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Hey folks! We’ve been super busy on the site this week, with features and interviews and reviews coming in from Utah, Boston, NYC, LA, London, Orlando, and more, as well as news from the Immersive Design Summit.
Plus: we’re trying something NEW this week, asking our friends from around the community about what they’re working on, features and articles they’ve really dug this week, and what else they found interesting in immersive-land this week! Scroll down to see more!
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IMMERSIVE DESIGN SUMMIT
The Immersive Design Summit returns to San Francisco on February 22nd and 23rd, 2019. We are delighted to announce our new venue for this year: The Swedish American Hall. For one weekend, we’ll be taking over this historic venue and filling it with 200 of the greatest minds in the immersive industry.
We are also absolutely thrilled to announce our first three speakers this year: Fri Forjindam, Chief Development Officer of Mycotoo (one of the teams behind this year’s smash hit SXSWestworld); Sean Stewart, Creative Director / Design Director for Magic Leap and co-creator of the entire genre of Alternate Reality Games; and Jenni Magee-Cook, Head of Production for Dreamscape Immersive (creators of the groundbreaking virtual reality experience Alien Zoo). Many more speakers will be announced in the coming weeks, so stay tuned!
Applications to attend the Immersive Design Summit go live on October 18 and stay open until November 15. People from under-represented backgrounds will be especially encouraged to apply. We’ll also announce pricing on October 18.
Read on to check out our speaker bios, check out videos from last year on YouTube (which we’ll continue to roll out in the coming weeks), and stay in touch via Twitter and Instagram for the latest announcements.
ON THE PODCAST THIS WEEK
Matt Dorado’s Drunken Devil has been a fixture of the LA immersive scene for years now. Starting out as a haunt, the company transitioned to nightlife events with a flair for horror themes and immersive elements.
This Spooky Season the company will present the next in its series of deadly sin themed soirees: Bacchanalia, a trip back to Rome sans togas. (No one wants togas.)
Dorado sits down at NoPro headquarters with host Noah Nelson to talk about the company’s origin story and what’s on tap this Fall.
CONTENT ADVISORY: we discuss the lives, and actions of serial killers — the subjects of To Live and Dine In LA — in this episode. There are details, including discussion of sexual violence.
FROM THE WIRE: SHOWS, EVENTS, & EXPERIENCES
Chicago: Fight Night
Detroit: Theatre Bizarre | The Masquerade
LA: #BEDRUMPLAI (Remount); Escape from Frontier World; Escape The Speakeasy
NYC: Nightmare Machine; A.Human; Peter Pan (New Date); Glass Handel; Liminal Salon 6: After The Birds Benefit Show; Intergalactic Travel Bureau; The Group; The Poetry Brothel: Fall 2018 Season; Not-Knowing; New York Magic Lab
Philadelphia: Homeworld; Glass Handel
Portland, OR: The Tempest
Seattle: Night Parade
Toronto: Eve of the Vigilant Citizen (New Date); Eve of St. George
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REVIEWS
From No Proscenium:
Stepping into ‘Sounds and Sorcery’ (The NoPro Review)Disney’s Fantasia comes to life at The Vaults in Londonnoproscenium.com‘29Rooms’ Blends Art and Advertising to Try to ‘Expand Your Reality’ (Review)The forebear of modern immersive activations comes home to NYCnoproscenium.comAn Inquest Into an Unsolved Murder with ‘The Bloody Deed of 1857’ (Review)Conducting a seancé in a historic parlor to find out what really happened to Harvey Burdellnoproscenium.comInside 2018’s Universal Studios’ ‘Halloween Horror Nights’ (Review)The Theme Park classic is backnoproscenium.comUnmasking a Disappointment in ‘The Great Masked Ball’ (Review)A theatrical Swan Lake experience in London misses the marknoproscenium.com
From David & Lisa Spira of Room Escape Artist:
Hatch Escapes - Lab Rat [Review] - Room Escape ArtistHuman race. Location: Los Angeles, CA Date Played: August 25, 2018 Team size: 2-8; we recommend 4-6 Duration: 60…roomescapeartist.comMuseum of Intrigue [Summer 2018 Review] - Room Escape ArtistA day at the museum. Location: Syracuse, New York Date Played: September 3, 2018 Team size: 1-¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ; we recommend…roomescapeartist.comReal Escape Games by SCRAP - The Pop Star's Room of Doom [Review] - Room Escape ArtistNew SCRAP On The Block Location: San Francisco, CA Date Played: August 21, 2018 Team size: 4-9; we recommend 4-5…roomescapeartist.comTHE BASEMENT - The Courtyard [Review] - Room Escape ArtistRelease the hounds. Location: Sylmar, CA Date Played: August 26, 2018 Team size: up to 10; we recommend 5-7 Duration…roomescapeartist.com
STORIES
From NoProscenium.com and our Twitter feed:
Fantasy Under Construction: Tales from Evermore’s Pre-Opening Party (A NoPro Adventure)Utah’s new ‘theatrical experience park’ opens its gates to reveal a work in progressnoproscenium.com‘The Mortality Machine’ to Combine Dance, Live Action Role-Playing, and Immersive Theatre (Q&A)Sinking Ship Creations talks about their most ambitious project evernoproscenium.comMaking Connections: ‘#NOFILTER,’ a “Horrifyingly Satirical” Thriller Hits The Internet This…Sarah Elger and Ricky Brigante of pseudonym productions talk about their bold alternate reality experimentnoproscenium.com‘Save the Munbax’ By Entering a Wizarding World With Magical Creatures (Q&A)Co-creators Kellian Adams Pletcher and Lizzie Stark talk about their new interactive, Harry Potter-inspired experiencenoproscenium.comBuilding Meow Wolf's Magic KingdomOne afternoon this spring, I was exploring the dim, salmon-pink kitchen inside the Meow Wolf collective's first…story.californiasunday.comAngry Birds is coming to Magic Leap One as an impressive AR puzzle gameFinnish game development studio Rovio is bringing its flagship property, Angry Birds, to one of the most…www.theverge.comColumbia DSL’s Sandbox: a podcast exploring new forms & functions of storytelling — episode 001We’re excited to announce the launch of a new Columbia DSL podcast entitled Sandbox. The goal of the podcast is to open…medium.comThe Museums of InstagramCandytopia, the pop-up exhibit with locations in Manhattan and San Francisco, shares some characteristics with…www.newyorker.com
From Kent Bye, Voices of VR:
“I conducted a rare interview with Integral Philosopher Ken Wilber about the potential of VR to create transformational experiences. Experiential Designers are modelers of consciousness, & listening to Wilber’s model of the world will no doubt help you refine your own model of reality.”
From Michael Anderson, ARGN.com:
“The literary inspired webseries Emma Approved is returning for the 5th anniversary of its launch. Patreon ‘shareholders’ can influence the direction of the fictional company, complete with monthly board meetings. That’s right, board meetings!”
From Ricky Brigante, psuedonym productions:
“We’ve announced our new experience #NOFILTER! A horrifyingly satirical,
totally narcissistic thriller starring YOU.”
“I’m excited to see other creators dancing (quite literally) around the same ideas that we have been working on. When I read this experience allows participants to “make meaningful choices that have unique consequences, and confront and reflect on your own views” I was instantly excited and can’t wait to see how this comes together.”
From Damian Madray, Founder of Presence:
“I wrote this piece as an exploration in awe, the overview effect, and why experiential art should be more recognized as an art form after realizing that #dearMoon project doesn’t have an experiential artist. It’s my inquiry into awe, my way of understanding it, digging into and unpacking it.”
Check out also Damian’s live web cast show, happening Monday at 12pm ET/9am PT:
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