MEET ME BEYOND - PART 1
MR INSTALLATION
‘Meet Me Beyond – Part 1’ is an immersive experience originally presented at DIGITAL ARTS ZURICH (DA Z) 2024. The site-specific mixed reality installation, hosted inside a church, 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?
AI models used for real time questions and answers: Claude 3.5 Sonnet (Anthropic). For lyrics, music, and voice: GPT-4o (OpenAI), Suno 3.5, Eleven Multilingual v2 (ElevenLabs).
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NewImages Festival Paris, 2025
Digital Arts Zurich – DA Z, 2024
Direction & development: Simon Husslein and Arne Magold
Film: BEYOND.PLACE
Photos Paris: Maxime Raynault /@trajprod, Forum des images, asset montages: BEYOND.PLACE
Photos Zurich: Fiona Piola, asset montages: BEYOND.PLACE
C111
MR INSTALLATION
‘C111’ is an 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).
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Direction & development: Simon Husslein and Arne Magold
Film: BEYOND.PLACE
Photos: Fiona Piola, asset montages: BEYOND.PLACE
Technical host: Diversion cinema
ILLUSION
MR INSTALLATION
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 and Arne Magold
Film & images: BEYOND.PLACE