The virtual reality work Plastisapiens, written and directed by Miri Chekhanovich and Édith Jorisch in collaboration with Dpt., will have its European festival premiere in the DocLab program at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), taking place in-person from November 9 to 20, 2022.
Plastisapiens had its world premiere in June of this year in New York City, as part of the Tribeca Festival's Immersive program. It also recently premiered in Canada at Montreal's Festival du nouveau cinéma Horizon VR competition, October 5-16.
This 15-minute VR work was produced in Montreal by Dpt., the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and Israel's Lalibela Productions.
Created for Quest 2 headsets, Plastisapiens is a virtual reality journey towards a speculative future where organic beings and plastic become one. Plastisapiens will premiere at IDFA with the "Plasti Kitchen Lab," a molecular gastronomy kitchen where Miri Chekhanovich will use DIY cooking techniques to create edible plastics that participants can see, touch, smell and eat, in a new installation created specifically for DocLab.
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