1968

VR Dome Theatre with Spatialized Sound
2025, 9:30 minutes
Venice Biennale Cinema Immersive

“VR, when combined with hand-drawn animation and immersive sound, can articulate complex emotional and lyrical dimensions with rare sensitivity.”

Jury Comments on 1968 at Ars Electronica, 2025

1968 is communal VR theatre that explores the transformative power of protest through allusions to 1968, a year charged by societal, cultural and political unrest. Animated from still photographs of both the iconic and mundane, the piece explores international interstices of history, human bonding and power in times of socio-cultural upheaval. Rose Bond’s 360° hand drawn animation interacts with Massimiliano Borghesi’s spatialisation of inti figgis-vizueta’s original recorded tracks of ‘Seven Sides of Fire’ to ignite a dynamic, evocative and shared immersive experience. 1968 is a collaboration of international creatives and stands as the first movement of a longer anticipated work.

1968 is experienced collectively under a geodesic sound dome built with exquisite spatial precision by the Venice based Studio PASE.

Rosa Parks from1968 by Rose Bond, 2025

1968 Production still. Rose Bond, 2025

CREDITS

Director: Rose Bond

Producer: Melanie Coombs

Composer: inti figgis-vizueta

Composite Artist: Zak Margolis

Spatial Sound Mix: Massimiliano Borghesi

Spatial Sound and Exhibit Production

Studio PASE

Victor Nebbiolo di Castri

Valeria Zane

Riccardo Sellan

Pierpaolo Ovarini

Music: Attacca Quartet

Amy Schroeder

Domenic Salerni

Nathan Schram

Andrew Yee

The American Composers Orchestra
Conductor: Mei-Ann Chen

THANKS

Giacomo Bon
Linda Blackaby
Julie Butchko
Charles Calmer
Rosemary Colliver
Amy Dotson
Fabrizia Ferragina
Ixaka Jackson
Carlos Kalmar
Diana Kemppainen
Melissa Ngan
Oregon Symphony
Studio PASE
Daniela Dacho Repas
Liz Rosenthal
Cobi van Tonder
Inti figgis-vizueta
Andrew Yee

Portions of animated imagery for 1968 were originally commissioned and created for The Oregon Symphony to be projected live with the orchestra’s performance of Luciano Berio’s Sinfonia. That performance was canceled due to COVID.

“Seven Sides of Fire” recording permissions were kindly granted by the American Composers Orchestra and the Attacca Quartet for the 82^th Venice Biennale Cinema Immersive premiere.

For VR or dome booking information, contact Melanie Coombs at melanie@optimismfilm.com
info@rosebond.com   www.rosebond.com

1968 © 2025 Rose Bond Moving Pictures LLC

1968 Dome installation still. Studio PASE exhibit production. Photo credit: Furio Ganz

Paris Protests from 1968 by Rose Bond, 2025