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Ina Chen
Ina is a Creative Technologist, Artist, and Educator who blends art, technology, and storytelling to explore speculative futures and ancestral pasts.
Her diverse background fuels her interest in philosophy, music, and history, shaping her artistic vision. Ina’s work deconstructs traditional storytelling through real-time technology, creating films, hybrid documentaries, and live cinema performances that provoke conversation. By merging cultural and historical contexts with technology, she brings untold stories to life, pushing boundaries and opening new possibilities.
Ina has been part of the New Inc incubator, and teaches at the Southern California Institute of Architecture. Her work is featured on platforms like NOWNESS, HYPEBEAST, History Channel, Hulu, MTV, Coachella, Wired, ONX Studio, Slamdance, and Art Basel.
Artwork
4993 Feet Under
“4993 Feet Under” is an innovative exploration of the intersection between cinema and real-time technology. Utilizing a hybrid documentary approach to depict the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
This spectacle chronicles the entire life cycle of a Whale Fall. Audiences embark on a
poignant journey, witnessing the final moments of a dying humpback whale descending 4993 feet below the surface, where the Macondo Wellhead's oil leak occurred. Savage, exquisite, and poetic, the experience forms an elegy for the lives lost and shaken by the largest marine oil spill in history.
This project was completed in a real-time game engine.
Film Duration: 14 Min
Production year: 2023
Year released: 2024
Credits:
Director: Ina Chen
Producer: Ina Chen, Calvin Sin
Writer: Calvin Sin
Creative Director: Lu Te-Hsing
Composer: Santiago Amézquita
3D Artist: Sinew Zhang
Advisor: Eric Alba, Kevin Peter He
Live Footage: NOAA Ocean Exploration, National Marine Sanctuaries
Supported by: New Inc, ONX studio
〷◠‿◠〷 This project is part of our festival track "MUNICH Beyond" supported by Film Fernseh Fonds Bayern (FFF).
