Forager

A mushroom is a door in the floor. Open it and discover nature’s greatest revelation: an endless underground network secretly feeding life to the world above. And yet, we know more about the surface of the moon than we do about mushrooms. What if we knew more?

Using sight, sound, touch and scent, you will experience the complete life-cycle of mushrooms: spores, mycelium, fruiting body, and the inevitable decay. Working closely with the Smallhold Mushroom Farm, we have spent the last 2 years developing a unique volumetric time-lapse technology that brings the mushroom kingdom to life in a new way, never before experienced.

  • Winslow Porter
    Director
  • Elie Zananiri
    Director
  • Winslow Porter
    Producer
  • Casta Jiahui Zhu
    Producer
  • Karen Short
    Executive Producers
  • Justin Durrazo
    Executive Producers
  • Adam DeMartino
    Executive Producers
  • Andrew Carter
    Executive Producers
  • Alessia Bulgari
    Executive Producers
  • Turner Porter
    Executive Producers
  • David Porter
    Associate Producers
  • Dana Cowley
    Associate Producers
  • Alicia Ross
    Associate Producers
  • Elie Zananiri
    Technology Director
  • Erik Anderson
    Unreal Engineers
  • June Bee
    Unreal Engineers
  • Schuyler Devos
    Unreal Engineers
  • Filip Kostic
    Unreal Engineers
  • Csősz Gergő Levente
    Unreal Engineers
  • Xuelong Mu
    Unreal Engineers
  • Siyuan Qiu
    Unreal Engineers
  • Bryner Toma
    Unreal Engineers
  • Mingxi Xu
    Unreal Engineers
  • Olivia Yin
    Unreal Engineers
  • Will Young
    Unreal Engineers
  • Georgios Cherouvim
    Technical Artist
  • Todd Bryant
    Unreal Consultants
  • Kevin Peter He
    Unreal Consultants
  • Baiquni Abdillah
    Environmental Artists
  • Jack Caron
    Environmental Artists
  • Winslow Porter
    Screenwriters
  • Elie Zananiri
    Screenwriters
  • Adam Lerman
    Screenwriters
  • Q Department
    Music and Sound Design
  • Elise Porter
    Title Designer
  • Ryan De La Cruz
    Graphic Design
  • David Benjamin
    Scenic Design
  • Ray Wang
    Scenic Design
  • Daniel Perlin
    Scenic Design
  • David Komet
    Scenic Design
  • Travis Breihan
    Creative Mushroom Consulting
  • Array Kinetics
    Capture Rig Design
  • Adam Lassy
    Marker Rig Design
  • Stephen Jomaoas
    Cultivation Consultant
  • Louis Vassar Semanchik
    Cultivation Consultant
  • Addison Worthington IV
    Rig Technical Producer
  • Tomáš Mišura
    Photogrammetry Consultant
  • Nikola Jancovicova
    Photogrammetry Consultant
  • Guillaume Monsergent
    Photogrammetry Consultant
  • Paul McGeiver
    Photography
  • Jessie Cohen PR
    Public Relations
  • Abigail Knoff
    Smallhold Communications and PRv
  • Hayley Katz
    Smallhold Communications and PRv
  • Stefani Bardin
    Partner Outreach
  • Fungi Foundation
    Mycological Partner/Consultant
  • On The Edge
    Conservation Partner
  • Dell Computers
    Hardware Partner
  • Accenture Song Sustainability Studio
    Strategy Partner
  • OW Smell Digital
    Scent Partner
  • Pink Sparrow
    3D Printing Partner
  • Arcturus
    Volumetric Post Production and Streaming Partner
  • Project Type:
    Virtual Reality, Interactive Film
  • Runtime:
    7 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    March 10, 2023
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Student Project:
    No
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Director Biography - Winslow Porter, Elie Zananiri

Winslow Porter is an award-winning director, producer and creative technologist specializing in virtual/augmented reality as well as large-scale immersive installations. He is currently a Cultural Leader at the World Economic Forum, a seven-time mentor at the New Museum Incubator (NEWINC), a member of ONX Studio and an adjunct NYU Tisch professor. Winslow is also an artist in residence at the Smallhold Mushroom farm in Brooklyn, creating an immersive experience featuring the first volumetric time-lapse of mushrooms growing called Forager, premiering at SXSW 2023 and previously featured at SIGGRAPH 2022 and Unreal Fest 2022.

Elie Zananiri is an Emmy Award winning virtual reality creator, and experiential developer specialized in large-scale installations, exhibit design and live events. His work experiments with breaking social boundaries in public spaces, through immersive experiences and generative compositions.

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