2022 “The Friend VR”, 30 min, interactive VR, live action & CG environment

• Synopsis: The Friend VR invites audiences to explore The Temple of New Thought, a phantasmagorical 3D VR environment where they’ll encounter video projections of the seven sermons delivered by The Friend, profiles and spoken word philosophies of eight Saints of New Thought; and animations of each Saint’s disturbing set of relics. The Temple of New Thought is a mashup of an old-fashioned circus, hot mess drag show with the reverence of traditional devotional spaces.
• Created by: John Sanborn
• Directed by: David Lawrence
• Produced by: Nathalie Mathe
• Website
• Online Release Date: TBD
  

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• Credits:
  • Creative Director: John Sanborn
  • VR Director: David Lawrence
  • VR Producer: Nathalie Mathé
  • 3D modeler & Unity developer: Steve Horwath
  • Concept Art: Dan Rutter
  • Main Actors: John Cameron Mitchell
• Festivals/Exhibits:
  • Survey exhibit of Sanborn’s work, ZKM Center for Arts & Media, Karlsruhe, Germany – July to Oct 2022
  • Preview at VideoFormes, France – March 2022