{"id":37355,"date":"2025-09-16T15:42:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T13:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prism-vs.ch\/?p=37355"},"modified":"2026-03-27T15:19:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T14:19:44","slug":"when-movement-becomes-storytelling-an-immersive-work-by-arcanel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prism-vs.ch\/en\/when-movement-becomes-storytelling-an-immersive-work-by-arcanel\/","title":{"rendered":"When movement becomes storytelling: an immersive work by Arcanel"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"37355\" class=\"elementor elementor-37355 elementor-37353\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3cefcb1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3cefcb1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf572d5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bf572d5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a00abb elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a00abb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><i>At the PRISM Conference, the Valais-based studio Arcanel presented an interactive installation, an immersive work in which participants&#8217; movements generated floating letters, transforming their bodies into a visual language. This was a first for Arcanel and a perfect synthesis of its creative approach, which combines aesthetics, emotion, technical mastery and vision.<\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5ab3ff elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a5ab3ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Based in Sion, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcanel.ch\/\"><u>Arcanel<\/u><\/a> is a creative and versatile film and audiovisual content production studio. It designs films, photos, motion design, architectural mapping and interactive installations. For Arcanel, images are never an end in themselves. It is a starting point for telling stories, communicating and engaging the audience in a different way. Presented in May at the <a href=\"https:\/\/prism-vs.ch\/lia-ne-remplacera-pas-la-creativite-humaine-mais-peut-y-contribuer\/\"><u>PRISM Conference<\/u><\/a> on artificial intelligence, the Valais-based studio&#8217;s first interactive installation that reacts to movement is an experience where body, code and narration come together. Developed on TouchDesigner, this work questions the relationship between language, technology and image. \u2018We wanted to give typography a living form. To explore that moment when gesture becomes word, when image becomes narration,\u2019 says Shams Abou El-Enein, founder of Arcanel and designer of the project.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c661cab elementor-widget elementor-widget-gallery\" data-id=\"c661cab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;gallery_layout&quot;:&quot;masonry&quot;,&quot;columns&quot;:3,&quot;columns_tablet&quot;:2,&quot;columns_mobile&quot;:1,&quot;gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;link_to&quot;:&quot;file&quot;,&quot;overlay_background&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;content_hover_animation&quot;:&quot;fade-in&quot;}\" 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data-id=\"0d30b73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;slideInLeft&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2557e02 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2557e02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This project marks a shift towards interactivity, but above all reflects Arcanel&#8217;s approach to its work. To create an immersive work or a film, the Sion-based studio focuses on three pillars: cinematic aesthetics, narrative emotion and technical mastery of the entire production chain. From writing to casting, filming to motion design, sound design to post-production, everything is done in-house. \u2018This allows us to achieve artistic consistency, consistent quality and true responsiveness,\u2019 explains Shams.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f06f1b8 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"f06f1b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;hosted&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-hosted-video elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-video\" src=\"https:\/\/prism-vs.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Instalation_MONTHEY_v01.mp4\" controls=\"\" preload=\"metadata\" controlsList=\"nodownload\"><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32fd187 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"32fd187\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6c3215 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f6c3215\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A requirement welcomed in Los Angeles<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c81a801 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"c81a801\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;slideInLeft&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a240ee elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4a240ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This approach has not gone unnoticed. Arcanel recently received a Silver Award at the US International Film &amp; Video Awards in Los Angeles for a corporate film produced for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.univerre.ch\/\"><u>Univerre<\/u><\/a>.<\/p><p>This prestigious award sees hundreds of productions submitted to a jury of international experts each year, with only the very best films receiving recognition.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-775a933 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"775a933\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;vimeo&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<iframe class=\"elementor-video-iframe\" allowfullscreen allow=\"clipboard-write\" title=\"vimeo Video Player\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1019731563?color&amp;autopause=0&amp;loop=0&amp;muted=0&amp;title=1&amp;portrait=1&amp;byline=1#t=\"><\/iframe>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8436bcc elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8436bcc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This award highlights what the installation at the PRISM Conference perfectly illustrates: the studio&#8217;s attention to detail, aesthetic research and constant monitoring of visual and technological trends, all of which are put at the service of the message.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc08390 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"dc08390\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e3c52c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8e3c52c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A local commitment to the future<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44d2982 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"44d2982\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;slideInLeft&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f4cfca elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9f4cfca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Based in Sion, Arcanel anchors its development in a strong local commitment. The studio trains apprentices and chooses to collaborate with Valais-based talent and service providers. \u2018People helped me when I was starting out. Now it&#8217;s my turn,\u2019 says Shams.<\/p><p>By investing in training and in the Valais Films Association, Arcanel is actively helping to structure a growing audiovisual industry in Valais. Developing a local ecosystem also means offering opportunities to the next generation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a4e3db e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5a4e3db\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8d295e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b8d295e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">As a bonus<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c7333b elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"3c7333b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;slideInLeft&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ba9fba elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7ba9fba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Find out more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcanel.ch\/\"><u>www.arcanel.ch<\/u><\/a><\/p><p>Follow Arcanel: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/arcanel_studio\/\"><u>@arcanel_studio (Instagram)<\/u><\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/arcanel-studio\/\"><u>Arcanel Studio (LinkedIn)<\/u><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the PRISM Conference, the Valais-based studio Arcanel presented an interactive installation, an immersive work in which participants&#8217; movements generated floating letters, transforming their bodies into a visual language. 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