In Switzerland, in a town most people have never heard of, Yverdon-les-Bains, exists a museum dedicated to the fantastic worlds dreamt up in science fiction. Located at Maison d’Ailleurs, the Museum of Science Fiction, Utopia and Extraordinary Journeys more than lives up to its name, with an entire space dedicated to the man who popularized science fiction—Jules Verne.From February 21 to August 28, the Jules Verne Space is hosting the exhibition Dancing with the Stars, which explores the works of three groups of artists—Adrien M / Claire B, Aurélien Jeanney, and apelab—and a part of Maison d’Ailleurs’ collection on the theme of "Poetry of Elsewhere." Its focus is on how contemporary artists are making use of new technologies like VR headsets, augmented reality, and interactive projection to create “novel poetic experiences,” as well as to see how "classic" arts are “reflected by and in science fiction (literature, comic books, film).”
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For the exhibition, Adrien M / Claire B. created 10 modules for what they call XYZT, Abstract Landscapes. This includes an Oculus Rift-station designed for Dancing with the Stars, the video of which can be seen below. The Swiss interactive studio apelab created 22 documents/objects that traces the creation of their game Sequenced, an animated interactive series in 360° for virtual reality headsets.
SEQUENCED VR Episode 1: Teaser from apelab on Vimeo.Aurélien Jeanney is exhibiting Jules Verne’s Typo-graphical Journeys, a research project that comes in the form of a series of posters and interactive content available from a set of digital devices which “animate the illustrations, reveal the actual letters hidden behind the graphic forms in the typographical section, and give an overview of the scope of the universe of the Nantes-born author.” This room also features six “geometric” video games, the feature film, Tron, old engravings that evoke the poetic dimensions of light, and an interactive installation that allows visitors to print their own cryptograms.
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