Ars Electronica Festival · 2017

Out of Exile

by Nonny de la Peña

🏆 Award of Distinction · Prix Ars Electronica 2017

Nonny de la Peña's “Out of Exile” was honoured with an Award of Distinction at the Prix Ars Electronica 2017, category Computer Animation.

**I. ABSTRACT** When Daniel Ashley Pierce is confronted about his sexual orientation by his family in a “religious intervention,” the scene turns startlingly dramatic and violent. Using real audio combined with walk around virtual reality that puts the audience inside the story, *Out of Exile* is a powerful parable of…

— Prix Ars Electronica Archive

About Nonny de la Peña

Nonny de la Peña (US), founder of Emblematic Group, uses digital reality technologies to tell important stories both fictional and news-based that create intense, empathic engagement on the part of viewers.

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