DIVE - Immersive Arts Festival (2019)
The “DIVE – Immersive Arts Festival ” took place from November 21st to November 24th, 2019 at the Bochum Planetarium and at Schauspielhaus Bochum. It marked the first collaboration between the Bochum Planetarium and the Bochum Schauspielhaus. The festival goes back to a core activity of the city of Bochum called “Hotspot Immersive Live Culture” conceived by Tobias Wiethoff. The first edition was realized as part of a collaboration with Tobias Staab, who curated an exhibition series of immersive works of art at the Schauspielhaus Bochum in 2019.
The focus of the festival is on the interaction of live performance and immersive media technologies. Under the four general terms digital – immersive – virtual and environment, a broad spectrum of artistic approaches in the field of communal immersion is offered.
The national partner in the content design of the first version of the festival was the Center for Art and Media (ZKM) in Karlsruhe.
The highlights of the first edition of the festival included live performances by the artists Ulf Langheinrich, Chikashi Miyama and Andrea Belfi, as well as the Sense Factory, a multi-sensory installation set up at the “Zeche Eins” venue by an artist group around FM Unit, T. Salter, M. Audry et al.
In addition to performances and installations, the first edition of DIVE also featured a top-class lecture program with contributions from Prof. Ludger Brümmer (ZKM), Prof. Dr. Hans Christian von Herrman (TU Berlin) and Dr. Thomas Oberender (Berlin Festival).
DIVE Conceptual Development & Curation: Tobias Wiethoff (Planetarium Bochum) and Tobias Staab (Schauspielhaus Bochum)
21.11.2019 - 24.11.2019
IMMERSIVE ART & PERFORMANCE
“DIVE – Immersive Arts Festival ” shows a variety of immersive installations,
surround concerts and 360° performances that invite you to immerse yourself
in completely new worlds of experience.
