This three chapter interactive virtual reality journey uncovers the hidden songs of the cosmos. Space is not silent. It is full of sounds. We look to the stars to find our place in the Universe, but for the first time we listen to its music.
From Writer/Director Eliza McNitt and Executive Producers Darren Aronofsky and Ari Handel, this acclaimed experience premiered at Sundance and received the Grand Prize in VR at the Venice Film Festival.
Premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2018, this chapter takes us on a travel in our solar system. Planet Earth sings. Our solar system becomes a musical instrument as we discover the Universe through sound.
Premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2018, the second chapter of Spheres takes the user into the heart of a black hole to uncover the breakthrough discovery of gravitational waves. Fall into the darkness, and you will find the light.
Premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2018, this last chapter tells of the Big Bang. The Big Bang was silent. Then came sound. Travel from the edge of the cosmos to uncover the strangest song of all.
This VR experience was directed by the American film director Eliza McNitt, in co-production with the studios Atlas V and Crimes of Curiosity, and with the support of the French National Center for Cinema and Moving Pictures.
• Director: Eliza McNitt
• Executive production: Darren Aronofsky (Protozoa Pictures)
• Production: Novelab / Atlas V / Crimes of Curiosity
• VR development: Clément Chériot (Novelab)
• Sound design and composition: Novelab
• Voices: Jessica Chastain, Millie Bobby Brown and Patti Smith (English version); Léa Seydoux, Adèle Exarchopoulos and Jane Birkin (French version)
