Cathex
- Logline
- Cathex is a hybrid interactive VR experience that unfolds like a virtual poem, guiding the audience through emotional transformation and self-discovery. Inspired by Mary Whiton Calkins’ philosophy, it immerses them in a subconscious digital landscape where interactive movements shape their journey. Exploring cathexis—the emotional energies invested in people and ideas—they gradually uncover forgotten memories of their existence and the universe.
- Talent
- Sine Özbilge
- Role of participant
- Director
- Talent Lab
- Short Form Station 2025
- Director
- Sine Özbilge, Imge Özbilge
- Producer
- Sarah D'hanens
- Status
- post-production
- Year of production
- 2025
- Running time
- 15 min
- Genre
- Art
- Country of Production
- Belgium
- Production Company
- Cinnamon Entertainment
Talent Bio
Sine Özbilge is a Belgium-based multidisciplinary visual artist, XR explorer, and film director. She lectures at the animation faculty of LUCA School of Arts while directing films and interactive media at Lunanime and Cinnamon Entertainment. Her work explores themes such as cyberfeminism, the subconscious, technology, human behavior, post-net aesthetics, and digital artefacts. Known for blending animation, live-action, and technology, Sine crafts compelling and innovative narratives that have been showcased at prominent venues such as Ars Electronica, the Sharjah Art Foundation, BOZAR, the Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, Ann Arbor to the BFI. Sine often collaborates and co-directs with her sister, Imge Özbilge whose short film Camouflage premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2017.
Contact
- Name
- Sine Özbilge
- Website