Stellar Entanglement

A Cinematic VR experience

“Stellar Entanglement” (2019) is a VR film based on the immersive performance “The Evolution of Stars”. It tells the story of a mysterious scientific institute trying to secure the immortality of a civilization imprisoned on a doomed planet in a remote region of our Galaxy. However, its main focus is the search of the place of the Universe inside Humans. The project resulted from the collaboration between the Instytut B61 and film directors duo The Kissinger Twins (Katarzyna Kifert & Dawid Marcinkowski).

The project not only deals with the issues of star evolution and quantum entanglement, but also touches upon philosophical issues. “The connections between particles in the Universe, says Jan Świerkowski, do not differ from the connections between us.

Is it possible, however, that some of us are contaminated with the same elements that constituted past civilizations?

In the end, as astronomers say, each of us carries a souvenir of cosmic catastrophes – supernova explosions. If so, is the fact that we are built of the same matter as the fiery nuclei of stars allows us to be called “children of stars” or is there something more needed?”

Instytut B61 is an international art and science collective founded in Toruń during UNESCO’s International Year of Astronomy 2009 by artist, astronomer and art curator Jan Świerkowski. The group members include scientists, performers, musicians, visual artists, actors, as well as cultural managers. The group creates immersive site-specific performances and multimedia shows that combine art, science and technology. The group’s projects have been presented in Poland and abroad, among others in Armenia, Belgium, Estonia, the Netherlands, Latvia, Lithuania, India, Germany, Portugal, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates.

Registration is mandatory
Choose your preferred time slot between 10:00 – 18:00
Duration of the VR film is 10 minutes.