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2023, 2024 Int. version · Immersive Film

amniotic artheraπ

Immersive film · Experimental

An artistic interpretation regarding amniotic therapy that tries to convey in words and feeling the interior and exterior processes of this therapeutic method, aimed mainly for battling psychosis, but with therapeutic effects for any participant.

Making off image underwater showing people floating during amniotic therapy session

In 2023 the Entuziart Association, actively promoting introduction of art, dance, new media, and other innovative therapies in Romania, introduced through the Outsider Amnio Art cultural project, sessions of Amniotic therapy formation, in collaboration with Centro Amnios (Perugia, Italy) to the teachers at Sf. Ștefan special school in Bucharest, and to various artist working with neurodivergent and special needs persons.

Outsider Amnio Art (2023) was a project developed by Entuziart Association and co-financed by AFCN (Romanian National Cultural Fund Administration).

At the initiative of Entuziart association’s Loredana Larionescu, IndieBox’s artistic director Alexandra Bălășoiu and coVR Video’s producer Konrad Mihat, the panoramic 360 film was created as a voluntary collaborative workflow between artists, mainly in the contemporary dance scene, teachers, psychology students and practitioners, that participated in the training, as a way to express and simulate the knowledge, and emotions that surfaced in these formative sessions, presented and voiced through the understanding of teacher, dancer, choreographer, and Feldenkrais practitioner Valentina de Piante’s experience.

amniotic artherapi film poster; a female body seen from underwater holding a floating person as if holding a baby; title written on the image: amniotic artherapi an immersive film by Konrad Mihat

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Collaborators
Entuziart Association, Sf. Nicolae Special School
Festival selections
— FIVARS - The Festival of International Virtual & Augmented Reality Stories 2026
— ART+VR — Official Selection More than human perspectives section 2025
— SONA Immersive Storytelling Festival - Nominated 2025
— Gjon Mili - International Video Art Festival Special mention 2024
— Open Nights Of Art Festival, Larissa 2025 - Special screening with in person affective touch
— LAFA — Los Angeles Film Awards · Winner
— PRISMA — International Selection
— FAFF Fine arts Film Festival, Miami — Official Selection
— Miami Art Tech Summit — Official Selection
Credits
Producer and director · Konrad Mihat
Text and voice by · Valentina De Piante
A coVR videos production · An Entuziart & IndieBox initiative
Cast · Monica Andreiu · Cristian Balan · Alexandra Balasoiu · Catalin Diaconu · Ana Maria Dumitrascu · Cristian Iordache · Loredana Larionescu · Konrad Mihat · Crina Petrescu
Connected events
amniotic artheraπ at FIVARS Online · 2–18 July 2026 · Online Embodied States: Immersive Practice and Somatic Experience in 360° Video · 18–20 June 2026 · martas Gästehäuser Hauptbahnhof Berlin amniotic artheraπ at FIVARS · 15–19 June 2026 · Toronto, Canada & Online World Art Therapy Festival - Bridging Real and Virtual Environments: Augmenting Virtual Reality as a Path to Embodiment · 26–28 September 2025 · The Academy of Performing Arts in Prague – Music and Dance Faculty (HAMU)