DÉAD (Irish for ‘set of teeth’) draws on immersive technologies to celebrate the legacy of Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula and Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau’s classic silent film Nosferatu. Through virtual reality (VR) installations, 3D animations, video projections, sculptures and more, a new exhibition brings vampires, monsters and the undead to the Goethe. ‘Deathlocked Phoenix’ (photo) consists of an animated short film by Adrian Q. Vardi (HGB Leipzig) and a projection of a generative algorithm that reacts to the film, created by Manuel McCarthy (UL). The film is presented as a video loop that depicts the futile efforts of a virtual vampire to escape immortality and embrace death.
Goethe-Institut, Friday September 22 until Friday October 27.
