Institution
Hochschule für Musik, Trossingen
Animationsinstitut Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Project span
05.2018 – 07.2018
Crew
Director / Song-writer: Simona Melzer
Interaction Artist / Set Design: Jan Fiess
Raphael Lott: Mixing & Mastering
Concept: Dimosthenis Gkantzos
3D Art: Elias Kremer
2D Art: Felix Zehender
Brief
Songwriter Simona Melzerlocked herself up for two weeks.
She wanted to know how it feels if you only use social networks to communicate with the world outside.
She realized that the borders between the two worlds – the real self and the virtual self – blurred.
R U still treats the topic that you live kinda parallel life in the internet and that you are able to create a second self.
Simona tells which effect the internet had on her and how the real and the virtual world influence each other.
Visual style
4 songs – 4 styles
1. Slow & Steady
2. R U Still
3. Waiting Till Nothing
4. White Shadows
kept in black & white
Set design
During the concert, Simona stands locked up behind a semi-transparent screen of gaze. The set consists of two sides which represent the real and the virtual world. Simona moves between them.
Task
Programming, set design, material tests, generative art, performing
using TouchDesigner