Tableaux Vivant

Take part in a surreal VR experience.

Inspired by Victorian paper peepshows, often thought to be early iterations of VR, and drawing on the history of the Tableau vivant, Displace Studio alongside Loughborough University students have created a snapshot in time - a living picture - that uses modern technologies such as Volumetric Capture and 3D Scanning to digitise the student performers and capture University locations to create a Virtual Reality Tableau. 
 
Abstract and everyday choreographies invoke the nostalgia of passing time as students go through university life. With an atmospheric soundtrack and cinematic style, audiences traverse several scenes representing emotional states such as anxiety, challenge, growth, transformation and success as they travel towards a final event that questions the transience of people, and the permanence of place.
 
Limited places to try on a VR headset in the Council Chamber are available to book now, whilst other locations listed below will be free to interact with on 5 October. 
 
 
Blue and orange chairs in a grey library space

Library: 10-11.30am

The first drop-in location will be in Pilkington Library on Floor 4. You can find this by walking through the main entrance and straight up the stairwell in front of you.

A photo of hazlerigg council chamber with brown wooden tables and chairs and walls.

Hazlerigg council chamber : 1-3pm

Limited spaces are available to book the immersive experience in the Hazlerigg council chamber. Click through to be taken to the Eventbrite booking form.
A living room style space at LSU with 2 people sitting down

LSU: 4-6pm

Our last drop-in session will be inside Loughborough Students' Union in the living room area on the ground floor before you get to Piazza.

About the artists

Displace Studio is a Mixed Reality Performance Studio Co-lead by Digital Dance Artist Kerryn Wise & Creative Technologist Ben Neal. Exploring the intersection of dance, film, physical theatre, and digital technology, their work often takes the form of intimate, dreamlike journeys through uncertain places rich in symbolism and metaphor in which curious behaviours are encountered.

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