Out of Nowhere

Our weather is getting angrier. Everywhere.
By protecting nature we protect ourselves.
What happens when we fail to do this?

Out of Nowhere is a VR experience that gently explores how preserving alluvial forests, marshes and wetlands can help us face the challenges of an ever angrier, unpredictable climate.

Told through the eyes of Anna, a lifelong resident of Hallein in Austria, the experience flows from a personal memory of the devastating floods that hit Europe in 2021 to reveal how reconnecting with nature may be key to protecting ourselves going forward. As we’re immersed in Anna’s story, we are reminded of the fragile balance between our need to shape the world around us and the urgency to preserve natural ecosystems.

View the trailer at this link.

Credits:
Created by Kris Hofmann and Andreas Wuthe
Production: Hofmann Studio & spec.Studio
Development production: Hofmann Studio and Animate Projects

Premiering at Venice Immersive 2025.

Kris Hofmann: Lead Artist, Kris Hofmann has been working in animation since graduating from the RCA in London in 2010. Since 2018 her focus has been on the design of immersive experiences in Austria. Her first site-specific augmented reality experience, ‘The Bookworms’, directed and produced for the Austrian National Library, won the Austrian state prize for digitization in 2021. Since then, Kris designed a number of interactive experiences and education tools on a broad range of topics, from the female menstrual cycle to economic literacy and insect decline. krishofmann.co.uk

Andreas Wuthe: The technical lead of the project, Andreas Wuthe, is a full-stack developer with 25 years of programming experience, who has been active in game and app development for nearly two decades. He has worked on projects for Red Bull, Casinos Austria and international publishers like Electronic Arts and Ubisoft. Since teaming up with creative director Kris Hofmann, his focus has been on developing interactive XR experiences and integrating AI models into their projects and working process.

Elizabeth Purnell: A UK based composer and sound designer, celebrated for her music in a variety of genres. She works at many UK theatres, including the Liverpool Playhouse, Hackney Empire and the Tobacco Factory, Bristol. She is an Emmy nominated orchestral arranger and conductor for film and TV, recording with BBC orchestras and European ensembles. Credits include Samantha Moore’s Treasure, Black Mirror, Annihilation, and numerous David Attenborough documentaries. In 2020 she contributed to Bristol Old Vic’s ‘Sky Orchestra’ hot air balloon artwork. elizabethpurnell.com

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