Vladimir Storm is a visual artist, a volumetric filmmaker and a creative director focused on AR/VR storytelling, immersive spaces and interactive computer graphics. He worked with clients like Microsoft, Netflix, Nike, Valve, HTC, Snapchat, Pussy Riot, etc. Vladimir collaborates with film and game studios, universities and science labs, museums and creative agencies to design unique interactive storytelling, immersive installations, crypto artworks and spatial visual effects. In 2018 Vladimir founded a gaming studio Sirpin in Berlin.
In his art practice Vladimir researches worldwide spiritual diversity and has worked on various immersive art projects in 20+ countries in Asia, Africa, Australia, Northern Europe, Americas, etc. He digitizes indigenous spiritual practices and reframes western culture.
Exhibitions / Screenings
2024 - KI Park Summer Event in Berlin (Berlin)2024 - Hyperfuturism at Untitled_1_0_9_9_9, CTM Vorspiel (Berlin)2023 - Origins Exhibition at Persona.nyc (NYC)2023 - "Komi Witchcraft" at ABHK (Hong Kong)2022 - Beyond Basel via Hyperfuturism (aka 1-1PR.f2R.SM.) at Art Basel Miami (Miami)2022 - Asian Front Art Show via Hyperfuturism (Osaka)2022 - Woodlice AR at A MAZE (Berlin)2022 - NFT Exhibition at E-Werk (Berlin)2020 - Soirée poésie - Art Souterrain x ELLEPHANT (Montreal)2020 - Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (Brussels)2019 - Lossless Bodies at The Wrong (Toronto)2019 - Festival Du Nouveau Cinéma (Montreal)2019 - Raindance Film Festival (London) 🏆2019 - Munich International Film Festival (Munich) 2019 - Melbourne Film Festival (Melbourne) 2019 - Tribeca Film Festival (NYC) 2019 - A MAZE (Berlin) 2019 - Africa Nouveau Festival (Nairobi) 2018 - Break Off Art Book Fair (Taichung, Taiwan) 2018 - Nommos VR at Goethe-Institut Kenya (Nairobi) 2018 - Firewall With Me at DOC (Paris) 2018 - VR Future Arcade at Tech Open Air (Berlin) 2018 - Made This Way: Redefining Masculinity at Venice Film Festival (Venice) 2018 - Cave Friends at The Museum of Other Realities (Vancouver) 2018 - Berlin VR Meetup (Berlin) 2018 - VR Vernisáž at Vnitroblock (Prague) 2018 - Zur Anderen Welt (Berlin) 2017 - Plumsfest (Moscow)2017 - Artcaden (Berlin)2017 - Games Not Games at Electromuseum (Moscow)2017 - Augmented World Expo (Munich)2017 - Virtually Real (NYC)2017 - Artecitya (Thessaloniki)2017 - DJ CyberDeath at Hologate (Munich)2017 - Kaleidoscope VR (Berlin)2017 - A MAZE (Berlin)2017 - DJ CyberDeath Performance + Exhibition at CeBIT (Hanover)2016 - Augmented World Expo (Berlin)2016 - Mush Mush VR at Retune (Berlin)2016 - Miserable Pocketman at A MAZE (Berlin)2015 - Pixelart at X MARKT (Berlin)2015 - Wear It Berlin (Berlin)2015 - Printed Mars at A MAZE (Berlin)
Talks
2024 - Immersive Storytelling and VR VFX (VRBLN, Berlin) 2022 - Blockchain technology and NFTs (Cyber Attack Conference, Online) 2022 - AR we ready? - Museums & AR (A MAZE, Berlin) 2019 - XR Arts and Volumetric Storytelling (Matdot Art Center, Bangkok) 2019 - AR Arts (MAGMA Contemporary Medium, Sfântu-Gheorghe, Romania) 2019 - Future of AR (Creative Code Budapest, Budapest) 2018 - Sexuality in VR (TTT, UNAM, Mexico City) 2018 - AR Arts & VFX (VR Days, Amsterdam)2018 - VR Design Best Practices (Goethe-Institut Kenya, Nairobi)2018 - Interactive XR Visual Effects (Unite, Berlin)2018 - Indie VR Hentai and Sexuality in VR (A MAZE, Berlin)2018 - Designing VR Future Lab for Human Gene Modification (WAAG, Amsterdam)2017 - VR Design Best Practices (GameOn, Vilnius)2017 - Interactivity & Physicality for VR Storytelling (Sarajevo Film Festival, Sarajevo)2017 - VR for Artists (Comics & VR, Berlin)2017 - VR CG Panel + Creative VR (A MAZE, Berlin)2017 - Sound in VR (Tech Open Air, Berlin)2017 - German VR Meetups (CeBIT, Hanover)2017 - Interactivity in VR (Casual Connect, Berlin)2017 - DIY VR Hentai (Creative VR, Berlin)2016 - Weird VR (VR Now, Potsdam)2016 - Intro to VR Art (Creative VR, Berlin)2016 - My Perspective of Arts (Art Games, Berlin)
Workshops + Hackathons
2024 - XRCC (Berlin) 2024 - Social AR (A MAZE, Berlin)2023 - Meta XR Hackathon (Meta HQ, London)2022 - ETHBerlin³ (Factory, Berlin)2022 - AR Hackathon (A MAZE, Berlin)2019 - Reality Virtually Hackathon (MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, US)2018 - VR Workshop (Goethe-Institut Kenya, Nairobi)2018 - Theatre & XR Workshop (Brighton)2017 - VR Design Workshop + Jam (Pamplona 89, Barcelona)2017 - Berlin Google XR Jam (VR Base, Berlin)2017 - Oculus Medium VR Jam (VR Base, Berlin)2017 - Shader Hangout Workshop (Berlin)2016 - Mini Game Jam (A MAZE, Berlin)
Awards
2024 - Digital Fashion Track at XRCC (Berlin)2024 - Tresure Hunt at ETHBerlin4 (Berlin) 2024 - Soulpaint, Special Jury Award at SXSW (USA) 2023 - Whisperers at Artizen Fund (USA) 2019 - Heart Of Darkness, Special Jury Mention at Raindance Film Festival (UK)
Press
2020 - Pussy Riot share an international anthem against police brutality, ‘1312’ (Factmag)2018 - An immersion into Fisheye’s special issue on virtual reality (Fisheye Magazine)2017 - Now You Can Own a Fidget Spinner in VR, Because Why Not (RoadToVR)