2018 Lotus World Music Festival

Big Tent in a weather-proof pole tent, viewed from 4th St.

Big Tent, a 360° video and audio projection installation/venue, leverages immersive technology to create a unique, communal viewing experience for Festival attendees. In this age of individual hand-held screens, Big Tent echoes the Festival ethos in creating opportunities for people to interact and share a transformative multimedia experience.   Students and faculty from across the IU and IUPUI systems have been artistically challenged to create meaningful, original work for this large-scale, A/V-surround environment, and the results include works with video and sound, experimental film/cinema, game design, real-time video capture, and archival celebrations of the 25-year Lotus journey.

Friday night audience

Big Tent is a creation of Benjamin Smith, D.M.A. and Robin Cox, D.M.A., both faculty of the Purdue School of Engineering & Technology, IUPUI.  Content development on the IU Bloomington campus is led by Norbert Herber, Ph.D., of the IU Media School.

Jens Comén (saxophone) and Kjell-Erik Eriksson (violin) of Hoven Droven (Sweden)

Festival participants will not require a ticket to enjoy this exciting installation — the experience is free and open to the public. Runs from 6:00pm to midnight on Friday and Saturday nights (located at 4th & Washington).

Lotus Festival summary
Lotus “sneak peek” article
IU Media School Lotus/Big Tent preview
Through the Gates podcast
Herald-Times article by Madeline Dippel



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