Nina E. Schönefeld P. A. R. A. D. I. S. E.

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P. A. R. A. D. I. S. E. deals with the difference between the experience of virtual reality in artificial space and the experience of physically tangible reality in nature. Even though reality often seems surreal today and virtual reality is becoming more and more realistic, there is still a difference. It is a question of truth.The story of the video revolves around the fate of movie heroine Tiger and her colleague Condor.
They are both investigative journalists who try to find out how popular tech companies manipulate human psychology. P. A. R. A. D. I. S. E. is a new VR program to experience ultimate feelings. People test their limits. The program is not entirely uncontroversial. It causes insomnia and sometimes sudden death.The video P. A. R. A. D. I. S. E. contrasts artificially created high-tech shots with documentary like shots in nature. The exhibition visitor feels more as a person of the virtual world and people can completely immerse themselves in the world of the movie heroines. This is achieved by a sophisticated and exciting design of the virtual world in the video. P. A. R. A. D. I. S. E. quotes the aesthetics of various formats and genres – from popular series like The Sinner & Chernobyl or classics of cinema history like Clockwork Orange, Stalker & Alien to computer game tutorials, scientific documentaries and high-end fashion video ads by Gosha Rubchinskiy, Gucci & Balenciaga. In this way, a visual language is created for these works with their topical references to global politics that is seductive yet familiar, making the scenarios all the more unsettling.