Anxious Arrivals
Step into a unique extended reality performance where live theatre meets virtual reality. With a VR headset, you will experience three immersive scenes about rediscovering freedom after the period of isolation during the pandemic. Explore vast virtual environments with lifelike visuals and immersive sound.
Anxious Arrivals is an innovative extended reality (XR) performance that builds on CREW's earlier work Delirious Departures. Delirious Departures explored the concept of travel and dislocation by immersing the audience in a virtual journey through a train station – symbol of movement and freedom which were abruptly halted during the pandemic. This earlier work formed the basis for Anxious Arrivals, which continues to explore the relationship between physical and virtual spaces.
In Anxious Arrivals, the audience is invited to experience three immersive scenes combining live performance with virtual reality. As we emerge from a period of quarantine and reconnect with our environment, this performance reflects on how freedom of movement can be mirrored and extended in the virtual world.
The experience is brought to life using VR headsets that allow participants to explore vast virtual environments with high-fidelity graphics and immersive sound. Multiple performers are captured in motion and seamlessly integrated into the virtual spaces, while a sophisticated camera system brings the virtual landscape to life. Anxious Arrivals offers a unique opportunity to explore how new technologies can help us rediscover and redefine our connections with each other and with space.
- in the storyline 30CC as a future lab
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concept Eric Joris and Isjtar Vandebroeck creation Booi Kluiving and Wieke Van Rosmalen, Jerry Killick, Shelbatra Jashari 3D design Isjtar Vandebroeck, Eric Joris, Haryo Sukmawanto composition and sound design Isjtar Vandebroeck text Mia Vaerman and Eric Joris voice Jerry Killick technological research Isjtar Vandebroeck and Haryo Sukmawanto coordination Ilka De Wilde distribution Anouk Focquier with the support of Horizon Europe Max-R and EMIL
