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Deer Buttons [Hirschkn\u00f6pfe]<\/strong> is an immersive Cine-VR work framed as a time-travel apparatus. Set in the Austrian Salzkammergut, it follows a fictional traveller from a distant future moving through fragmented traces of the present. Guided by the spectral voices of former salt-mine workers, the work unfolds as a spatial and sonic archive where memories of labour, extraction, and ecological transformation linger within the landscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The title refers to the traveller\u2019s encounter with the region\u2019s last remaining button maker, where she acquires a button carved from deer antler\u2014a fragile relic of a disappearing more-than-human world. Through layered sound and embodied presence, Deer Buttons<\/em> reflects on deep time, industrial heritage, and the traces humans leave behind, revealing memory as an unresolved constellation within a living audiovisual landscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deer Buttons<\/em>, a Cine-VR opera developed for the European Capital of Culture Salzkammergut 2024, emerged from the larger project Regional Express<\/em>, which combines two parallel journeys: an audio experience aboard a regional train traversing the Salzkammergut and the immersive Cine-VR work Deer Buttons<\/em>. Together, these interconnected experiences extend the journey into a speculative and poetic encounter with the region\u2019s histories, industrial heritage, and landscapes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deer Buttons [Hirschkn\u00f6pfe]: \u2028Cine-VR Opera, 2025, 11 min.
Concept, Direction and Artistic Research\u2028: Ella Raidel
Cinematography and Cine-VR Production\u2028: Benjamin Seide
Music and Sound Composition: \u2028Sander Saarmets | V4R1<\/a>
Spatial Audio: Matthias Kassmannhuber | Hear VR<\/a>
Cast: Yakira Cang and Knopferl Maier
Choir: Gemischter Chor Altm\u00fcnster
Producer: Marlene Rutzendorfer | Wonderland\u2028<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regional Express<\/a> a project for the European Capital of Culture Salzkammergut 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deer Buttons is featured in FIVARS Spotlight Stories 2026 LINK<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Set Photos Credit: Pia Fronia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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