Audiences at Denmark's Odense International Film Festival asked thoughtful questions about whether cinema and VR can coexist — and whether cinema can retrace history to help us re-experience the past.
Love to hear your thoughts — can cinema and VR collaborate to deepen our understanding of the past?
As a filmmaker and researcher, I see cinematic language not as a static grammar but as a field that evolves with technology, allowing us to both critique and inhabit history.
Because cinema is a living archive, found footage filmmaking allows us to reframe memory and history through montage, juxtaposition, and the gaps that invite viewers’ imagination.
Virtual reality expands this by immersing audiences inside the memory — shifting them from passive observers to active participants.
Look forward to leading and facilitating DePaul University's VR cohort research group this year to continue this discovery!
