La Laguna Parla: A New Collective Experience
Hosted by The Smartphone Orchestra in collaboration with the European Confluence of the Waterbodies
Supported by Agog: The Immersive Media Institute
Celebrate 10 years of Venice Immersive with hundreds of fellow creators in a collective ritual especially made about the Venice lagoon, water, community, and collective power.
For this special event, we invite the entire island to participate. Important notice: it starts sharp at 19:00 - So be on time with a reasonably charged phone!
La Laguna Parla amplifies the voice of The Venice Lagoon and is an adaptation of an earlier work called The Waterbodies Orchestra created by The Confluence of European waterbodies and the Smartphone Orchestra. It was made as a means to give a voice to the European waterbodies in order to show that they are living beings and thus need to be seen as legal entities.
MODERATOR:
Steye Hallema (Creative Director, The Smartphone Orchestra)
HOSTED BY THE SMARTPHONE ORCHESTRA IN COLLABORATION WITH THE EUROPEAN CONFLUENCE OF THE WATERBODIES
About The Smartphone Orchestra:
Ever feel like your phone is pulling you away from the people around you? The Smartphone Orchestra flips that around: it turns your phone into a tool for real connection, shared fun, and synchronized collective experiences. They're pioneers of large-scale, social and immersive experiences, engaging diverse audiences worldwide with collectively shared experiences. https://smartphoneorchestra.com/
About The Confluence of the European Waterbodies:
The Confluence of European Water Bodies aims to foster new dialogues and relationships with water. Born out of growing water challenges and demands for water democracy worldwide, this grassroots community sprang from a collective pursuit of a deeper understanding of the ‘Rights of Nature’ in Europe. As a learning system for water diplomacy, new strategies for effectively representing water in Europe’s cultural, legal and political realms are being explored, rehearsed and advocated. https://water-bodies.eu/
About Agog: The Immersive Media
Agog: The Immersive Media Institute is a philanthropic organization founded by Chip Giller and Wendy Schmidt that is dedicated to helping creators and nonprofit leaders use extended reality to imagine and build a more connected, just, and compassionate world. Agog operates as a field builder and creative partner, supporting immersive storytellers whose work addresses urgent social and environmental challenges. www.agog.org
