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<360> © Peter Dimakos, Justhuman Workshop



<360> is a spectacular audio-visual architecture that completely immerses the audience in digital sound and video - what the artist considers to be the electronic counterpart to a natural maelstrom. Originally conceived as a hybrid structure it merges material and immaterial components, to create a new form of virtual theatre.

An enveloping wall of sixteen 12x9 foot audio-video projections surrounds the audience. Using modulations of light, colour and sound, it flickers and whirls, at times creating a soothing space of meditation and at other times, a heightened sense of intense excitement.

The sound partly displayed by multiple numbers of small obscured loudspeakers and at its low end powered by a battery of subwoofers engulfs the person rather than creating distinct sound events at localizable positions. Changes happen at a moment in time rather than at a position in the space. The overall structure and length of the piece supports a perception of an endless continuum. Perfectly reflecting the rapid advances in high technology that characterize Granular-Synthesis era, <360> builds on cinematic scale and dramaturgy to create an abstract theatrical experience in which electronic floes replace the traditional performer.

The first stage of this project premiered in September 2002 at Villette numérique festival in La Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris (FR).

<360> can be presented as both an installation and a live performance.

A 3D version was created for the Jeffrey Shaw's AVIE - Advanced Visualisation and Interaction Environment in September 2017 at the ZKM Karlsruhe (DE).