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White Door

Cooper YOO|Korea, United States|2024|5min |Mixed Reality (Apple Vision Pro) |No dialogue

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Synopsis

The White Door is a mixed reality (MR) experience that combines the physical presence of a white door in front of the audience with a dance performance where reality and the virtual world intertwine through Apple Vision Pro.
Accompanied by a dancer performing fusion Korean dance, the immersive space offers a journey through the intersection of tradition and modernity, reality and virtuality. At the same time, it invites reflection on the temporal nature of performing arts, which can only be fully experienced through being, existence, and presence in the same time and space.

Director

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Cooper YOO

Cooper Sanghyun Yoo is an XR director and professor in Art & Technology at Seokyeong University, creating immersive and interactive experiences that explore digital play in shared audience environments. His recent XR projects include White Door, Dani: The Portrait of a Beauty, Mudong, and Poison VR, blending narrative, presence, and technology.

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Executive Producer
KIM Gheewhan, RHEE Jong-kook, LEE Kwang-cheol, KIM Hyun-joo (Korea Foundation)
Producer
PARK Shinyoung (Korea Foundation)
Cinematographer
KIM Hannah
Cast
SON Jeemi, TSUNG Ming Jou
Technical Director
Alexander THORNBOROUGH (Leeboro)
Art Director
LEE Dabin (Leeboro)
Sound & Music
Music: Spearfisher feat. River LUME
Other
Stylist: SEO Sumyung (Rare Mansion)
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Encountering the Virtual and the Real:

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