LUMINESCENCE
LUMINESCENCE created by She's Excited!, Anke Schiemann and /p is an innovative Mixed Reality dome experience that merges the worlds of live concert, environmental and human interconnectedness, and audience engagement. This immersive experience explores the entanglement of climate change and the impact of oceanic currents on our planet's climate.
Interactive Dome Experience
The heart of the dome experience LUMINESCENCE lies in its interactive and immersive nature. Through the multiplayer Augmented Reality app ARpoise, the audience is surrounded by 3D objects while being immersed in the dome projections .They meet on the beach, then jump into the ocean and float with the currents, dive into the deep sea and emerge again, facing the imminent danger of climate change.
User Experience
Everyone present plays a pivotal role in shaping the live performance. By tapping on the 3D objects during the performance, the audience brings the (under)water world to life. At the same time they become an important part of the concert, because every 3D object contains an audio sample: Via their smartphones and provided tablets, everyone can trigger soundscapes and melodies live alongside the performer, merging their actions into a harmonious whole. This dynamic collaboration results in a one-of-a-kind Mixed Reality experience that unfolds in real-time in the dome.
The Journey
The audience meets on the beach for the first song (“Washed Up”). After dancing in between sand castles, beach balls and shells, they jump into the ocean and drift off with the currents (“Off Course”). While losing track, they pass kelp forests and swim with sharks and turtles before diving into the deep sea. Magical creatures like lantern fishes and giant squids surround them and lure them in (“Luminary”). Then everyone comes back up for a breather, swimming with jellyfishes, a school of herring and different types of plankton (“Head Above Water”) before they find themselves in the danger that our planet is already facing (“Peril”).
Climate change and pollution threaten ocean life. The AMOC current collapses and temperatures drop, snow is falling. Surrounded by islands made of trash, poisoned birds and plastic eating bacteria, the performance ends on a dramatic note, inviting everyone to think about where we are at and what our future might look like.
The Artists
The interactive Mixed Reality showcase LUMINESCENCE
was created by the artists
She's Excited!, /p and Anke Schiemann.
Sound Artist
She's Excited!
Anne Wichmann aka She's Excited! is an award-winning music producer, powerhouse performer and sound artist based in New York City and Munich. She develops and produces interactive immersive showcases that break down the barrier between audience and artist.
Website: shes-excited.com
XR Coding
/p
/p is a German media artist. /p has a degree in Computer Science and has been working on web based and media art projects since 1994. /p lives in Munich, Germany. In 2018 /p started to collaborate on AR and AI artworks with the artist Tamiko Thiel and other collaborators. /p is gender neutral and uses no pronouns!
Website: mission-base.com/p/
Media Artist
Anke Schiemann
Anke, a media artist and filmmaker based in Berlin and Munich is interested in exploring new ways of narrative and shaping them into immersive, sensory installations. She experiments primarily with XR and spatialized sound, frequently collaborating with musicians. Anke‘s work deals with themes of hybridization in contemporary technological utopias and speculative futures in the age of the Anthropocene.
Website: ankeschiemann.de