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Hanne-Lizé

Ground Connection

3D
Nature
Fantasy
Meditative

Trees are connected through mycelium networks that connects them and other plants to each other.

Cables are a conductor or group of conductors that transmit electrical energy or telecommunication signals from one location to another.

Tree roots function as cables and because of the interconnectedness through the mycelium networks they are able to exchange information, water, and energy with each other, effectively connecting the entire forest as a whole and working like some sort of advanced intelligence circuit board. Within forests, the strongest trees can act as "mother trees". They share their energy with younger trees through their roots and the interconnected mycelium network, thereby aiding in the survival and growth of a forest.

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Hanne-Lizé

South Africa

Born and based in South Africa, Hanne-Lizé Delport has built her artistic practice on a resolutely evolving trajectory, in which each new medium enriches the previous one. After studying visual arts, she began her career in stop-motion animation before joining the film industry in 2010 as a set painter and sculptor for film and advertising: this hands-on experience in shaping physical worlds, notably on the film Chronicle (2012), now informs her approach to building digital worlds. In 2018, she embarked on a new chapter by dedicating herself to building worlds in virtual reality, where her passion for nature finally found the space it needed to flourish fully: she loves to infuse the essence of the real world, animals, organic elements, and natural phenomena, into fantastical and immersive landscapes. This approach, which blends the precision of the craftsmanship she acquired on film sets with the freedom inherent in digital modeling, allows her to create a dialogue between the tangible and the imaginary within environments that are both dreamlike and structurally sound. Today, while she continues to build worlds in virtual reality, she is also expanding her practice to contemporary visualization platforms, pursuing her quest for ever-evolving sensory immersion.

Hanne-Lizé Delport’s work has been exhibited throughout South Africa and Europe, and her virtual reality landscapes have also gained recognition across the United States. She notably made a name for herself at the 2022 CES convention in Las Vegas, where she presented an award-winning virtual reality installation. Other immersive pieces of hers have been featured in Forbes magazine, exhibited at the Burning Man festival, and presented at technology conferences across the United States.

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