Uplifting

Requiem: A Celebration of Life and Achievement, was a devised immersive theatrical experience that was part memorial service and part graduation.

Virtual reality dance in the Gallery

How can dance interpret and respond to our paintings and architecture?

How can movement animate our space and art and help us see both in new ways?

How can we share the experience of watching a live dance performance in the Gallery with people who live far away?

In every window a world shimmers. From a busy street, you are invited to make an intimate connection. A new live piece between film, installation and theatre, WINDOW A WORLD asks what happens when we listen and look in.

The Void’s Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire was an immersive virtual reality experience that placed visitors inside the Star Wars universe. A clever wireless rig allowed guests to freely roam a large virtual space that is mapped onto a physical maze so that they could actually reach out and touch objects such as buttons, walls, seats, and droids. 

The story of the Greek hero, Odysseus, and his long journey home was passed down to us in a poem by Homer – The Odyssey. Today, the word odyssey evokes an arduous journey for any person. But where do you go back to when you have no home? MEXA is a collective founded in 2015 following outbreaks of violence in so-called homeless shelters in São Paulo. For several years, they have been working out of Casa do Povo (House of the People), a revolutionary Jewish cultural centre founded in São Paulo in 1946 to promote values of radical solidarity.

Inspired by a 70-page slice of War and Peace, this "vibrant, thrillingly imagined new musical" (NY Times) is "stunning and blazingly original" (Entertainment Weekly) and brings us just inches from Tolstoy’s brash young lovers as they light up Moscow in a “heaven-sent fireball" (NY Times) of romance and passion.

Katy Perry's 2020 performance of her song Daises on American Idol uses extended reality and was a significant event in television due to its extensive use of many different shapes and angles. It was made during peak COVID-19 and so it was not viewed by a live audience. They used motion-graphic content and camera tracking in order to achieve this VR look. 

Paar is a VR dance film split between a physical and virtual world. Filmed in the historic GDR-era Tieranatomisches Theater (TAT) at Berlin Charité hospital, Paar uses 360 video together with motion capture technology to follow a journey of discovery between linked bodies and theaters.

Gumball Dreams is a guided virtual reality theater experience with a live actor designed for three audience members. Each show runs approx. 60 minutes long.

Winner of the SXSW Audience Award XR Experience Competition, the show had its international premiere at the prestigious 79th International Venice Film Festival and its Asia premiere at the Kaohsiung Film Festival.