MEET ME BEYOND | MR installation | NEW IMAGES FESTIVAL | 2025
MEET ME BEYOND | MR installation | NEW IMAGES FESTIVAL | 2025
‘Meet Me Beyond – Part 1’ is an immersive mixed reality experience. The site-specific installation, hosted inside the chiurch Saint-Eustache Paris during NewImages Festival, aimes to connect visitors of all ages with their inner selves and explore the intersections of technology and spirituality.
Utilizing mixed reality, procedural algorithms, and artificial intelligence, new perspectives unfold on the interplay of spirituality and human consciousness. The installation addresses questions such as: Can technology convey, generate, or reproduce spiritual experiences? How can digital environments influence the sense of intimacy in spiritual exploration? Can AI serve as a spiritual mediator, and how might this change our perception of guidance?
Hosted by Forum des images.
Utilizing mixed reality, procedural algorithms, and artificial intelligence, new perspectives unfold on the interplay of spirituality and human consciousness. The installation addresses questions such as: Can technology convey, generate, or reproduce spiritual experiences? How can digital environments influence the sense of intimacy in spiritual exploration? Can AI serve as a spiritual mediator, and how might this change our perception of guidance?
Hosted by Forum des images.
Direction & development: Simon Husslein and Arne Magold
Photos: Maxime Raynault /@trajprod, Forum des images, asset montages: BEYOND.PLACE
Photos: Maxime Raynault /@trajprod, Forum des images, asset montages: BEYOND.PLACE
BEYOND THE CLOCK | exhibition | HEAD – Genève & GPHG | 2025
BEYOND THE CLOCK | exhibition | HEAD – Genève & GPHG | 2025
The exhibition ‘Beyond The Clock’ by HEAD – Genève explores conceptions of time and their impact on human experience. Featuring projects by students from the Chair of Watch Design and the Department of Interior Architecture, it highlights works that move beyond conventional forms, addressing social and environmental themes.
The scenography of the exhibition and the displayed of the Interior Architecture students were based on a semester project ‘Spatial Times - Inside Virtual Architecture’, investigating innovative ways to perceive and represent 'time' within virtual reality.
In collaboration with Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève.
Exhibited at Musée d’Art et d’Histoire.
Participating students of the Chair of Watch Design:
Lisa Dutheil, Lucile Beney, Suan You.
Participating students of the Department of Interior Architecture:
Soheil Afzali, Luca Negro, Meghna Thanushree Nagarajan.
The scenography of the exhibition and the displayed of the Interior Architecture students were based on a semester project ‘Spatial Times - Inside Virtual Architecture’, investigating innovative ways to perceive and represent 'time' within virtual reality.
In collaboration with Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève.
Exhibited at Musée d’Art et d’Histoire.
Participating students of the Chair of Watch Design:
Lisa Dutheil, Lucile Beney, Suan You.
Participating students of the Department of Interior Architecture:
Soheil Afzali, Luca Negro, Meghna Thanushree Nagarajan.
Under the direction of Simon Husslein, with the assistance of Chiara Kocis and Alexandra Miskufova.
Head of Department: Dr. Javier Fernández Contreras
Scientific Deputy: Valentina De Luigi
Students taking part in the semester project: Soheil Afzali, Nassim Baron, Selin Bilgen, Amandine Durand, Mireille Gidi, Hippolyte Giraud, Théophile Matton, Luca Negro, Lucie Terranova, Meghna Thanushree Nagarajan, Noemi Tshala.
Visiting lecturers and jury members: Ahmed Belkhodja, Laëtitia Bochud, Alexandre Burdin-Francois, Eléonore Donsimoni, Simone Fougnier, Damien Greder, Vytas Jankauskas, Aida Navarro, Nina Robin, Mathias Zieba.
Unity support: Raphaël Munoz
VR exhibition architect: Arne Magold
Images: HEAD – Genève, Roman Lusser, Raphaëlle Mueller
Film: HEAD – Genève, Elliot Huescar
Head of Department: Dr. Javier Fernández Contreras
Scientific Deputy: Valentina De Luigi
Students taking part in the semester project: Soheil Afzali, Nassim Baron, Selin Bilgen, Amandine Durand, Mireille Gidi, Hippolyte Giraud, Théophile Matton, Luca Negro, Lucie Terranova, Meghna Thanushree Nagarajan, Noemi Tshala.
Visiting lecturers and jury members: Ahmed Belkhodja, Laëtitia Bochud, Alexandre Burdin-Francois, Eléonore Donsimoni, Simone Fougnier, Damien Greder, Vytas Jankauskas, Aida Navarro, Nina Robin, Mathias Zieba.
Unity support: Raphaël Munoz
VR exhibition architect: Arne Magold
Images: HEAD – Genève, Roman Lusser, Raphaëlle Mueller
Film: HEAD – Genève, Elliot Huescar
KUNSTHAUS ZÜRICH | MR installation | Mercedes-Benz | 2024
KUNSTHAUS ZÜRICH | MR installation | Mercedes-Benz | 2024
Mixed reality installation for Mercedes-Benz at Kunsthaus Zürich. Created for over 30 visitors simultaneously inside MR headsets. Playful interface to navigate an augmented car—the legendary C111—through the Kunsthaus.
Commissioned by the curators of DIGITAL ARTS ZURICH (DA Z).
Commissioned by the curators of DIGITAL ARTS ZURICH (DA Z).
Direction & development: Simon Husslein and Arne Magold
Photos: Fiona Piola, asset montages: BEYOND.PLACE
Technical host: Diversion cinema
Photos: Fiona Piola, asset montages: BEYOND.PLACE
Technical host: Diversion cinema
MEET ME BEYOND | MR installation | DIGITAL ARTS ZURICH | 2024
MEET ME BEYOND | MR installation | DIGITAL ARTS ZURICH | 2024
‘Meet Me Beyond – Part 1’ is an immersive experience presented at DIGITAL ARTS ZURICH (DA Z) 2024. The site-specific mixed reality installation, hosted in the historic Wasserkirche church in Zurich, aimes to connect visitors of all ages with their inner selves and explore the intersections of technology and spirituality.
Utilizing mixed reality, procedural algorithms, and artificial intelligence, new perspectives unfold on the interplay of spirituality and human consciousness. The installation addresses questions such as: Can technology convey, generate, or reproduce spiritual experiences? How can digital environments influence the sense of intimacy in spiritual exploration? Can AI serve as a spiritual mediator, and how might this change our perception of guidance?
Utilizing mixed reality, procedural algorithms, and artificial intelligence, new perspectives unfold on the interplay of spirituality and human consciousness. The installation addresses questions such as: Can technology convey, generate, or reproduce spiritual experiences? How can digital environments influence the sense of intimacy in spiritual exploration? Can AI serve as a spiritual mediator, and how might this change our perception of guidance?
Direction & development: Simon Husslein and Arne Magold
Photos: Fiona Piola, asset montages: BEYOND.PLACE
Photos: Fiona Piola, asset montages: BEYOND.PLACE
ILLUSION | VR installation | BEYOND.PLACE | 2024
ILLUSION | VR installation | BEYOND.PLACE | 2024
The virtual reality installation ‘Illusion’ by Simon Husslein and Arne Magold explores the immense potential of animated abstract environments to create highly immersive atmospheres. Within the crafted worlds, viewers can flow through a series of environments while listening to the words of philosopher Alan Watts. The combination of visual and auditory stimulation, paired with thought-provoking content, holds great potential for fostering human introspection.
Direction & development: Simon Husslein & Arne Magold
Images: Beyond.Place
Images: Beyond.Place
