TESLA’S MINDSCAPE

Team: Vesna Petresin (Transmedia Artist, Director), Marko Cafnik (Creative Producer) Victoria Westerman (Artscience Curator), Natasha Gertler (Artscience Curator)

Runtime: N/A

Projected production date: Summer 2021

Budget in place: $41,000

Projected budget: $260,000

Country: SL, UK, AT

Wade into the subconscious waters of one of the greatest minds in history using XR: As audiences traverse the resonate pools of the space their bodies act as conductive spires translating the vibrations of the opera’s bass into the pervasive emotive undertones of Tesla’s mind. The waters acting as his subconscious convey body-encompassing emotions, whilst the overtones of the opera experienced through the VR headsets rain down from his conscious mind bring a visual narrative that harmonise with the bodily experience of the audience. The audience is free to explore the mindscape as a living time-capsule that responds to their physical location as if they were traversing his neural pathways with the memories of Tesla’s life portrayed in pockets of narrative.

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Play area: Room Scale, Standing, Multi-user, Single User

Number of players: Single User

Built with: Unity, Maya 3d, Houdini, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere Pro, Vive, Mistika, Spatial Audio

Compatibility: Intended for HTC Vive, Varjo Vr-2 Pro, Varjo Vr-2

Distribution: Positron Voyager, Festivals, Steam Vr, Museums, Events, Science Museums, International Festivals