Artist
Kris Hofmann
Kris Hofmann: Lead Artist, Kris Hofmann has been working in animation since graduating from the RCA in London in 2010. Since 2018 her focus has been on the design of immersive experiences in Austria. Her first site-specific augmented reality experience, ‘The Bookworms’, directed and produced for the Austrian National Library, won the Austrian state prize for digitization in 2021. Since then, Kris designed a number of interactive experiences and education tools on a broad range of topics, from the female menstrual cycle to economic literacy and insect decline.
Artwork
Out of Nowhere

Our weather is getting angrier. Everywhere.
By protecting nature we can protect ourselves.
Out of Nowhere is a 10 min standalone virtual reality experience, premiering at Venice Immersive in August 2025. The interactive film gently explores how preserving alluvial forests, marshes and wetlands can help us face the challenges of an ever angrier, unpredictable climate.
Told through the eyes of Anna, a lifelong resident of Hallein in Austria, the experience flows from a personal memory of the devastating floods that hit Europe in 2021 to reveal how reconnecting with nature may be key to protecting ourselves going forward.
Every other month we hear about yet another devastating extreme weather event—in Nigeria, Pakistan, or Texas, and close to home, with severe floods in Austria and across Europe in 2021 and 2024. Each one of these events carries stories of personal loss, but also of inspiring resilience. If we can come together in the aftermath of a disaster, shouldn’t we be able to do so in preparation?
Trailer:
https://vimeo.com/1106435787
Featurette:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20WWsJnqlWI&t=4s
Running Time: 10 Min
Credits:
Producer, Director: Kris Hofmann
Technical Director: Andreas Wuthe
Co-Producer: Richard Pusch
Development Producer: Abigail Addison
Screenplay: Ira Wedel
Scientific Consultant: Prof. Mag. Dr. Franz Essl
Sound Design & Engineering: Max Thomasberger
Music: Elizabeth Purnell
Lead 3d Artist: Korbinian Urban
3d Artist: Cara Mayer
Thanks to: Wolfgang Wintersteller, Felix Ganzer from Hallein
Production: Hofmann Studio & spec.studio GmbH
Development Production: Hofmann Studio & Animate Projects
〷◠‿◠〷 This project is part of our festival track "MUNICH Beyond" supported by Film Fernseh Fonds Bayern (FFF).
In collaboration with
Bald buchbar