With installations from Thom Yorke, Holly Herndon and Ben Frost, Gray Area Festival it about keeping San Francisco in conversation with the global avant-garde.
Join us for the 5th edition of San Francisco's premier annual festival advancing culture and common good through the lens of art and technology.
Gray Area Festival 2019 will redefine the conversation around experience design, starting with the United States debut of two international, sensory enveloping art experiences: the interactive exoskeleton performance Inferno and immersive audiovisual installation ISM Hexadome.
United States Premiere of Inferno Performances
Gray Area Festival 2019 will debut the US premiere of interactive robotic performance Inferno by Montreal-based artists Louis-Philippe Demers and Bill Vorn. The immersive performance features 12 machine-powered exoskeletons which will be installed on the bodies of participating audience members. Expanding on Gray Area’s current focus on immersive design, Inferno invites the public to become an active part of our performance program.
North American Premiere of ISM Hexadome
With a focus on immersive design, this year's Exhibition features the ISM Hexadome, a a 360° audiovisual experience. This US debut of the ISM Hexadome will feature 9 immersive installations by exhibiting artists including:
Ben Frost & MFO
CAO & Michael Tan
Holly Herndon & Mathew Dryhurst
Frank Bretschneider & Pierce Warnecke
Lara Sarkissian & Jemma Woolmore
Peter Van Hoesen & Heleen Blanken
René Löwe & Pfadfinderei
Suzanne Ciani & AudeRrose (World Premiere)
Tarik Barri & Thom Yorke
Learn more: http://grayareafestival.io/