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Slumberland is a live virtual reality performance where audiences are asked to relax and reflect in a VR headset. They engage with two live performers based in Malmö, Sweden who are guiding them through a narrative about insomnia.

2022 Emma Bexell,Robin Jonsson,Stefan Stanisic
EN,SE Visit the project

“Slumberland is created to carry stories about insomnia in a way where the participants can find rest in listening in a live, collective experience.”

Emma Bexell, Co-Author, to Docubase

SLUMBERLAND is a live virtual reality performance that journeys beyond the cosmos to a place of collective rest and reflection. From such a distance, audiences bear witness to the stories of earth’s sleepless youth, all while freely wandering through strangers’ bedrooms, catching talking stars as they fall from the heavens, and exploring new dimensions of empathy that can only exist outside of physical space.

Created from ongoing interviews about insomnia with young adults around the world, SLUMBERLAND is an unparalleled hybrid of documentary audio theater, game design and immersive installation.

The piece is performed remotely (from anywhere) and live-streamed (to anywhere), utilizing motion-capture technology on one end and Oculus VR headsets on the other.

Preservation Wishes

Given our background in theatre, the question of preservation is age old for us. It is impossible to document and make accessible a live performance. That is also what makes the artform what it is. Slumberland shouldn’t be accessible in its original form, that would make it into something else. 

Project at a Glance :
Language : EN,SE
Country : Sweden
Year : 2022
Author : Emma Bexell,Robin Jonsson,Stefan Stanisic
Producer : Bombina Bombast,Lost In Time
Team : AZ Kelsey,Daniel Tjäder,Emelie Wahlman,John Conlon,Matilda Tjäder,Olivia Hultman,Vilde Bodsberg
Developers : Dyno Robotics
Designers : Emma Bexell,Jesper Berger,Joar Jakobsson,Stefan Stanisic
Topics : Arts,Arts and Culture,Children,Civic Life,Communication,Connection,Consciousness,Consumerism,Control,Dance,Digital Humanities,Digital Technology,Dreams,Human Experience,Immersive,Interactive Storytelling,life,mental illness,sociology,Virtual Reality
Technologies : Oculus Rift,Qlab,Unity
Techniques : 3D scanning,3D Sound,dance,Live Motion Capture,Location-based Installation,Social VR,Theatre
Exhibition Venues : Duke University,Gothenburg Film Studios,Hilton Midtown,IDFA DocLab,Lodgatan 3B,PRAx Oregon State,Stadsgårdsterminalen,Yale Schwartzman Center
Budget Range : €50000 (in-kind development),€75000 (spent)
Funders AND Incubators : The City of Malmö,The Region of Skåne,The Swedish Arts Council,The Swedish Arts Grants Committee
Url : https://www.bombinabombast.com/projekts/slumberland-2022
Learn more at : https://vimeo.com/bombinabombast/slumberlandfullshow?share=copy Passw: SLUMBERLAND
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