"Viewers sit inside the frame of a geodesic dome 11 meters in diameter that's studded with fifteen speakers (and includes a smoke machine), wearing VR headsets but engaging in a shared experience thanks to a "spatial audio" presentation of composer inti figgis-vizueta's score as performed by the Grammy-winning Attacca Quartet and "spatialized" by sound designer Massimiliano Borghesi. The result, per the film's press kit, is "a full sphere of sound" that "evokes sound holograms in every seat.""
"Unfortunately, Oregon ArtsWatch's travel budget did not allow me to attend the Venice premiere, although even if I had, the experience may not have translated easily into words. (Watching 1968, a visual collage inspired by the tumultuous events of that year, on a 2D computer screen is like drinking fine wine with your nostrils pinched: it's possible to imagine a rich sensory experience, but impossible to even remotely appreciate it in full.)"
Portland filmmaker Rose Bond created a ten-minute, hand-drawn film titled Watching 1968 commissioned to accompany an Oregon Symphony performance. The original premiere was scheduled for March 15, 2020 but public activities were curtailed by the COVID-19 pandemic, preventing the planned debut. The film had its public debut at the Venice Film Festival inside an 11-meter geodesic dome featuring fifteen speakers, a smoke machine, and shared VR headsets. Composer inti figgis-vizueta's score was performed by the Attacca Quartet and spatialized by Massimiliano Borghesi to create a full sphere of sound. The visual work is a collage inspired by the tumultuous events of 1968.
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