XR Coproduction Sessions
Marta Becket's Death Valley
Gilles Jobin, Susana Panades Diaz
Switzerland, United States
Development Stage
In development
In development
25'
VO. English
ST. French
Marta Becket's Death Valley un is an immersive “augmented” VR documentary that pays tribute to the life and work of Marta Becket, a dancer and artist who, in 1968, settled in Death Valley Junction, in California's Mojave Desert, and transformed the Amargosa Opera House into a total work of art.
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We'd like to find some funding.
Production
Cie Gilles Jobin
Gilles Jobin
Gilles Jobin, renowned choreographer from Geneva, has been presenting his work all over the world since 1995. In 2016, his 3D film "Womb" debuted at GIFF. In 2017, he launched his digital career with "VR_I", "Dance Trail" and "La Comédie Virtuelle-live show". Invited to prestigious festivals such as Sundance and Venice, his company is also a digital research and production center, specializing in motion capture and real-time.
Susana Panades Diaz
Susana Panades Diaz, principal artist with Cie Gilles Jobin since 2005, is an expert in motion capture. She masters the company's style and optimizes motion capture for the performers. Susana was the key artist on Womb (3D film, 2016), VR_I (VR, 2017), Magic Window (AR, 2019) and Dance Trail (AR, 2020), and contributed to Cosmogony (live mocap, 2021) and La Comédie Virtuelle (VR, 2020-21).
