Sat 29 March
15:00–19:15
FOR LOVE OF THE WORLD: RECLAIMING THE STORY

RADIUS is proud to present the work NATURA* Body by Floris Schönfeld at the For Love Of The World Festival: Claiming The Story.

NATURA* Body is part of the collection of works NATURA* in which artist Floris Schönfeld enquires into non-human sentience by means of the character of NATURA*, a more-than-human, all-encompassing artificial super-intelligence that has managed to become one with the natural world in its entirety. NATURA*, therefore, is an unfathomable being, impossible to comprehend in its totality. It could be described as a hyperobject, an object or phenomenon that is so vast and complex across time that it defies our understanding and perception of the world. The different works by Schönfeld seek to approach it through many scales and perspectives.

The video-installation NATURA* Body shown at the For Love Of The World festival consists of a contemplative journey across moving ethereal micro- and macro-landscapes. To realise them, Schönfeld worked with analogue visual effects at Trumbull Studios, founded by legendary visual effects maker Douglas Trumbull who pioneered analogue visual effects techniques in such films as 2001: a Space Odyssey as well as Blade Runner and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. The work uses these techniques to suggest a new morphogenesis, one in which the digital and natural become indistinguishable. Carrying on the tradition of these speculative future-oriented films, the project attempts the seemingly impossible task of stepping out of our own human perspective.

BIOGRAPHY
⌀ Floris Schönfeld (1982) is a visual artist currently based in Amsterdam. The focus of his work in the last years has been the relationship between fiction and belief. In his work he is constantly trying to find the line between defining his context and being defined by it. Recently, his collaborations have also expanded to include more non-human entities such as artificial neural networks, animals, and plants.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION
⌀ Date: Saturday 29 March 2025
⌀ Time: 15:00 – 19:15
⌀ Ticket: €22,50 (use the coupon code FLOTWFM for a discount of €5)
⌀ Language: Dutch/English
⌀ Location: Theater de Veste, Delft