Combing the elements of documentary, science fiction and essay film, Third Nature addresses algorithms (machines) as a species, and the virtual as its habitat. It is shot entirely in a virtual environment of video games and set in the space where the boundaries between organic, cultural and technical are obfuscated. It explores the virtual nature as a new frontier to discover and colonise and algorithms as species that populate it.
-Specifications
Director: Daria Kiseleva
Shooting format: Full HD
Audio: stereo
Color: b/w
Framerate: 30
Original film title: Third Nature
Runtime: 14’45’’
Genre: Essay film, experimental, virtual nature documentary
Country of Production: NL
Year: 2021
Language: English
Daria Kiseleva is an artist, designer and researcher based in Amsterdam. Her practice is positioned on the intersection between technology and visual culture. Her research revolves around the topics of digital image, vision and degree of visibility, politics and aesthetics of representation and production of knowledge. In 2015/16 she was a researcher at the Jan van Eyck Academy, and in 2014 she graduated from the Werkplaats Typografie, Arnhem. Her work has been presented locally and internationally.
