PRINCESS OF THE HILLS (Trailer)

A Virtual Reality Immersive Music Video

Premiered at Cannes Film Festival 2024 - Cannes Next.
Additional Screenings: MANIFESTO:IO 2025, Porter Novelli Innovation Salon

This project was sponsored by and made possible through the Tisch ProFunds Grant. Thank you to the Office of the Dean and the Tisch Undergraduate Student Council for their support.

PRINCESS OF THE HILLS (4m, 12s, directed  by SENAIDA and Ricky Kapoor) is a virtual-reality experience and music video that follows the artist, SENAIDA, who is a human trapped in the metaphysical manifestation of Plato’s Cave until they encounter a portal which transports them into a Post-Anthropocene Myth—“a time out of time, before objects and subjects became distinct” (Wark, 2020). In this digital realm, the rave emerges as a locus of resistance against binary constructs.

Through metaphysical landscapes, the work embodies a transformative journey toward freedom, and ultimately, a reclamation of our primal instinct for movement and connection. Participants are invited into this fantastical, utopian world where they can be free to explore the scenes alongside Dolby Atmos spatial audio, and step into the perspective of SENAIDA 2.0, the digital clone created by the artist to represent their transformation through their interactions in the digital and physical worlds.

Artists:
Senaida Ng (Clive Davis Institute, ‘24) - Creative Director, Co-Producer, Composer
Ricky Kapoor (Film & TV, ‘24) - Director, Co-Producer
Charlin Wu - UE Lead Designer
Vu Le - UE Environmental Artist
Krist Mai - UE Avatar Modeler
Anna Ren - VR Interactive Game Designer
Jason Snell (Interactive Media Arts, ‘23) - Sound Mixer & Production Assistant