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Replica

A woman in a dark dress wearing a VR headset is looking at and sitting opposite a woman with dark hair in light clothes with her head down on a dramatically lit table

Synopsis

An emotive Mixed Reality performance which uses Volumetric Capture to display a virtual dancer who interacts with, and occupies the same space as a live performer - allowing her to duet with a digital double.
REPLICA asks you to consider human issues around liveness, mortality, memory and ageing - exploring how we present ourselves and connect with each other in a world of growing digitisation.
Official Selection ART*VR 2025
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Details

Year
2025
Type of project
XR / Immersive
Running time
10 min
Format
Mixed Reality Performance
Director
Kerryn Wise, Ben Neal
Producer
Kerryn Wise, Ben Neal
Sound
Daniel Frazer
Composer
Daniel Frazer
Principal cast
Kim Bormann

Genre

Dance Experimental Woman Director

Categories

Artist Project and Video / Experimental

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Supported by The Space, Arts Council England, University of Nottingham, De Montfort University

A Displace Studio production in association with Near Now, Virtual and Immersive Production Studio

Displace Studio

Ben Neal
51 Paton Grove
Birmingham
B13 9TG

Sales Company

Displace Studio

Ben Neal
51 Paton Grove
Birmingham
B13 9TG

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