SYMBIOSIS
award winning multi-sensory XR experience,
by Polymorf in collaboration
with Studio Biarritz
Teaser
“Polymorf’s experiential and immersive works — and their clever use of scent especially — have blown my mind for years. We are so psyched that they have trusted us with the U.S. premiere and can’t wait for our audiences to snuggle up in their haptic suits, strap on their VR glasses and travel into this brave new world of storytelling with us.”
— Amy Dotson, PAM CUT Director
In the media
“The project may be anchored in eco activism, but it reaches far beyond that.'”
— Wunderman Thompson
“Portland Art Museum’s new VR experience, Symbiosis, will have you donning a robotic suit faster than you can say 'ecofeminist Chthulucene.'”
— Oregon ArtsWatch: VizArts Monthly
“Bodysuits, custom scents and snacks: Symbiosis at Portland’s PAM CUT challenges our view of reality.” — OPB's Oregon: Art Beat
“It might have been the oxytocin being pumped in through the scent tubes, but there seemed to be a real sense of camaraderie between us. This despite the fact that most of us (save the multibody creature) went through the experience alone.” — The Oregonian
“At Polymorf, we are getting more and more interested in non-human centered storytelling. It’s always about us and it has become a bit boring.”
- director Marcel van Brakel and Mark Meeuwenoord in VARIETY
“Polymorf’s experiential and immersive works — and their clever use of scent especially —
have blown my mind for years,”
- PAM CUT Director Amy Dotson
Tour dates.
Silbersalz
October 30 - November 3 2024
Halle, Germany
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SPACE CRISIS OR OPPORTUNITY
November 2 ‘23
Daejeon, South-Korea
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Artist talk: 200 years later @Waag
November 2 ‘23
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Amsterdam Museum Night @Waag
November 4 ‘23
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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RIO INNOVATION WEEK
October 3 - 6 ‘23
Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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SXSW
March 11 - 14 ‘23
Austin, Texas
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PAM CUT
November 12 ‘22 - February 26 ‘23
Portland, Oregon
sold out
Holland Festival
June 8 - 12 ‘22
Amsterdam, Netherlands
sold out
IDFA DocLab
November 18 - 28 ‘21
Amsterdam, Netherlands
sold out
EYE Film museum
November 11 - 17 ‘21
Amsterdam, Netherlands
sold out
Dutch Film Festival (NFF)
September 21 - 30 ‘22
Utrecht, Netherlands
sold out
“When I turned sixteen, as a coming-of-age gift, I got my first real insect implants. I was super proud as the machine pierced my skin and left a beard of butterfly smell antennae”
- Camilla (character in Symbiosis)
" I sense a strange aroma. Young leaves, freshly picked, left to bleed. The scent of a hedgehog buried, deep below. A faint hint of asbestos"
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"My body is a tongue. I lick the wind to taste the spring. I lick the salty soils to hear its weepings. The soils are never silent. They vibrate and pulsate, full of anticipation, full of life and new becoming."
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" I sense a strange aroma. Young leaves, freshly picked, left to bleed. The scent of a hedgehog buried, deep below. A faint hint of asbestos" ~ "My body is a tongue. I lick the wind to taste the spring. I lick the salty soils to hear its weepings. The soils are never silent. They vibrate and pulsate, full of anticipation, full of life and new becoming." ~
