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Hello friends. It’s been a gangbusters week in immersive.
We’ve got reviews coming in from LA, a diary of an ARG/ARX experience, an interview from China, a VR review, and we published our first review from our new SF coordinator, Brian Resler. Plus, applications for the Immersive Design Summit as now open. And Kathryn sat down with Ayden LeRoux from Odyssey Works for this week’s episode of the NoPro podcast. Also: the usual links and more from us and our friends!
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IMMERSIVE DESIGN SUMMIT NEWS!
Guess what?!
Applications to attend Immersive Design Summit in San Francisco, February 22–23, 2019 are now open.
The application window will be open until Sunday, November 18th at 11:59pm Pacific Time.
And new on the IDS YouTube channel: Storm Thomas, Associate Director of The Universe is a Small Hat, sharing an approach to both designing for diverse audiences and designing to keep audiences diverse at January’s event.
ON THE PODCAST THIS WEEK
Odyssey Works is a legendary company that started in San Francisco around the turn of this century. They’re best known for making elaborate, immersive pieces of theatre for one. Ayden LeRoux is an installation artist and writer who is a part of Odyssey Works’ team of collaborators, and she joins NoPro’s Kathryn Yu in NYC to talk about her work and Odyssey Works.
Find out about Odyssey Works’ upcoming workshop in San Francisco on November 12.
ALL NEW: EVENT SCHEDULE
Are we coming to your town soon?! Find NoPro at these upcoming events!
Santa Fe: 10/22: The Art of Presence by Noah Nelson
LA: 11/5: Meet the Press featuring Bryan Bishop, Juliet Bennett Rylah, and Noah Nelson
NYC: 11/5: Everything Immersive meetup
Denver: 11/10: Denver Immersive Summit, featuring Noah Nelson
FROM THE WIRE: SHOWS, EVENTS, & EXPERIENCES
Calgary: The Spectres Upstairs
Edmonton: Dead Center of Town XI
Fort Smith, AR: Mist and Shadows
La Plume, PA: The Poe Asylum
LA: Red Flags; Invoke; DevLab 2018 (Applications Open); Echoes In the Dark/Inside My Soul; The Kansas Collection — The Heart; The Rose Theater Presents…
Montreal: Echo: The Sound of Space
New Haven, CT: Shakespeare’s as u like it
NYC: House of the Hatter; Gain!; Spellbound; Merrily We Roll Along; Anima
Portland, OR: The Wandmaker’s House
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Seattle: Ghost Party
REVIEWS
From No Proscenium:
Blood on the Mezzanine, Lightning In The Sky, Anarchy All Over: A Wild Night at ‘Theatre Macabre’…The creators of ‘The Tension Experience’ refine their formula for an open ended run in LAnoproscenium.comIndulge Your Inner Voyeur with ‘Fire Escape’ (Review)Peek into the lives of your neighbors in this virtual reality thrillernoproscenium.comFemale Empowerment, Body Horror Edition: OdDancity’s ‘Invoke’ (The NoPro Review)The LA horror dance troupe summons something specialnoproscenium.comAnother Story ‘In Another Room’ (Flash Review)A triumphant surprise from LA’s E3W Productionsnoproscenium.com‘Carnival of Memories: A Wonderland Story’ and ‘The Changeling: a Neverland Story’ (Review)Another voyage through the looking glass and a return to Neverland with Epic Immersive’s latest San Francisco…noproscenium.com
From David & Lisa Spira of Room Escape Artist:
STORIES
From NoProscenium.com and our Twitter feed:
On The Immersive Frontier: China — An Interview with Illuthion’s Jay KongA Q&A with the CEO of the Shanghai based immersive creative companynoproscenium.comTall Tales and a ‘Final Fiesta’: LA’s Rogue Artist Ensemble Talks ‘Señor Plummer’Artistic Director Sean T. Cawelti answers our questionsnoproscenium.comApply to Attend the Immersive Design Summit in 2019Applications for February’s Summit will be open through November 18noproscenium.comThis Artist-CEO Built a Collective That Tells Immersive Stories Through ArtMeow Wolf's mysterious, larger-than-life work dots New Mexico's desert-with more coming soonwww.ideo.comFormer NASA Artist in Residence Laurie Anderson Creates an Immersive VR Moon InstallationSome lucky astronauts and a handful of very rich people will soon be traveling into space and around the moon, but what…www.outerplaces.comVoices of VR PodcastRobin Hunicke is the co-founder of Funomena, which recently released Luna. I had a chance to catch up with Hunicke at…voicesofvr.comVoices of VR PodcastThe Spatial Reality: Artists Explore the Future of XR show is running from October 12 to 28 at the Ayzenberg sp[a]ce…voicesofvr.comDevLab 2018DevLab participants incubate new work with a multidisciplinary group of advisors. Through hands-on workshops, live…about.kaleidoscope.fundWeather Channel continues its terrifying mixed reality campaign with wildfire segmentThe Weather Channel is at it again: after terrifying viewers with a graphic that drove home the dangers of flooding…www.theverge.comDiss audiences to dive into immersive underwater theatre show using VR headsetsArchant Get ready to don your virtual reality headset and dive into an acclaimed theatre show that places you at the…enjoydissmore.co.ukHow Immersive Theater Is Bringing Intimacy Back to EntertainmentInstead of passively observing the story, audiences at these shows are swept up in human interactionselectricliterature.comDinner with Frankenstein AI Global Challenge Design BriefAn invitation from Frankenstein AImedium.com
From David & Lisa Spira of Room Escape Artist:
The Guinness World Record for Most Escape Rooms in 24 Hours is set at 22 [Interview] - Room Escape…On October 3, 2018, in Moscow, Rich Bragg, Dan Egnor, Ana Ulin, and Amanda Harris set the Guinness World Record for…roomescapeartist.comLock Jams, Vol. 1: Escape Room Playlist - Room Escape ArtistCome on brah... do you even puzzle? Lock Jams contains some of the all-time greatest escape anthems. When these tunes…roomescapeartist.com
From Laura E. Hall, author and escape room/puzzle designer:
“My book on the making of the video game Katamari Damacy was released this week.”
“The inimitable Sara Thacher (@thacher) shared a series of Jejune Institute photos in celebration of its 10 year anniversary.”
From Michael Anderson, ARGN.com:
“DeviantArt recently promoted an ARG centered around the comic on Artemisia Banks’ account, and while I haven’t dug into the experience itself yet there’s a lot of cute red panda art so it has my endorsement.”
From Kellian Adams Pletcher, Green Door Labs:
“Tickets for my Christmas-themed immersive show in Boston go on sale on Monday. Don’t miss the event of the season! Dress your best, crack codes, solve mysteries, or just dance the night away at Club Drosselmeyer 1941!”
“I’m looking forward to some local shows in Boston and Rhode Island.”
Crown Me- A Game of Political Intrigue and Medieval FeastThe Queen is dying and the fate of the realm hangs in the balance. Who will rule when she passes? The Royal Consort…incantrixproductions.comUNDERLAND: An Immersive Haunted Experience & Closing Night BallExplore the world of Underland in our NEWEST Immersive Haunted Experience. This years event is like nothing we've done…www.eventbrite.com
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