Step into the heart of the Acid House Movement, on an exhilarating VR adventure that immerses you in the euphoria of the UK rave scene in 1989. Grab your friends and plug into a VR experience that puts you into the shoes of the rave culture pioneers - a multi-sensory joyride into the heart of a revolution in dance, transporting you back to a time where finding the ultimate party is all that matters. From poster-strewn bedrooms to pirate radio stations, police headquarters to secret warehouses, this interactive virtual reality show puts you in the shoes of the rave culture pioneers.
"wholly transportive ... I felt nostalgic for something I never actually knew" The Guardian
"VR at its best" State of The Arts
"pick up the phone and get some old mates back together" The Face
Bingo meets tech. Join IT consultants, Lloyd and Pete in this interactive show for introverts. Expect robots, comedy and chaos. Play along on your charged phone (but in a fun way).
★★★★ “It's inspired, completely unpredictable and eye-wateringly funny” Fest Mag.
★★★★ “An absolute joy to watch and participate in” Starburst.
★★★★ “Totally Immersive and a whole load of fun” Entertainment Now.
As seen on BBC Click, Channel 4 UK, featured in The Observer, WIRED Magazine UK and heard on BBC Radio 4 Extra. Listed in The Independent's Best of the Edinburgh Fringe 2018. Winners best show at Leicester Comedy Festival 2019, the Chortle Award for Innovation 2016 and two Malcolm Hardee Awards in 2016.
DR BINGOS WARNING: DO NOT ATTEND IF YOU WANT TO PLAY ACTUAL BINGO
Pink Floyd’s iconic album ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon’, originally released in March 1973, turns 50, and what more fitting a place to celebrate it and experience it than in a immersive fulldome experience that sets 10 tracks from The Dark Side of the Moon to mesmeric 360° visuals. The show combinines breath-taking views of the solar system and beyond from Pink Floyd’s long time creative collaborator Aubrey Powell. Get set for an all-encompassing surround sound and visual treat that will transcend reality and take you way beyond to The Great Gig in the Sky.
★★★★★ "a fitting celebration of this iconic album, that will have you marvelling at space exploration, travel and science" The Edinburgh Reporter
"I loved every minute" The Scottish Sun
★★★★★ "a dizzying journey where the end is thrilling but unpredictable." Arts Hub
'XYZZY' is an immersive, fulldome cinematic experience by artists Jess Johnson & Simon Ward. Prepare to embark on a psychedelic musical odyssey through the complex fictional world the artists have been evolving over a decade-long collaborative practice.
Everything you see is drawn by Jess's hand, depicting an ever-evolving fictional world that melds alien architecture, technology and flesh. Animated webs of flesh mandalas, self-replicating architecture, undulating worms, hallucinogenic patterns, and messianic alien deities create a dynamic visual atmosphere that is charged with 90s-inspired electronic synthesizer tracks from musicians Andrew Clarke, Luke Rowell, Stef Animal and Lachlan Anderson.
Deep in the Australian Outback, two children explore the mysteries of the Universe via the world’s largest radio telescope and its oldest living culture. Join them on an immersive journey as they learn about the beginnings of time and space and the life cycle of stars.
In the arid heartland of the Murchison region of Western Australia, visit the remote site of the Square Kilometre Array or SKA radio telescope to learn about the beginnings of time and space and the life cycle of stars. Travel to the ancient land of the Yamaji people, through the land of the ancestors, to discover how much the scientific world and the ancient world have in common, for we all live under one sky, a shared sky.
Whale Super Highway is a visually stunning documentary and immersive full-dome experience. A breath-taking journey from the top of Western Australia to Antarctica on one of the world’s greatest whale migration routes as a team of experts attempts to unlock the secrets behind one of the greatest environmental comebacks ever - the humpback whale.
If they can discover why the humpbacks are so successful on this super highway, it may help in the fight to save another mighty mammal, the largest animal ever to have lived - the endangered blue whale
"there’s a icky joyousness to the visual of being surrounded in pink whale poop" The Curb
RECOMBINATION is a spectacular full-dome experience on themes from physics, mathematics and biology. The immersive film takes the viewer on a journey through realities that only exist in the digital space, but which look like distant planets and the inner world of organic beings.
Julius Horsthuis uses fractals, which are the result of mathematical formulas. By visualizing these fractals, we see landscapes that seem to come straight out of science fiction. The stunning original music was composed by Michael Stearns, David Levy, Max Cooper, Desert Dwellers, Ben Lukas Boysen, Temple Invisible and Ott.
Julius Horsthuis is a digital artist who uses math and geometric patterns to create mind-blowing films that stimulate the imagination.
The Planets 360 is an awe inspiring re-imagining of British composer Gustav Holst's The Planets orchestral suite, fusing art, music and science into a 360° spectacle. Each planet and the composer's score are brought into the 21st Century through dazzling contemporary interpretations, creating sonically driven and immersive experience.
Holst's original Planets suite accompanied with cinematic visuals are also screening as part of the Electric Dreams programme.
This project was made possible thanks to the Royal Astronomical Society RAS200 programme.
Take an extraordinary submarine voyage in search of the key to life on Australia’s iconic Ningaloo Reef. Travel through a maze of spectacular coral structures, inhabited by an abundance of exotic marine life, in one of the most diverse and complex eco-systems ever discovered.
Ride along on a magical expedition through this maze of coral reefs as you join researchers aboard the two-person submarine, Odyssea. The Ningaloo Reef is a vast coral highway stretching along the northwest coast of Western Australia. So large it can be viewed from outer space, this rich ecosystem also attracts both the largest fish on the planet (whale shark), and some of its smallest.
An extraordinary journey into a mysterious realm of fluorescent coral reefs, bioluminescent sea creatures and rare marine life, revealing a complex community living in the oceans most threatened by climate change created by artist Lynette Wallworth.
This hypnotic journey into our oceans is accompanied by trance inducing music from Max Richter, Antony and the Johnsons, Gurrumul, Fennesz & Sakamoto and Tanya Tagaq Gillis.
"a timely journey into the alien world of coral reefs" The Guardian
"You are inside an underwater rave cave, and it’s about to get real" The Adelaide Review
The Planets 360 takes you on a whirlwind immersive journey across our solar system. Combining composer Gustav Holst's The Planets orchestral suite, performed by the London Philharmonia Orchestra, together with stunning realisations of each celestial body created by the National Space Center in the UK.
The Planets 360 is also presented in a contemporary reimagining within the Electric Dreams programme.
This project was made possible thanks to the Royal Astronomical Society RAS200 programme.
Artists, creative technologists and scientists discuss how art and technology might be a force for good in saving us from our most existential threat - ourselves. Electric Dreams presents an evening of discussion alongside the immersive Gondwana exhibit at the South Australian Museum featuring the artists Lynette Wallworth and Ben Andrews.
