The Sun by Edvard Munch

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The Sun by Edvard Munch


Die Sonne von Edvard Munch
Swiss Premiere
Mike Robbins, Harmke Heezen / Norway, Germany / 2019 / 11 min / Experimental
English

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A sunrise over a fjord. Sunrays that grow increasingly intense. The landscape becomes a visual experience that examines what’s left of an image when it fades away. After The Scream, another of Munch’s paintings is thus cleverly transposed into VR.

The Sun by Edvard Munch is a virtual reality work that is part of ARTE’s collection dedicated to masterpieces in the history of art. It all begins with a winter sunrise above a fjord in Kragerø, Norway, where the painter lived for a while. The sunlight intensifies and immerses the viewer in a unique visual experience that pushes back the physical limits of our gaze and addresses our relationship with light and obscurity. This project reveals the story that lies behind this painting and evokes Munch’s fascination with light and the experiences that it gives rise to.


Creation
Mike Robbins, Harmke Heezen
Direction
Mike Robbins, Harmke Heezen
Key collaborators
Annabelle Despard (Translation), Georg Tschurtschenthaler (Concept), Jonas Kiplesund (Drone & 360 shoot), Kathrin Isberner (Line producer ​), Kristian Mosvold (Drone & 360 shoot), Lorenz Troll (Assistant Executive Producer), Stephan Schüritz (Additional coding)
Contact
Lucid realities
Sound
Adrian Dark
Music
Richard Strauss
Production
gebrueder beetz filmproduktion (Georg Tschurtschenthaler), A Substans Films SF, Christian Beetz, Kristian Mosvold
Co-production
ZDF, Camera Lucida, Lucid Realities Studio
Executive Production
gebrueder beetz filmproduktion (Georg Tschurtschenthaler), High Road Stories (Mike Robbins), High Road Stories (Harmke Heezen)
Supported by
City of Kristiansand (Øyvind Lyngen Laderud), Zefyr Media Fund (Jan Aksel Angeltvedt), MEDIA, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, ARTE
International sales
Lucid Realities Studio (Alexandre Roux)