EMPIRE OF OIL
PART 4: Empire of Oil (Virtual Reality Installation)
Ballhaus Ost, Berlin
In EMPIRE OF OIL widmet sich die Costa Compagnie der substantiellen Befragung des alles entscheidenden Rohstoffs. Das mehrteilige Projekt kreist um den Themenkomplex Öl und filmte dazu in den zwei gegensätzlichen Ländern Norwegen und Irak mit einer 360°-Kamera. Das Material verschmilzt im VR-Film mit 360°-Aufzeichnungen aus den drei vorangegangenen Teilen und schickt die Zuschauer*innen auf eine immersiv-digitale Reise zum Rohstoff zwischen Stavanger, Berlin und Mosul – zwischen Dokumentation und Abstraktion.
Premiere der VR-Installation am 23. Mai 2018 im Ballhaus Ost und online.
Video Erik Kundt, Felix Meyer-Christian360°-Video:
Mit Maus umschauen, Handy bewegen oder mit VR-Brille gucken!
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EMPIRE OF OIL
PART 4: Empire of Oil (Virtual Reality Installation)
Ballhaus Ost, Berlin
With EMPIRE OF OIL, the Costa Compagnie in cooperation with the Ballhaus Ost starts a substantial inquiry into this most decisive resource: divided into three separate media and parts, the project circles the complex topic oil and looks into the two contrary countries of Norway and Iraq. The Scandinavian nation is a most vital supplier of oil and gas to Germany, while Northern Iraq – in turmoil over attempts of Kurdish independence – is a base for the German Forces and other allied troops to fight ISIS/DAESH and also contains one of the largest oil fields in the region. Does the powerful resource entail the potential for a social welfare utopia like Norway or does it lead to a never-ending war like in Iraq? What are the experiences of oil producers and oil workers and the people in their local context?
Premiere of the VR-installation on May 23, 2018 at Ballhaus Ost, parallel to PART 3 and online.
Video Erik Kundt, Felix Meyer-Christian
360°-video below:
move it on the computer screen, move it with your smartphone or watch with VR-glasses!
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