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.

IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE
Writing and Direction/ Craig Quintero, Phoebe Greenberg
Executive Production / Coline Delbaere, Julie Tremblay, Su-Ling Yeh, Afroditi Panagiotakou, Dimitris Theodoropoulos, Prodromos Tsiavo
Visual Experience Supervision / Mélanie Courtinat
The Sheep Woman's choreography / Edouard Lock
2D animation of drowning / Caroline Robert
Music / Yu-Jun Wang
Sound Designer / Chin-Lun Kao
FMOD intergration / Bo-Yi Wu
Costum design / Ra Thomson, Yen-Wei Chen, Ya-Chi Chen
Make Up Artist / Po-Tsang Ho

CASTING
The mother (on site) / Ning Chang, Yu-Hsin Yu, Yu-Ling Wang
The mother (360° films) / Ning Chang
The mother (pre-recorded motion capture) / Maxine Denis
The son (360° films and volumetric capture) / Sia-Jhih Lin
The cloned son (360° films) / Chang-Hao Wang, Yu-Chen Chien
Woman who embraced the sheep (360° films ) / Shiou-Ling Sheng
The Sheep Woman (motion capture) / Gesine Moog
The Big Head (English, French version) / Phoebe Greenberg
The Big Head (Mandarin version) / Xin-Qi Chen
The Big Head (Greek version) / Eirini Mpountali
Scientists (360° films and volumetric capture) / Hsiang Lin, Alfonso Lee, Kai-Wen Chuang, Avery Lin, Vanessa Cheng, Mei-Chun Hsiang
Sheep / Rou-Rou
Prototyping Actors / Thomas Vallières, Ollie Huang

CREATIVE & INTERACTIVE DEVELOPMENT
PHI Studio
Software Technical Director / Thomas Azoug
Creative Development / Édouard Lanctôt-Benoît, 
Technical Artist / Victor Groot
Programming and integration / Aurele Chanal
3D Modeling Assistance / Jérémie Ranc
Prototyping Technical Development Support / Jonathan Hardy
Technological Direction / Madison Dinelle, Marc-André Nadeau
Technological Assistance / Karina Marquez Caballero, Dorian Verhaegen
Production Manager / Coline Delbaere, Guillaume Lotz
Production Coordinator / Kevan Rahimaly
2D Content Editor / Kevin Delamourd

IMMERSIVE THEATER DESIGN
Riverbed Theatre
Set Design / Craig Quintero, Carl Johnson
Scenic Painting / Carl Johnson, Chang-Chih Chen, Shiou-Ling Sheng
Set Construction / Chang-Chih Chen, Ting-Yu Chen, Chih-Chi Kuo, Min-Zhen Chen, Yi-Hsuan Chen, Shu-Lian Wong, Yu-Hsin Yu, Kuan-Yi Chiang, Yong-Qing Liang, Yu-Fang Lai, Yang-Min Peng, XD Art
Stage Technical Consultant / Sammy Lin, Chih-Chen Hsu
Lighting design / Wen-Tse Chen, Tien-Hung Wang
Lighting crew / Yi-Hong Chen, Cheng Weng, Zhi-Yuan Zhuang, Guan-Sheng Jiang, Yi-Chin Chang
Haptic Effects Control Integration / Hsiang-Ting Teng

3D ASSETS, ENVIRONMENTS and VFX
Behaviour Interactive
Executive Producer / Shahinaze Hachem
Producer / Etienne Lalonde Gaudreau
Project Manager / Melissa Carle
Lead 3D artist / Audrey Poulin
3D artist / Martin Beaudoin
Character Designer / Alexandre Lapointe
Key Animator / Luc Sanfacon
Technical Manager / Charles Beauchemin
Lead developer / David Gagné

360° Films
Funique VR
Executive Producer / Pu-Yuan Cheng
Administration Producer / Leo ChengShang Li
Project Manager / Liana Monique Yao
VR Cinematograhy / William Chou, Ming-Yuan Chuan
Assistant Camera / Jia-Ru Chuang , Ping-Ying Lu
Live Monitoring System / Jia-Ru Chuang
Producer of Post-Production / Liana Monique Yao
Script Supervisor / Ming-Yang Yeh
Post-Prodution Crew / Ming-Yang Yeh, Ming-Yuan Chuan, Sven Huang, Chen Yen Chen
Editor / Ping-Ying Yen

MOTION CAPTURE
LAB 7
Motion Capture Supervisor / Vincent Ladouceur
Motion Capture Assistant / Batiste Augereau
Technical Coordinator / Elianne Desilets-Dubé
Project Manager / Isabelle Domens

MOTION CAPTURE DATA PROCESSING
Game On
Executive Producer / Nik Schmidt
Lead Technical Animator / Eloy Perez, Jérémy Meunier

VOLUMETRIC CAPTURE
IP Lab 
Technical Director / Kun-Hsien Lu
Project Manager / Danieo Chen, Mei-Ying Sun
Administrator / Wen-Ming Sung
Engineering Technician / Tsai-Ching Kuo, Bo-Ruei Chen, I-Cheng Chien
Technology / HOLOSYS by 4DViews

EARTH SEQUENCE: VIDEO FOOTAGE RESEARCH
Toronto Metropolitan University
Mahsa Rad
Haomin Wang
Samuel Dias

PROTOTYPING SUPPORT
Onassis Culture
Head of Digital & Innovation / Prodromos Tsiavos
Head of Production / Vassilis Panagiotakopoulos
Digital and Innovation Coordinator / Heracles Papatheodorou
Project Coordinator / Katerina Varda
Technical Manager / Antonis Kokkoris
Deputy Technical Manager / Giannis Ntovas
Line Production / Marianota Giannaki, Fay Minopetrou Kasimati
Sound Department / Giannis Gliatis, Dimitris Samaras, Giorgos Tsatsoulis
Video Department / Panagiotis Hajisavvas, Efstathios Darzanos, Efstratios Toganidis, Iasonas Pierrakos
Stage Department / Iakovos Darzentas, Stelios Bourdis, Leonardo Cela, Thanasis Dako, Platonas Tsamados, Giorgos Koulianidis
Electricians / Fotis Andrianopoulos, Kyriakos Xanthopoulos, Filippos Kokkinakis
Prototyping Video Documentation
Creative Head / Christos Sarris
Audiovisual Producer / Smaragda Dogani
Camera operator / Koralia Dogani, Andreas Markou, Ioannis Mylonas, Dimitrios Zivopoulos
Sound / Vasilis Zabikos
Equipment / Rent Photo Video

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS
Marketing Director / Jeremy Leith
Project Manager / Marion Dewaele
Artistic Director / Michel Ouellette
3D Artist / Saverio Trapasso
Chief, New Media Partnerships and PR / Myriam Achard
Communications & PR Manager & Translation / Pierre-Olivier Marinier Leseise
Communications Agent / Andrew Gray
Videographer / Boo-Him Lo, Mo Chen, Chien-Che Tang
Video Editor / Simon Gosselin
Still Photographer / Chen-Chou Chang, Boo-Him Lo, Sheng-Yang Su, Mo Chen, You-Wei Chen

TAIWAN PERFORMANCE EXECUTION
Stage Manager / Hsiang-Ting Teng, Chuan-Ren Tsai, Yun Wu 
Tech Master / Ching-Chih Yang, Jamie Hsieh
Docent / Yi-Hsuan Chen, Shu-Lian Wong, Yu-Ling Wang, Mei-Chun Hsiang
Stage Technical Director / Sammy Lin, Chih-Chen Hsu
Master Electrician / Tien-Hung Wang
Scenic and Props Execution / Chang-Chih Chen, Ting-Yu Chen
Stage Manager Assistant / Wan-Yu Lo, Shu-Wei Wan
Stage Technician / XD Art, Yun-Rong Luo, Shih-Hsien Liao, Howard Lien, Wei-Chen Lin, Yu-Hsun Wu, Guo-Han Lin, Chia-Chi Kao, Hsien-Wen Yang, Bo-Chuan Jheng
Lighting Technician / Bo-Chuan Jheng, Pin-Man Lee, Wei-Chen Lin, Jen-Yu Chang, Chung-Hsuan Yang, Chia-Chi Kao
Sound Technician / Wei-Chen Lin, Hsing-Yang Yen
Assitant Producer / Yi-Chun Liu
Marketing Specialist / Yen-Lun Chang
Graphic Designer / Dennis Lan
Network and Video Equipment / Mitras Studio
Translator / Xin-Qi Chen, Chin-Lin Huang

PRODUCTION ADMINISTRATION
PHI STUDIO
Production Accounting / Sandra Ruano
Legal Consultations / Annie Francoeur
Insurances / BFL Canada

Riverbed Theatre Ltd.
Chief Executive Officer / Su-Ling Yeh
Project Coordinator / Yi-Chun Liu

Onassis Culture
Head of Digital & Innovation / Prodromos Tsiavos
Head of Production / Vassilis Panagiotakopoulos
Digital and Innovation Coordinator / Heracles Papatheodorou
Project Coordinator / Katerina Varda

TECHNICAL COLLABORATION
Prototyping
Vive Art

Production
Funique VR
Behaviour Interactive
Lab 7
FMOD
IP Lab 
Game On
Antilatency
Studio Bizz
Sette inc.

PRODUCE & SUPPORT
Co-produced by PHI Studio, Riverbed Theatre Ltd., Onassis Culture
Supported by FMC / 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)

SPECIAL THANKS
Ellen Kao, Ting-Chun Lin, Po-Wei Wang, Ya-Wen Chen, Shih-Zheng Wang, Shih-Tang Chien, Ming-Da Yang, Pei-Wen Chen, ET@T, Dark Eyes Performance Lab, All participants of the tryout