The specific project is a 'Work in Progress' and has been nominated to represent the School of Communication of the Royal College of Art on a special event with Jony Ive.
Is it possible that the sounds of the tube can travel you to a mountain in Austria? Can you detect the rhythmic voices of birds and the calm noise of a mountain wind while walking through the tunnel towards the train platform? How can you find similarities between two completely contrary places? If you weren’t able to perceive them through your sight, would they still feel so different?
‘The Sounds Between Us’ is an Immersive experience, exploring the world of sensory activation and its extraordinary possibilities, whilst questioning the range of use of our senses. Focusing on the sense of hearing, the project motivates visitors to start finding connections between their perceived reality and the realm imagination. The design of the experience is based on the real-life testimonies of three visually impaired people. Alex, Christina and Natalie invite visitors to follow them to their poetic journey through Tottenham Court Road Station in London, and discover its magical aspect, shaped by a mix of sounds, both real and imaginary.
The experience allow visitors to start paying attention to their surrounding sounds, and question the range of the use of their senses and the perception of their reality, thinking beyond vision and considering a world that can be perceived by other senses as well.
OFFICIAL TRAILER:
THE KIT:
Visitors are invited to go to Tottenham Court Road tube station in London and explore the stories. As part of the experience, before going to the station, a kit will be send to each participants' house. The Kit contains information about the project, the protagonists and further instructions on how to experience it.
THE EXPERIENCE:
After reading the instructions, visitors are invited to go to the underground station, scan the code that they can find on the map and immerse themselves into the experience.
THE INTERACTIONS:
During the journey of the experience the visitors will come across with 4 interactions that will allow them to perceive an alternative perception of reality based on the sense of hearing and travel from the underground station of London to a magical forest.
THE MEDIUM:
For the medium of the experience an alternative way of Augmented reality has been chosen in order to make the visuals more detailed and the experience much more accessible for the audience.
