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Noise Floor: Merging Theatrical and Themed Entertainment Design to Create an Immersive, Interactive Multimedia Gallery Exhibit (On the Cheap!)

Josh Loar
Professor of Practice-Sound Design
Michigan Technological University
jloar@mtu.edu

ABSTRACT:
The worlds of gallery art, theatrical design, and themed entertainment design are often thought of as distinct practices that do not overlap. However, as a professional who has worked in all of these fields, I see them as points on a continuum, and feel that experiences in one can inform work in another. In 2016, I set out to create an immersive, interactive, multimedia gallery installation that drew from my work in all of these fields, both to demonstrate that they are not as separate as sometimes imagined, and to create a project that would (however temporarily) shatter the barriers between art and audience.

FULL PAPER:
Noise Floor: Merging Theatrical and Themed Entertainment Design to Create an Immersive, Interactive Multimedia Gallery Exhibit (On the Cheap!)
Publication: USITT Current Practices and Research in Sound
March 21, 2019

PRESENTATION:
The 59th Annual USITT Conference
Louisville, KY, USA
March 21, 2019