegasus51” – and manager, artistic director and drummer of the band “Einshoch6” and of “Munich Supercrew”, a project for learning German with music.
Janis Winkler is a journalist and reporter. As an editor, he shoots reports and documentaries for broadcasters such as ProSieben and Bayerischer Rundfunk. He tells stories about people all over the world in the fields of knowledge, travel and entertainment.
Sheila Uschkurat has worked for over 20 years as a journalist for various production companies and editorial teams at Bayerischer Rundfunk. She is particularly focussed on music productions as well as knowledge and entertainment formats for children and young people.
With govar GmbH, Stefan Göppel is shaping the XR world with immersive experiences at the interface of technology, art and social relevance – honoured with the Next Reality Award, the German Digital Award and the Red Dot Design Award, among others.
Further projects
NIMMERSATT, DE 2024, 10 min., XR music theatre from Waltraud Lehner and Paulina Platzer, XR Camera: Carl Amadeus Hiller
MESTRE JUNINHO'S CAPOEIRA – BRAZIL'S DYNAMIC MARTIAL ART, DE 2024, 10 min., documentary VR experience
GATEWAY TO GREEK TRADITIONS - KA_NDILOS, DE 2023, 12 min., documentary VR experience
DUCHAMPIANA
France, Germany 2024, Director: Lilian Hess, Production: Sarah Arnaud (Tchikiboum) and Kathrin Brunner, Oliver Czeslik (mYndstorm productions), Performance: Chihiro Kawasaki, Art direction: Arnaud Desjardins, Original score and sound design: Fritz Rating, Animation and development: Femme Fatale Studio, Hardware and software engineering: i-mmersive, Original language: without language, 10 min.
The woman from Duchamp's painting “Nude Descending a Staircase No. 2” rises from her passive representation into the three-dimensional space of the VR art installation. One becomes many; together they ascend an infinite staircase to heaven – a counter-movement that invites us to question our perspective on the female body.
Information
- Recommended from 12 years
- One pair of VR glasses available
Biography
Lilian Hess is an award-winning director and artist known for her innovative projects in the fields of virtual reality and immersive art. Her work has been exhibited internationally and has received numerous awards.
Further projects
OBSERVATIONS AT 65º SOUTH, DE 2021, 68 min., documentary film
EKHOS, DE 2023, AR game
REVISING ANNELIESE, DE 2017, 19 min., documentary film
SCHIELE – EINE PERSÖNLICHE BEGEGNUNG IN VR
Germany, Austria 2024, Director/Screenplay: Gerda Leopold, Cast: Lukas Watzl, Lilly Charlotte Dreesen, Production: Amilux Film and Actrio Studio, Language: German or English, 25 min.
Vienna, 1918. Egon Schiele will die at the age of just 28. But we still have the opportunity to visit the expressionist at his bedside. He decides to make one last drawing: a portrait of us. While Schiele sketches, he talks about formative moments in his life in an interactive dialogue – an immersive visit to the artist in VR.
Information
- Recommended from 12 years
- One pair of VR glasses available
Biography
Gerda Leopold studied painting at the Berlin University of the Arts before founding the production company Amilux Film in 2014, with which she produces feature films as a director and screenwriter and explores immersive forms of storytelling.
Further projects
ZU GAST BEI JAMES SIMON, DE/AT 2022, 13 min., VR experience
Venue & opening hours
Futuro-Haus
Die Neue Sammlung, Pinakothek der Moderne
Barer Str. 40, 80333 Munich
Access via Barer Str. at no. 40 or via Türkenstr. at no. 19
5 May 2025 | 3 p.m.–6 p.m.
6 until 18 May 2025 | daily 10 a.m.–6 p.m. | Thursdays until 8 p.m.
Free admission, booking of a free online ticket required (from Thu., 24 April)
