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Quills Fest

Quills Fest is an annual festival at the intersection of Live Theatre and Extended Reality, engaging artists and audiences around the world on the web, in Virtual Reality, and in person. Exhibitions, performances, and discussions feature the most adventurous voices in performance and immersive technology. Connect with artists pioneering cutting-edge possibilities in storytelling, and join a new generation of audiences!

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World-Premiere Commissions 2021
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Guardian of the Night

A virtual reality experience that immerses the viewer in a forest, where they’re guided by spiritual guardians from West African mythology.

Created by:
Dede Ayite, Michael Joseph McQuilken, Joel ‘Kachi Benson
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Anakwad

An Anishinaabe tale retold in an indigiqueer dreamscape.

Created by:
Ty Defoe, Dov Heichemer, alpha_rats
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Ordinary Gesture

A Virtual Reality Theatrical experience that surrealizes the experience of empathy.

Created by:
Raja Feather Kelly, Illya Szilak, Cyril Tsiboulski, Christoph Mateka
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O-Dogg

An immersive volumetric VR experience performed by Black Thought (Tariq Trotter) of The Roots.

Created by:
Shariffa Ali, Brisa Areli Muñoz, Alex Alpharaoh, Sagar Patel
Behind-the-Scenes Exhibitions 2021
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Cosmos Within Us

A story-telling experiment exploring the connection between memory and the senses, in which an interactor wearing a headset drives the show.

Created by:
Sartore Studio
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Dazzle

A multisensory live performance & exhibition that re-imagines the 1919 Dazzle Ball.

Created by:
Gibson/Martelli + Peut Porter
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Finding Pandora X

An immersive theatrical VR experience where the audience plays the Greek Chorus.

Created by:
Double Eye Studios
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Laila

An interactive work that invites the audience to shape reality and future of an extraordinary new opera diva together with artifical intelligence.

Created by:
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Paula Vesala, Tuomas Norvio and the Ekho Collective for the Finnish National Opera
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POV: Points of View

A hyper-digital sci-fi virtual reality series immersed in a near future Los Angeles.

Created by:
GRX Immersive Labs
Quills Fest 2021 Partners
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Our 2021 Season