Project Immersed: Music x Health x Technology
November 3, 2019
Ravensbourne University, London
A full day and night event in partnership with our friends at Ravensbourne University.
Participants connected with artists, technologists and practitioners working with the physical and therapeutic aspects of sound. Following a day engaging with installations, film and discussions, the event concluded with world-class live interactive and audio-visual performances. Audiences were able to physically experience sound using SUBPAC wearable technology.
CONVERSATIONS & LIVE PERFORMANCES
INSTALLATIONS AND EXPERIENCES
PROGRAM
Talks + Presentations / 11h45 - 18h45 / Walker Space
MC - Joe Muggs
11h45
13h30
15h30
17h45
Sound System Culture Panel
Community Sound: Feeling & Culture.
Joe Muggs (Moderator), Cooly G, Hylu, Oxman, Papa Face, Shy One, V.I.V.E.K
Back from the Future - Panel + Experiment Stage: Heart Rate & Sound
Back from the Future Panel: A forward thinking conversation between three innovators in sound and research. Learn how science and technology are shaping the future of multisensory design and wellbeing.
‘Experiment Stage: Heart Rate & Sound’: An interactive example showcasing how sound can help calm our physical body. Watch live heart rate feedback as our participant experiences the power of sound. Learn more about what these heart rate changes mean as our panelists discuss the potential impact and benefits of using sound to improve health and mindfulness.
Tom Middleton, Ari Peralta, Lena Batra
Talk & Music Animation Showcase
A presentation from The Light Surgeons followed by a showcase of their visual music animations project: Sound In Pictures.
Christopher Thomas Allen
Immersive Arts Panel
The immersive experience: implications, possibilities, limitations and beyond.
Joe Muggs (Moderator), Mark H. Geary, Gareth Llewellyn, Jon Olive, Amelia Kallman, Carl H. Smith, Taymoore Balbaa, Thomas Lund
Installation Experience / 11h - 18h / Walker Space
11h - 18h
Internal Garden - Life of Plants
Internationally exhibited Life of Plants pushes into the boundaries of art, health and wellness. This is a very intimate experience, the experiment will send the plants signal from the device into the participants body, as an immersive physical dimensional field. Plant and person will become one.
Chill Zone - Listening Sessions / 13h - 19h15 / Room 208
A chance to come to ground and relax throughout the day with a selection of ambient and downtempo compositions.
The listening space is outfitted with SUBPAC wearable technology for an immersive physical listening experience.
Networking + Demos / 11h - 17h / Entrance, Walker Space, Room 207
An opportunity to break out and connect throughout the day while engaging with demos from our community of partners.
11h - 17h
Immersive Technology | Holoportal / Entrance
Offering a selection of immersive technologies from mobile VR to AR.
Mixed Reality Audio Experience | MagicBeans / Walker Space
MagicBeans are exploring new kinds of mixed reality audio experiences and will be demonstrating an untethered 3D music experience that allows you to interact and move through high-definition 6DOF audio in the room with you.
Immersive Technology | THIRTEENTH FLOOR / Walker Space & Room 207
Live A/V Performances / 16h45 - 17h30; 19h15 - 20h / Walker Space
Two live performances by world-class audio-visual and performance artists, including Los Angeles’ Daedelus and Montreal’s Human Instrument Project.
Participants physically experience sound using SUBPAC wearable technology and an 8 point Funktion One spatial sound system courtesy of Sova Audio.
Performances use live installation, visual projections and audio-reactive lighting.
16h45
19h15
Human Instrument (Rafaelle Mackay, Isabella Salas, Patrick Trudeau)
Human Instrument is an acapella performance and a fully immersive synaesthetic “looking at sound” experience. Through live cymatics, the human voice is projected onto physical objects, dancing with light reflections, provoking unique and iconic patterns that reflect the intricacies of the human voice.
Modular synthesis, environmental samples, enveloping surrounding sound. A slow bassed performance by one of Los Angeles’ Beat Scene founders.
VENUE
Address:
Ravensbourne University
6 Penrose Way
London SE10 0EW