Beyond Reality Fest 2017
Nov 16th to 18th, 2017
At Alliance française de Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
For 3 days, the Alliance Française of Bangkok becomes a place of exchange and experimentation with the first edition of BEYOND REALITY FEST. How artists can use augmented reality and virtual reality ? Join our talks for free. Deep into a sci-fi world. Join our screenings. Discover and enjoy artistic experiences with augmented reality. Join our workshops for free. Augmented Reality brings artworks to life. Discover “The Joy” exhibition for free.
program
Nov 16th, 2017
18:00 to 20:00 | EXHIBITION OPENING | FREE ENTRY
[LA JOIE]
MNSTR joined forces with 12 varied artists coming from a broad range of background… and they all played along with the JOY theme. In reality, those are simple artworks. But in Augmented Reality every piece is bought to life. A humorous and poetic journey from craft to digital, paper to screen, motionless to animated.
Artworks by NICOLAS BARROME, TYRSA, KASHINK, ROMAIN LAURENT, JON BURGERMAN, EMMANUEL COSSU, CHARLOTTE SMITH, ELMØ, BROKOVICH, PLAYGROUND PARIS, VALENTINE REINHARDT, SWINDLER & SWINDLER
The exhibition will run until 14th December 2017.
Free shuttle service on the opening date to MRT Lumpini from 8:00pm onward, offered by our partner Blue Jade.
Nov 18th, 2017
15:00 to 17:00 | ROUNDTABLE | FREE ENTRY
[How AR & VR can enrich the cultural experience?]
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Watching 360 films, experiencing concerts, visiting museums and monuments in Virtual Reality, reading augmented comics… from cinema to music, performing arts to visual arts, books or architecture, augmented and virtual Realities enhance and transform the cultural experience.
Speakers:
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Dr. Pongsagon Vichitvejpaisal – Deputy Director of Innovative Digital Design and Creative Digital Technology Programs at Thammasat University
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Yootthapong Tongpaeng – Researcher of Knowledge and Innovation Research Laboratory (KIRLY), College of Arts, Media and Technology (CAMT), Chiang Mai University (CMU). Ph.D. Student in Knowledge Management at CAMT, CMU. Lecturer in Multimedia Technology and Animation, School of Information Technology, Mae Fah Laung University, Chiang Rai, Thailand
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Al Caudullo – Immersive Storyteller and Technologist
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Camille Regnaudin – President and Artistic Director, Art By Friends Gallery
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Louis BONICHON – Creative Director & Partner at MNSTR
The discussion will be moderated by Vorakorn Ruetaivanichkul – Co-Founder, Managing Director and Filmmaker at Hello Filmmaker
18:00 to 19:50 | SCI–FI FILM SCREENING
[UPSIDE DOWN] 109 min
In English with Thai subtitles
FR/CA | 2012 | Directed by Juan Solanas, with Jim Sturgess, Kirsten Dunst, Timothy Spall | Romance, Fantasy
Adam is a seemingly ordinary guy in a very extraordinary universe. He lives humbly trying to make ends meet, but his romantic spirit holds on to the memory of a girl he met once upon a time from another world, an inverted affluent world with its own gravity, directly above but beyond reach… a girl named Eve. Their childhood flirtation becomes an impossible love. But when he catches a glimpse of grownup Eve on television, nothing will get in the way of getting her back. Not even the law or science!
TRAILER: https://youtu.be/8tikUzTxqaU
Ticket: 120 THB (60 THB members)
Nov 17th, 2017
15:00 to 17:00 | MASTERCLASS | FREE ENTRY
[Creative Uses of AR & VR in Marketing and Culture]
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Through the description of several past and upcoming projects, the Director of communication agency MNSTR and the artistic Director of Art Gallery Art By Friends will discuss how Cultural collectives and agencies work together to merge art and digital and unleash new forms of creativity.
Guest Speakers:
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Louis Bonichon — Partner & Creative Director, MNSTR
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Camille Regnaudin – Artistic Director, Art By Friends
18:30 to 20:30 | SCI–FI FILM SCREENING
[FANTASTIC PLANET] 72 min
In French with English subtitles
FR/CZ | 1973 | Directed by René Laloux, with Barry Bostwick, Jennifer Drake, Eric Baugin | Animation, Sci-fi
This animated tale follows the relationship between the small human-like Oms and their much larger blue-skinned oppressors, the Draags, who rule the planet of Ygam. While the Draags have long kept Oms as illiterate pets, this hierarchy shifts after an Om boy becomes educated, thanks to a young female Draag. This leads to an Om rebellion, which weakens the Draag control over their race.
The film won the Special Jury Prize at Cannes Film Festival 1973.
TRAILER: https://youtu.be/ZkIAkDsiUoo
Ticket: 120 THB (60 THB members)
Nov 16th to 18th, 2017
All–day long | EXPERIENCES AT THE MEDIA LIBRARY | FREE ENTRY
[Exhibition “La French Touch de la webcréation”]
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Web Creations cover a wide variety of productions that are difficult to describe exhaustively. This exhibition presents works that renew the audiovisual writings based on narrative processes that integrate the specificities of the Internet.
[Augmented Reality Drawings workshop]
Augmented reality to give life to drawings is now possible! After coloring a drawing on a sheet of paper, the participants will see their drawing come alive on the tablet with a dedicated application.
A must for kids & families!