Artistic

Alone we are born,
and alone we come into the world, When we die, alone we pass away.

For no one shares our fate, and none our suffering.

So what are they to me,
such ‘friends’ and all their hindrances?.”

ーThe Larger Sutra on Amitāyus

Artist Lu Yang reincarnated as “Doku” into a digital parallel universe. Without the constraints of time and space, being free from the shackles of physical needs and identity, Doku is born to explore the secret of human mind and the intention of the universe.

On 21 May 2021 the Royal Opera House released the world’s first opera in hyper reality: Current, Rising – a unique collaboration between the Royal Opera House’s innovation programme, Audience Labs and Figment Productions, with audience insight research undertaken by Royal Holloway, University of London. The project was funded by Innovate UK and Figment Productions as part of the “Audience of the Future” programme.

Early in 2018 Google’s Creative Lab approached Opera Queensland and invited them to explore what might be possible if Augmented Reality (AR) were to become part of the process of staging an opera. The driving artistic question of the project would be: what would happen if we could step outside the traditional setting for opera and render an operatic performance in a user’s home? Could we make live performance more accessible – by offering everyone a front row seat – and at the same time allow a user to feel a deeper connection to the music and the performers?

Experience the world's first virtual reality community opera. 

Ecology, nature and flight from danger fire up this new work developed with communities from Inis Meáin, Tallaght and rural Ireland. 

Become Nalva as she and her people flee a land that has been ravaged by their short-sighted actions, followed by Daol, the restless, unleashed spirit. 

Evil firebirds attacked the town and ate up all the villagers’ hearts! One scarecrow has waited hundreds of years for someone to save him... Working as a team with other players, you must now break the spell by befriending the scarecrow and returning the hearts to the townspeople.
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Since its Sundance debut as a live one-on-one VR immersive theatre with a real actor, Scarecrow has been reimagined post-COVID especially for Raindance with the actor performing as an avatar in social VR platform, VRChat, allowing up to two participants to join in.

Facades is a room-scale Dance Theatre virtual reality (VR) experience created by Digital Dance Artist Kerryn Wise and Creative Technologist Ben Neal.

Inspired by iconic moments from film, Facades uses the architectural features of windows, mirrors and doors as metaphors for duality, reflection and portals. This surreal ‘VR noir’ presents hauntingly beautiful choreography from unique perspectives, inviting the viewer to look behind the scenes, move beyond the veneer and take a closer look.