2023, HD video, 27min. 23sec., color, 1920 x 1080, with sound Written, Edited & Directed NINA E. SCHÖNEFELD Director of Photography VALENTIN GIEBEL Sound & Music CARLOS PABLO VILLAMIZAR Special thanks to DJ HELL Starring ANA DOSSANTOS / ÄNNI LEE JONES / THINLEY WINGEN / SOPHIA ARNDT / KESCHIA ZIMBINGA / KATJA TURELLA / CHANTAL HOUNTONDJI / TALIA BAKKAL / ACELYA BELLICAN / KARLA SOPHIA MENZEL / JESSICA DAXENBERGER/ FALKO NICKEL P. A. R. A. D. I. S. E. deals with a new VR program to create ultimate feelings. People test their limits. The game causes insomnia and sometimes sudden death. “The feeling of love is ridiculous compared to the feeling of nearly dying. I am scared of wanting more.” The video work shows the difference between the experience of virtual reality in artificial space and the experience of physically tangible reality in nature. The investment of global corporations in digital technology and virtual reality is to extend the appropriation of human life to every aspect of our existence in order to maintain control over markets and indirectly also over us. We are spending longer and longer in virtual worlds and are becoming more and more dependent. Even though reality often seems surreal today and virtual reality appears more real, there is still a difference. It is a question of truth.