The Immersive Experience of the Era of Nuclear Energy in Emilija Škarnulytė’s Ecodocumentary Burial (2022)

• Published in: Acta Academiae Artium Vilnensis no. 115; pp. 52 - 75
• Main Author: Šukaitytė, Renata
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Vilnius Vilniaus Dailes Akademija / Lithuanian Academy of Fine Arts 2024; Vilnius Academy of Arts Press
• Subjects: Aesthetics; Art galleries & museums; Cold War; Documentary films; Earth; ecocinema; Emilija Škarnulytė; Energy consumption; essay documentary; Geoengineering; Geology; immersive narrative; Immersive technology; Lithuanian cinema; Motion picture festivals; nonfiction film; Nuclear energy; Nuclear power plants; Short films; Visual artists

The article examines Emilija Škarnulytė’s essay documentary Burial (Kapi­nynas, 2022) and its unique approach to engaging the audience with the themes of nature, atomic energy, and the nuclear era. It discusses how immersive techniques of aural and visual narrative, consisting of visual and acoust...