When was the last time you lost yourself an alternative reality? From the 19-21.1.2018, the Berliner Festspiele’s“Immersion” program will launch for the year, inviting visitors to delve into its namesake theme with the conference “Into Worlds. The Craft of Blurring Boundaries”. The three days will bring together artists and leading researchers from around the world to explore three forms of immersive arts: physical techniques and crafts, entertainment formats and spiritual mental practices. Taking place in the Lichthof of Martin-Gropius-Bau, the program offers an extensive range of lectures and workshops that reflect upon the mechanisms of immersion, and the effects and implications of immersive phenomena on our society. Attendees are invited to put theory into practice through virtual reality experiences, sound installations, and artistic interventions — making for a wonderful opportunity to escape the January blues and immerse yourself mentally and physically into other worlds of engagement. (Text: Lucy Thorpe / Photos (clockwise, from left): MGB Presse / Thomas Struth / David OReilly)
Martin-Gropius-Bau, Niederkirchnerstr.7, 10963 Berlin-Kreuzberg; map
Into Worlds Conference, 19-21.1.2018; program
