Okawari
Synopsis
Okawari is an interactive experience that invites four users – seated at a table in a Japanese izakaya restaurant – to question their relationship with (over)consumption, the digitalisation of reality, the acceleration of time, and to choose between several possible futures.
Eco-produced and designed from the upcycling of the previous work Umami, the installation directly integrates the environmental impacts related to its creation, production, and distribution into its artistic proposal.
During its presentation at festivals, a carbon counter displayed the carbon footprint of the work and evolved in real time according to the emissions generated by the travel of the installation and its visitors.
In short
Format: multiplayer virtual reality, immersive installation
Genre: real-time 3D animation
Release date: 2022
Website: https://okawari.io/
Duration: 30 minutes
Credits
Cast: Cyril Dion, Landia Egal
Directed by: Landia Egal, Amaury La Burthe
Written by: Landia Egal, Amaury La Burthe
Surcycling the previous work ‘Umami’ by Thomas Pons and Landia Egal
Production: Tiny Planets, Dpt., Novelab, Newtopia
Partners: FMC, CNC, SODEC, Occitanie Region, Hubblo Immersion, Ademe, Le Quai des Savoirs
Festival selections and awards
Venice Immersive (Venise), Lumières sur le Quai (Toulouse), IDFA Doc/Lab (Amsterdam), FNC (Montreal)
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