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Manifest

Manifest

Details

  • Artist: Yo-Yo Lin
  • Artist: Melisa Dougherty
  • Artist: Jules Molloy
  • Artist: Jordan Caldwell
  • Artist: Dominick Chang
  • Artist: Robert Morris
  • Artist: Jay Miller
  • Artist: Jordan Frand
  • Artist: Skylar Jessen
  • Artist: Tara O’Con
  • Artist: Wipawe Sirikolkarn
  • Artist: Aaron Parsekian
  • Artist: Dillon Pace
  • Artist: Joanna Fang
  • Artist: David Britton
  • Artist: Michael Matchen
  • Artist: Chris Robinson
  • Artist: John Provencher
  • Artist: Griffin Yu
  • Artist: Filippo Nesci
  • Artist: Zack Filkoff
  • Artist: Jesse Sperling
  • Year: 2017
  • Url: https://www.yoyolin.com/manifest/
  • Url: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/shifting-landscape-revenue-streams-musicians-dave-allen/?trackingId=dE53YGd9U54fphRQk3zxug%3D%3D&lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_search_srp_content%3B7UXwgRjgQeO2qIXIWkCqzw%3D%3D&licu=urn%3Ali%3Acontrol%3Ad_flagship3_search_srp_content-object
  • Url: http://www.essentialhommemag.com/genre-defying-singer-sunni-colon-explains-manifest-1-0/
  • Url: http://www.papermag.com/10-must-see-art-shows-opening-this-week-2498544935.html
  • Url: http://www.flaunt.com/content/art/sunni-colon-manifesto-10-tetsu-album
  • Url: https://www.surfacemag.com/articles/sunni-colon-manifest-1-sound-exhibition/
  • Url: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/manifest-10-a-new-sonic-and-sensory-immersion-experience_us_59ed1a7ce4b092f9f241934e
  • Url: https://www.wgsn.com/blogs/manifest-changing-the-way-we-experience-music/

Description

From https://www.yoyolin.com/manifest

Manifest is a music-driven gallery of technology-enabled art in collaboration with live-performing musicians.

Driven by Sunni Colon's new album, the experience guides the audience through a multi-dimensional world that reconfigures perceptions of time and space.

Inspired by sci-fi films, we created an intricate onboarding process before people entered the performance space. In collaboration with Design Director Melisa Dougherty and Interactive Designer Skylar Jessen, we developed a sensory deprivation tunnel that each person entered in alone with a custom ID.

Each generative color ID was driven by emotional data translated from a text response to the question "when was a time you felt most alone?" The tunnel transforms from pitch-black darkness to color based on presence.

With over 75 Philips Color Kinetic LED fixtures lining the rim of the rounded performance space and yards of LED Neopixel tape inside the center enclosure, we had every type of color combination and lighting cue you could possibly imagine.

Sunni Colon saw his music as a force, much like light, that energized an environment. It was not important for him to be seen, but rather for people to feel his presence. Throughout the 45 minute performance, Sunni stayed hidden from view inside a light-up chamber in the middle of the listening area.

Audience members were encouraged to lie down and meditate on pillows throughout the performance. Many did not realize there was a live performer in the room with them. Curious individuals were often rewarded with a glimmer of someone behind the glass.

The intimate performance space brought music listening experiences to an immersive level like never before. With a custom quadrophonic, live mixing audio system using Ableton and Max for Live, audience members likened the experience to that of a sound bath.

Credits

Direction

Art Director: Yo-Yo Lin

Design Director: Melisa Dougherty

Creative Director: Steve Dabal

Executive Producer: Jordan Caldwell

Environment

Architect: Jules Molloy

Lighting Designer: Dominick Chang

Build Manager: Robert Morris

Lead Carpenter: Jay Miller

Lighting Consultant: Jordan Frand

Interactive

Interactive Design & Art Director: Skylar Jessen

Movement Consultant: Tara O’Con

Creative Technologist: Wipawe Sirikolkarn

Electrical Consultant: Aaron Parsekian

Sound

Musician + Engineer: Dillon Pace

Audio Supervisor: Joanna Fang

Audio Designer + Technician: David Britton

Audio Designer + Integration Specialist: Michael Matchen

Audiovisual Coordinator: Chris Robinson

Content

Graphic / Web Designer: John Provencher

EPK Director of Photography: Griffin Yu

EPK B-Camera Operator: Filippo Nesci

EPK Additional Videography: Zack Filkoff

VR Specialist: Jesse Sperling