Quintero has a precise, clear vision. This is evident not only in the clarity of the 360° images he meticulously crafts with Kubrickian precision, but especially in his aesthetic choices.—News Daily

An XR immersive theater experience.

What if we could defeat death？

When Jurassic Park was released in 1993, resurrecting dinosaurs seemed like something only possible in Hollywood films. Now, three decades later, fiction has become reality, as the wealthy can clone their deceased pets and “bring them back to life.” We are living in an age in which death no longer means the end.

Blur is a mixed-reality theatre experience that explores this liminal state between life and death, fact and fiction. The production immerses the ten audience members in a surreal world that integrates a live performer with the digital wonders of virtual reality. Each session, the ten audience journeys through an unfolding landscape, encountering firsthand the magical possibilities and terrifying consequences of these scientific advancements. The future is present. Step into the unknown.

Writing and Direction / Craig Quintero 

As the Artistic Director of the Taipei-based Riverbed Theatre Company, Craig has written and directed over fifty original image-based performances, including productions in Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Singapore, China, France, Germany, and the United States. He is also a sculptor and installation artist whose work has been shown at the Asian Biennial, Venice Biennale Collateral Events, Kobe Biennale, Taipei Biennale, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei MOCA, and the Shanghai Museum of Contemporary Art. His VR experience, All That Remains, premiered at the 79th Venice Film Festival (2022) and won the prize for Best Immersive Experience at the 2023 Luxembourg Film Festival and Best 360 VR Film at the Kaohsiung Film Festival. His second VR experience, Over the Rainbow, premiered at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival and was selected for the "Best of" section for the 80th Venice Film Festival (2023). The project won the Panorama Prize at the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma. His most recent project, A Simple Silence,  premiered at the Venice FIlm Festival. Craig was selected by Filmmaker Magazine as one of the "25 New Faces of Independent Film" in 2023. A former Fulbright Senior Scholar, Craig received his Ph.D. in Performance Studies from Northwestern University and is a Professor in the Department of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies at Grinnell College.

Writing and Direction / Phoebe Greenberg 

Phoebe Greenberg, a L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq graduate, has passionately explored movement techniques and corporeal theater. Before returning to Montreal in the '90s, she would perform and produce theater productions throughout Europe. Greenberg founded Diving Horse Creations, a Montreal-based studio emphasizing physical performance and stage space exploration. In 2007, she established the DHC/ART Foundation and the PHI Centre in 2012, championing art and culture in Old Montreal. Notably, she conceived and produced the short film Next Floor (2007, directed by Denis Villeneuve)  showcasing her artistic vision and active role in PHI Films.  As PHI’s founder and director, Greenberg has championed numerous projects at the crossroads of art, cinema, music, theater and extended reality.

Riverbed Theatre Ltd.

Riverbed Theatre was founded in 1998 in Taipei, Taiwan. The company’s image-based, Total Theatre productions blur the boundaries between visual and performing arts. Critics have praised the organic, sculptural quality of Riverbed’s “subconscious” theatre, comparing the performances to the best works of Samuel Beckett and David Lynch. Riverbed has staged over fifty original productions, including works at the Taiwan National Theatre, National Taichung Theater, Asia Culture Center (Korea), Esplanade Studio Theatre (Singapore), Theatre de la Condition de Soies (France), Imaginale Figurentheater Festival (Germany), Kobe Arts Village Center (Japan), and Robert Wilson’s Watermill Center (USA). In 2022, the company established Riverbed Theatre Ltd. to focus on producing VR and XR productions. Riverbed’s virtual reality films have been selected for the Venice Film Festival for three consecutive years (2022-2024) and have won the Best Immersive Experience Award at the Luxembourg City Film Festival, the Panorama Award at the Festival du Nouveau Cinema, and the Best VR360 Award at the Kaohsiung Film Festival.

PHI Studio 

PHI Studio, from Montreal, specializes in immersive location based experiences with a user experience-driven focus. Recognized locally and internationally for its innovative production approach, technical expertise, and achievements in new forms of storytelling, PHI Studio collaborates with major global industry players and festivals and has worked on many award-winning projects, shaping the future of the  immersive experience. PHI Studio has developed a reputation as an incubator for talent, as a catalyst for the conception and implementation of immersive multi-disciplinary projects.

Onassis Culture 

Onassis Culture, centered around the iconic Onassis Stegi venue—the leading organization in contemporary culture in Greece—connects with Athens through a range of initiatives and works set across the city and beyond. It fosters dialogue on democracy, social justice, gender equality, and the human rights of the LGBTQIA+ community through a series of talks and events. Supporting artistic development, creation, and experimentation, Onassis Culture produces performances, films, and hybrid works while offering fellowships and residencies to both emerging and established artists. With a constant online presence, it creates content that speaks to the present moment. This is culture in sync with the here and now, embracing the local and the global as intertwined aspects of life.

Writing and Direction/ Craig Quintero, Phoebe Greenberg

Executive Production / Coline Delbaere, Julie Tremblay, Su-Ling Yeh, Prodromos Tsiavos

Visual Experience Supervision / Mélanie Courtinat

Casting (on site)/ Yu-Ling Wang

Casting (VR 360°)/ Ning Chang, Sia Jhih Lin, Vanessa Cheng, Kai-Wen Chuang, Avery Lin, Hsiang Lin, Alfonso Lee, Chang-Hao Wang, Yu-Chen Chien, Shiou-Ling Sheng

Casting（MoCap）/ Maxine Denis,Gesine Moog, Kai-Wen Chuang, Avery Lin, Hsiang Lin, Alfonso Lee,Mei-Chun Hsiang, Xinqi Chen, Phoebe Greenberg

Choreography Support / Edouard Lock

Stage Design / Craig Quintero, Carl Johnson

Music / Yu-Jun Wang

Sound Design / Chin Lun Kao

Interactive Development：PHI Studio

Creative Development / Thomas Azoug , Édouard Lanctôt-Benoît, Aurèle Chanal

3D assets, environments and VFX / Behaviour Interactive

360°Filmmaking / Funique VR

Motion Capture / LAB 7 & Game On

Volumetric Capture / IP LAB (created with HOLOSYS by 4DViews, www. 4DViews.com)

Co-produced by PHI Studio, Riverbed Theatre Ltd., Onassis Culture

Supported by CMF, TAICCA, SODEC, ONASSIS CULTURE

This Project is supported by the TAICCA’s Innovative Content Grant for International Co-Funding or Co-Productions

Official Presentation Partners: National Theater & Concert Hall

Performances in Taiwan are executed by Riverbed Theatre

Co-producer of Performances in Taiwan: Taiwan Contemporary Cultural Lab(C-LAB)