S.I.L.V.A.
SEBASTIANO DEVA
360° Immersive Virtual Film
Neapolis, 2163. Due to an epidemy of homicides and suicides caused by new psychic disorders, the authorities introduce an artificial intelligence system called S.I.L.V.A.: the purpose is to monitor and transpose the human biometric data, and to heal the psychic wounds during simulated psychiatric sessions.
VR fanta-scientific film by Sebastiano Deva
creenplay by Jenny Del Prete, Sebastiano Deva
Set design by Walter Picardi
Starring Gioia Spaziani, Marcello Mazzarella
Produced by Innereo and Apptripper
One of the first experimental immersive virtual reality films realized in Italy. A sci-fi narrative was shot with an Ista 360 pro2 eight-focal 8K camera and alternated in the plot with 3D Computer Graphic Image animation clips, simulating the synthetic identity of S.I.L.V.A.: are we controlling or are we being controlled?
A DeepSound Machine Learning system was used during the shooting to generate the biometric data transmitted by the actors during their performance, and later transformed into instantaneous sounds to produce the soundtrack.
The immersive vision guides the viewer into a new position in the filmic event, where the presence is like a witness projected into the future of these instants experienced in first person, and where the ‘suspension of disbelief’ is manifested both in the visual perspective and in the posture of one’s body at 360 degrees. This aesthetic ‘Fifth Dimension’ is made possible by virtual immersive cinema wearing a three-dimensional visor as an extension of sight and taking control of the gaze no longer confined to the two-dimensionality of the screen.
The story of S.I.L.V.A. is a science fiction of human relations and expands some stated prophecies (one for Naples) and authoritative quotations into the viewer’s mental vision, delivering the verification of the events enunciated in the film only in 2163.
Sebastiano Deva (Naples, 1973) Independent artist and Ceo & Art director of Apptripper Emotional Experience and Innereo, start-ups active in the field of digital art innovation. Graduated in Philosophy with specialised studies in Aesthetics and Philosophy of Language, he is interested in communication and design in complex cultural projects, in particular theatre (director and author 1996-2005) and contemporary art (installations and video art 2006-2012), for several museum institutions with exhibitions and events in Italy, Spain, France, Poland. Since 2013 he has been active in the field of technological innovation for cultural heritage and the digital art experience; he has created virtual platforms for the Museo degli Uffizi Florence, Musei Civici Venice, Giorgio Armani Silos, Palazzo Ducale Urbino, Museo Archeologico Olbia, Fondazione Barumini Cagliari, Museo Madre Naples, and collaborations with Cisco Italia, Rai Cinema Channel and others. Since 2015 he has written and directed immersive virtual reality film productions: San Teodoro Experience 2015 Naples, 4 Visions of the Afterlife by Hieronymus Bosch 2017 Venice, Nuragica 2017, Cagliari Incendio al Castello 2018 Sicignano, Circo Massimo Experience 2018 Rome, Raffaello Experience environmental installation Cagliari 2020, Il giorno della Paura 2021 Noto.
He recently made a breakthrough in the field of emotional patterns combined with Artificial Intelligence dynamics applicable to the fields of Mental Well-being, a new creative project DeepSoundMe with technologies evolved from the performance of the Mind, released on major digital platforms in 2022. In Naples, Sebastiano Deva founded two innovative companies to study human emotions to improve our lives and experiences. A new frontier: studying how to improve life within companies.