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Inspired by Shakespeare’s Tempest, Current, Rising<\/em> combines virtual reality with a physical built environment to create a multi-sensory, immersive, musical experience at the Royal Opera House. It is the world\u2019s first original opera in hyper reality, a result of a unique collaboration between Figment Productions<\/a>, StoryFutures<\/a> (as part of the Creative Industries Clusters Programme) and Royal Holloway University<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Directed by Netia Jones, designed by Joanna Scotcher, and composed by Samantha Fernando, Current, Rising<\/em> is inspired by the liberation of Ariel at the end of Shakespeare\u2019s The Tempest. It places audiences at the centre of an immersive, dream-like virtual world, taking them on a journey through imaginary landscapes of the night, from twilight to dawn. Current, Rising<\/em> is a fully immersive 360 experience exploring ideas of isolation, connection, and how we can collectively reimagine our futures. It allows audience members to step inside a production and have a \u201cmulti-sensory\u201d experience involving sight, sound and touch, as well as \u201c4D effects\u201d such as wind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In this ‘Deep Dive<\/a>‘, on Day 2 of the BEYOND Conference 2020 schedule<\/a>, two of the principal creators behind the experience, Annette Mees<\/a> and Simon Reveley<\/a>, discuss the origins and realisation of the project. Joining them will be Challenge Director for the Audience of the Future and Creative Industries Clusters Professor Andrew Chitty<\/a>, discussing how the project links to the conference’s Day 2 theme of Convergence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Current, Rising<\/em> has been produced as part of the Royal Opera House<\/a>\u2019s innovation programme, Audience Labs, and will take place in the Royal Opera House\u2019s Linbury Theatre from 28 November 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Introducing: Annette Mees<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Annette Mees is an award-winning artist and immersive theatre director. She advises on the future of culture, artistic innovation, creative R&D and models of art that allow dialogue with audiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Annette is currently the Head of The Audience Labs at the Royal Opera House – dedicated to exploring the artistic possibilities of immersive technologies. It partners leading artists with cutting-edge creative immersive technology and inter-disciplinary creative teams to create world-class work that innovates and pushes boundaries.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Introducing: Prof Andrew Chitty<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Professor Andrew Chitty is Challenge Director for the two Creative Industries programmes at the heart of the Creative Industries Sector Deal. This \u00a3120m investment is supported by the Government\u2019s Industrial Strategy and delivered by UK Research and Innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \u00a350m Audience of the Future Challenge will deliver a step change in the ability of the UK creative sector to adopt immersive technologies through business led innovation, whilst the \u00a385m Creative Industries Clusters Programme supports nine University\/Business R&D partnerships across the UK.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Introducing: Simon Reveley<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Simon Reveley is the founder of Figment Productions, a digital media production company, delivering projects for numerous high-profile clients, including ROH. In recent years Figment has followed a new course, specialising in immersive production work, including projects such as Derren Brown\u2019s Ghost Train at Thorpe Park, The Great LEGO Race VR and the patented Vector VR rollercoaster system for Kraken Unleashed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Co-funded by an Innovate UK grant, Figment\u2019s first VR short film premiered at SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival. It was swiftly followed by immersive hyper-reality experience \u2018Jurassica\u2019, which ran on Figment\u2019s \u2018Helix\u2019 technology platform. Simon was then able to secure funding from the government\u2019s \u2018Audience of the Future\u2019 fund to develop new production tools for use in Current, Rising<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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BEYOND 2020<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

To experience the showcases and speakers featured in this article, tickets for BEYOND are on sale now<\/a><\/strong>. Join us from 30 November \u2013 3rd December 2020 <\/strong>for this year\u2019s BEYOND \u2013 a unique, annual gathering of current and future innovators focused on Research and Development across the Creative Industries. The all virtual BEYOND 2020 is a space where thinkers, makers, investors and researchers across the creative industries come together to explore the relationship between creative research and business innovation. Find out What\u2019s On<\/a> and register for updates<\/a> for all the latest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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