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Shadowtime
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"Shadowtime" is a new word coined for our age, describing the feeling of occupying two irreconcilable times simultaneously. It is being stuck in a traffic jam on your way to work and realizing that the gas in your engine is the compressed mass of prehistoric creatures. It is scrolling through your phone and remembering that the earth is changing irrevocably.

In "Shadowtime", we take these temporal incompatibilities and explore them in the realm of virtual reality and simulation theory.




2023
20 minutes
All ages
In English 
Netherlands, USA, Turkey
PCVR 6 DoF

trailer

ARTISTs

Sister Sylvester
Sister Sylvester (Leeds, 1984) works in performance and new media. She is a resident at ONX Studio; a 2019 MacDowell Fellow; an alumnus of the Public Theater New Works program and CPH:DOX lab. Her most recent film, “Our Ark,” co-directed with Deniz Tortum, and her most recent performance, ‘The Eagle and The Tortoise’ both premiered at IDFA and toured internationally. She creates installations and art books that become communal reading experiences, and is currently developing a series of work on synthetic biology.

Deniz Tortum
Deniz Tortum (Istanbul, 1989) works in film and immersive media. His latest film, “Our Ark” (co-directed with Sister Sylvester, 2021), premiered at IDFA and screened internationally; and his feature documentary, “Phases of Matter” (2020), premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam and received the Best Documentary awards at the Istanbul and Antalya Film Festivals. He is currently developing a series of work around geoengineering, spiritism, and the climate crisis.

AWARDS

2023 :
■ Venice Film
■ Festival IDFA & Eye
■ Thessaloniki International Film Festival
■ Geneva InternationalFilm Festival
■ Immersive Tech Week - Church of VR

2024 :
■ SXSW Lichter Filmfest Frankfurt International
■ Beijing International Film Festival
■ Sheffield Doc/Fest
■ Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN)
■ Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF)
■ Kaohsiung Film Festival
■ Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival
■ ART*VR



Credits

■ Directed by Sister Sylvester, Deniz Tortum ■ Produced by Institute of Time ■ Producer Firat Sezgin, Ecegül Bayram ■ Co-produced by Onassis ONX studio ■ Lead Developer Sjoerd van Acker ■ Music by Alican Çamcı ■ AI Artist Arjan van Meerten ■ Installation artist Doruk Çiftçi