P.A.R.A.D.I.S.E W/ Nina Schönefeld (2021)

Music Production / Sound Design

Presented at CICA MUSEUM KOREA and 21ST SEOUL INTERNATIONAL CINEMA & MEDIA FESTIVAL (NEMAF KOREA)

The video work P. A. R. A. D. I. S. E. deals with the difference between the experience of virtual reality in artificial space and the experience of physically tangible reality in nature. Even though reality often seems surreal today and virtual reality is becoming more and more real, there is still a difference. It is a question of truth. The story of the video revolves around the fate of movie heroine Tiger and her colleague Condor. They are both investigative journalists who try to find out how popular tech companies manipulate human psychology. P. A.R. A. D. I. S. E. is a new VR program to experience ultimate feelings. People test their limits. The program is not entirely uncontroversial. It causes insomnia and sometimes sudden death. Will Tiger and Condor find a way out of their own lizard brain instinct?

Written, directed and edited by Nina E. Schönefeld
Director of photography by Valentin Giebel
Sound Design & Music by Carlos Pablo Villamizar