{"id":2330,"date":"2022-09-06T10:45:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T10:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ellaraidel.com\/?p=2330"},"modified":"2025-12-26T10:40:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T10:40:58","slug":"the-seven-step-verse-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ellaraidel.com\/?p=2330","title":{"rendered":"The Seven Step Verse (2022)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A performative, cinematic VR 360 film by Ella Raidel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The documentary VR work explores the relationship between space and body in Singapore&#8217;s iconic modernist shopping malls in seven scenarios. The Seven-Step Verse is inspired by the Chinese poet Cao Zhi, who believed that a poem in seven verses shows wit, speed, and creativity. The performers occupy the malls, appropriating clothing and gestures and reciting texts as they pass by &#8211; thus pointing to the underlying ideological and social hierarchies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FIVARS 2023: Spotlight on The Seven Step Verse, <a href=\"https:\/\/fivars.net\/spotlight\/fivars-2023-spotlight-on-the-seven-step-verse\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/fivars.net\/spotlight\/fivars-2023-spotlight-on-the-seven-step-verse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Interview with Ella Raidel<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Distributed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.refreshingfilms.com\/en\/vr-mixed-media\/the-seven-step-verse\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.refreshingfilms.com\/en\/vr-mixed-media\/the-seven-step-verse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lemonade Films<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"471\" src=\"https:\/\/ellaraidel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Raidel_SevenStepVerse01-900x471.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ellaraidel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Raidel_SevenStepVerse01-900x471.jpg 900w, https:\/\/ellaraidel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Raidel_SevenStepVerse01-480x251.jpg 480w, https:\/\/ellaraidel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Raidel_SevenStepVerse01-380x199.jpg 380w, https:\/\/ellaraidel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Raidel_SevenStepVerse01-1536x804.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ellaraidel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Raidel_SevenStepVerse01.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cast\/Performer<\/strong><br>Nicole Phua, Veronyka Lau, Valerie Koon, Smiha Kapoor, Gladis Ng*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Crew<\/strong><br>Director: Ella Raidel<br>Screenplay: Ella Raidel<br>Producer: Ella Raidel<br>VR Cinematographer and VR Technical Director: Benjamin Seide<br>Sound recording: Vanessa Yip, Chua Xin Yun, Yang Haolin<br>Sound design: Ross Adrian Williams<br>Editor: Benjamin Seide<br>Composer: Ross Adrian Williams<br>Production design: Ella Raidel<br>Color correction: Benjamin Seide<br>Title design: Benjamin Seide<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FESTIVALS:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FIVARS<em> &#8211;<\/em> Festival of International Virtual &amp; Augmented Reality Stories, Toronto, Official Selection (2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BIDEODROMO International Experimental Film and Video Festival, Bilbao, Spain. (2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FICMA, The International Alternative Media Film Festival (2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sgiff.com\/films\/the-seven-step-verse\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/sgiff.com\/films\/the-seven-step-verse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">33rd SGIFF Singapore International Filmfestival<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/seashortsmy\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/seashortsmy\" target=\"_blank\">Seashorts Filmfestival <\/a> 21.-25. September 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Multimedia University Cyberjaya, Kuala Lumpur<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>12 VR works from across Southeast Asia, South Korea, and Taiwan will be available at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/seashortsmy?__cft__[0]=AZUi2IExE-JSGNPWtOSbCG10lgCaR6CrXbYIa5vEw-PLLhhXBPBqZpdMYLPXUocHQO6fPa7HV4U4E8Fr2oEzB0VpUpwVT4dpHclNHoJosJIzyYia3OrN3nHQgrs40ZipptszHvA5XOZNsE5a3bpYdyfwVg37mkbYVPU4rhoccvS1Q98fKHpo8yhYEgq9udWlzxY&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\">SeaShor<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/seashortsmy?__cft__[0]=AZUi2IExE-JSGNPWtOSbCG10lgCaR6CrXbYIa5vEw-PLLhhXBPBqZpdMYLPXUocHQO6fPa7HV4U4E8Fr2oEzB0VpUpwVT4dpHclNHoJosJIzyYia3OrN3nHQgrs40ZipptszHvA5XOZNsE5a3bpYdyfwVg37mkbYVPU4rhoccvS1Q98fKHpo8yhYEgq9udWlzxY&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">t<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/seashortsmy?__cft__[0]=AZUi2IExE-JSGNPWtOSbCG10lgCaR6CrXbYIa5vEw-PLLhhXBPBqZpdMYLPXUocHQO6fPa7HV4U4E8Fr2oEzB0VpUpwVT4dpHclNHoJosJIzyYia3OrN3nHQgrs40ZipptszHvA5XOZNsE5a3bpYdyfwVg37mkbYVPU4rhoccvS1Q98fKHpo8yhYEgq9udWlzxY&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\">s Film Festival<\/a> 2022 as part of our Beyond Mirage exhibition!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A performative, cinematic VR 360 film by Ella Raidel The documentary VR work explores the relationship between space and body in Singapore&#8217;s iconic modernist shopping malls in seven scenarios. The Seven-Step Verse is inspired by the Chinese poet Cao Zhi, who believed that a poem in seven verses shows wit, speed, and creativity. 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