V-F-X Ljubljana
VR Point
14 – 17 May 2025, 4pm – 9pm (individual view with VR glasses)
Slovenian Cinematheque, Miklošičeva 28, Ljubljana (museum lecture room)
Free admission
ITO MEIKYŪ
Boris Labbé, Franc/Luxembourg, 2024, bw/color, 20′, no dialogue
Ito Meikyū is a virtual reality experience that develops around references from Japanese art history and literature (The Fukinuki Yatai, The Tale of Genji, The Pillow Book) and unfolds as a large sensory fresco with strong emotional potential. A heterogeneous set of drawn, animated and sound scenes are taken from digital material; they recreate a kind of subjective world (inner and outer) in the form of a labyrinth composed of fractal architectures, inhabited by plants, objects, animals, men, women, motifs and calligraphy. The virtual wandering space allows us to access different scenes based on the randomness of our choices: a kind of hide-and-seek game with the universe at the centre of which we are the omniscient spectator.
Boris Labbé (1987, Francija), nekdanji študent Šole za animirani film v Angoulêmu, je avtor del, ki so bila prikazana na razstavah sodobne umetnosti, mednarodnih filmskih festivalih in avdiovizualnih koncertih po vsem svetu. Zanje je prejel več kot petdeset nagrad, med drugim veliko nagrado na festivalu Animafest v Zagrebu ter zlato nagrado nike na festivalu Ars Electronica.
Boris Labbé about Ito Meikyū for Venice Biennale 2025.
VR Point is SCCA-Ljubljana’s programme for the promotion and distribution of VR and AR creativity. It is part of the International Festival of Experimental Audiovisual Practices V-F-X Ljubljana in Slovenian Cinematheque, Kino Šiška and Aksioma.
Production: SCCA-Ljubljana/DIVA Station
Co-production: Slovenian Cinematheque
VR Point is part of the Open Videosphere project, which is supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia and the City of Ljubljana – Department of Culture.
Support for Boris Labbé’s presentation: French Institute in Slovenia
Festival is supported by: Slovenian Film Centre, City of Ljubljana – Department of Culture.
