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Xtended: Venice VR Expanded in Eye © Tibor Dieters

Xtended: Venice VR Expanded in Eye

Eye Filmmuseum seen across the river IJ © Marcus Koppen

Eye Filmmuseum, © Marcus Koppen

In a still from Saodat Ismailova's Two Horizons, two hilltops feature in a midnight-blue landscape, one in the front and one further back. A shining star is right above the hill furthest back.

campaign image Saodat Ismailova 18,000 Worlds

Film Catcher (permanent presentation) (© Jordi Wallenburg)

In an impressionistic black and white image made up in virtual reality, a number of women, of all ages and all dressed in large late-Victorian dresses, are pictured floating around a space which has old images of city housing as its background (campaign image Walzer (Leo Erken & Frieda Gustavs, NL 2022))

campaign image Walzer (Leo Erken & Frieda Gustavs, NL 2022)

Two protesting women stand encircled by police officers wearing helmets, they appear to be shouting, one has her first raised in the air (campaign image Meet the Archive 2023)

campaign image Meet the Archive 2023 (still from Donna: vrouwen in verzet (Yvonne Scholten, NL 1980))

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The most beautiful cinematic equipment in our collection

The presentation is open every day from 10:00 to 19:00 and can be visited with either a film or exhibition ticket. Admission is free for children aged 17 and under.

The most beautiful cinematic equipment in our collection is on display in our permanent presentation.

Cinematographic and artistic VR

VR, films & talks

Xtended presents work by artists and filmmakers Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Laurie Anderson, Marina Abramović and Tsai Ming-liang, who are cued by VR experience to offer alternative and challenging views of our world. Their virtual stories, visual finds and triggered experiences touch our emotions, resonate with us and make us stop and think.

Xtended presents VR experiences by artists and filmmakers that offer alternative and challenging views of our world, touch our emotions, and make us stop and think.

Xtended

18 000 Worlds

Exhibition

Saodat Ismailova is an important voice within the first generation of Central Asian artists to come of age in the post-Soviet era. In her work, she investigates the rich, complex and layered culture of the region where she was born. She portrays the spirit of Central Asia, crossroads of cultures, leaving lots of space for intuition, stories and music.

In her first retrospective exhibition 18,000 Worlds, Saodat Ismailova guides us into the hidden world of myth and ritual in Central Asia.

Saodat Ismailova

Hidden treasures from Eye's collection

Ample attention will also be paid to the recently bequeathed archives of the renowned Netherlands’ film producer, Matthijs van Heijningen. Admission is free.

Eye’s curators and restorers present their latest discoveries including films from Cinemien and the archives of Dutch producer Matthijs van Heijingen. Free admission.

Exhibition Saodat Ismailova

18 000 Worlds

Hidden treasures from Eye's collection Meet the Archive 2023

VR, films & talks Xtended

Cinematographic and artistic VR

Permanent presentation

The most beautiful cinematic equipment in our collection