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Film Title
Bad Trip
Director: Alan Kwan
- Film Info
- Cast & Crew
- Awards & Screening
- About the Director
Production Country |
Hong Kong |
Production Year |
2012 |
Duration |
6’ 50” |
Colour |
Colour & B/W |
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No Dialogue or Subtitles |
Genre |
Virtual Reality Installation |
Shooting Format |
HD |
Synopsis |
Bad Trip is an immersive interactive installation that enables people to navigate the creator’s mind using a game controller.
Since November 2011, every moments of his life has been documented by a video camera mounted on glasses, producing an expanding database of digitalized visual memories. Using a custom virtual reality software, he created a virtual mindscape where people could navigate, and experience his memories and dreams.
The virtual world is perpetually evolving as he loads fresh digital memories every night. |
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Distribution & Screening |
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Director
Music |
Alan Kwan
Zach Polis |
2013
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Austria
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Official Selection, 35th Ars Electronica Festival
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Argentina
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Official Selection, 404 International Festival of Art & Technology
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Germany
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Official Selection, CYNERART Festival
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Hong Kong
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Gold Award, Interactive Media Category, 18th ifva Awards
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Kwan Tsz-wai Alan (b.1990) is a media artist and filmmaker based in Hong Kong. He started making short films at the age of 9, and some of his works have been awarded and showcased at various film festivals including International Video Art Festival Camaguey, ifva Festival, Hong Kong.
In late 2011, he was invited to attend the Asian Producer’s Lab at the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival in Korea. After over 10 years of filmmaking experience, he started his research in immersive systems for virtual mindtrip and lifelogging. His latest virtual reality installation Bad Trip, which allows people to travel in his memories, was recently showcased at media art festivals in Germany, Argentina, Canada, and Australia, and also featured in various media including Discovery Channel, WIRED, Tech in Asia, Mercedes-Benz Magazine, Canal+ and The Creator’s Project.
Filmography
2010 17.9 18 18.1
2010 Explosion
2009 The Stutterer
2007 Deliverance
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Remarks shared after Festival
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“The trip gave me a very important opportunities to meet with international artists and attend world-class conferences on media art. The other work in exhibition also gave me various inspirations on my next projects as well.”
— Shared by Kwan Tsz-wai Alan, director of Bad Trip after attending 35th Ars Electronica Festival in Austria, under the sponsorship of NAE.
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