I believe we are in a unique time and place in VR cinema, where technology is advancing very quickly, but the conventions haven’t been written yet, and the greatest VR ever made hasn’t been created yet.
Nemo Vos
Tibor de Jong is best known under the pseudonym Nemo Vos. He is an Utrecht-based artist and graduate of St. Joost School of Art & Design Breda. Nemo Vos creates poetic work using 3D software, scans, and film. In his work, both the physical and visual aspects of VR are utilized to explore a new way of storytelling.
A recurring theme in his work is humanity, the human, us, in times of polarization and digitalism. Through collaboration with other art forms (such as musicians, actors, and perfumers), he creates live shows where the boundaries between the “real” tactile, analog world and the virtual VR world are blurred and explored.
He has collaborated with Obey Clothing, Spinvis and Amber Arcades. With the latter he has created various animated music films and VR-projects, generating dreamflights for adults through abstract virtual worlds. And recently won the Award for Best VR at Bolton Filmfestival.
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2020 : 7.6.9.6. Spinvis album cover
2021 : Kamer met Uitzicht VR at Wanderlöss Festival
2021 : Collectible “4K Tranquillity Beachclub- Urban Relax Video with Real
Sounds.” In collaboration with Dutch Digitall Collectibles and Excelsior Recordings
2021 : Obey Clothing Spring graphic release
2021 : Obey Clothing Summer release
2022 : Pixel Paradise at Weelde Festival
2022 : Pixel Paradise at Labelmarkt Amsterdam
2022 : Utreg Punx at Le Gues Who Utrecht
2022 : Eurosonic Noorderslag, Panellid “Voorbij de metaverse dystopie”
2022 : Oogstlied Spinvis VR video
2023: No Man’s Land presentation about ‘Merging Music & Virtual Reality
2024: 8 Miljard Ikken Wordpremiere at International Film Festival Rotterdam 2024: Film Festival Research Network scientific article in scientific publication NECSUS 2024: Award Best VR at Bolton Filmfestival with 8 Miljard Ikken
Doris Konings
Doris Konings is a 3D artist. Where Nemo Vos creates VR worlds, Doris breathes life into them. In this collaboration under the name of Studio Nemo Vos, Doris explores the possibilities of animation techniques and visual language.
She infuses humanity by animating elements like a trembling hand, a blooming flower, a river that meanders, a branch breaking and falling over the road, or a TV powering on. Her characters convey the same message through concise, stripped-down loops, leaving no narrative unnoticed.
