Haunted Planet Studios presents: DreaMR - Mixed Reality Piano & Saxophone Concert

“Exploring Dreaming with Mixed Reality” (DreaMR) engages with the human experience of dreaming through art, music and consciousness science. Using cutting-edge Mixed Reality (MR), we approach dreaming like surrealist paintings: experiences that reside halfway between the visible and the invisible. MR technology is uniquely suited for this purpose, because it positions the audience not within a virtual world (like VR technology does) but in a liminal space that blends the real with the un-real, the conscious with the unconscious, the physical world with the world of dreams.

Dreaming has long been a source of creative inspiration for artists, composers, writers and scientists. Composers like Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn and Amy Beach and were inspired by dreams; surrealists like Dali, Magritte, de Chirico (and many others) explored the unconscious through art and dreams. Writers like Hugo, Nodier (and many others) engaged with dreams in literature; and pioneers in psychoanalysis, like Freud and Jung, approached dreaming academically to begin to understand the human psyche. Today, neuroscientists explore the biology and physicality of the dreaming process, while all humans ask: What is dreaming? What does this subjective experience mean for each of us? What role does it play in our conscious and unconscious experience?

Internationally acclaimed performers Svetlana Rudenko (piano) and David Salleras (saxophone) thrill you with sparkling performance with live mixed reality visuals projected on the screen. Scientific talk and narration by Mads Haahr, Associate Professor at the Trinity College’s School of Computer Science and Statistics and CEO and Creative Director of Haunted Planet Studios.

Haunted Planet Studios is an award-winning developer of interactive experiences for cultural engagement with art, music and literature as well as for learning, bringing cutting edge research to the general public. The company is a spin-out company from Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.

Website: https://www.hauntedplanet.com

Recent presentations include Spain, Japan, UK and we are delighted to bring it to Dublin. The work recently appeared at Creative Brain Week, a heady mix of World-Leading Neuroscientists, Educationalists, Health Policy Makers, Artists and Innovators exploring the brain and creativity.  Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI). See potential of new technologies for maintaining brain health.

Irish Times article: https://www.irishtimes.com/science/2024/03/28/new-horizons-on-maintaining-brain-health/

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