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Wayne McGregor: On The Other Earth - the World’s First Post-Cinematic Choreographic Installation
World Premiere at the 19th International Festival of Contemporary Dance and presented at Venice Immersive (“The Best of”), the extended reality (XR) section of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival (Biennale Danza and Biennale Cinema of La Biennale di Venezia 2025)
Joining forces with Studio Wayne McGregor and the Hong Kong Ballet (HKB), HKBU presents the pioneering cultural performance Wayne McGregor: On The Other Earth. This world's first post-cinematic choreographic installation is another deliverable of the “Future Cinema Systems: Next-Generation Art Technologies” project, leveraging the immersive nVis installation.
On The Other Earth refracts, evolves and reimagines dance performance in a startlingly original new form of experience set within a radically immersive panoramic, 360-degree stereoscopic, 12K LED, 26-million-pixel nVis screen, where 3D imagery is experienced within an enveloping, large-scale cylindrical architecture. Combining dance – connecting in close contact with the hyperreal dancers of Company Wayne McGregor and HKB, choreography, digital imaging, spatialised sound, and artificial intelligence, Professor Sir Wayne McGregor transports the audiences in a thought-provoking, otherworldly encounter.
Project Team
- Professor Jeffrey Shaw, Chair Professor, Academy of Visual Arts
- Professor Sarah Kenderdine, Visiting Professor, Department of Computer Science
Full Credits: https://iit.hkbu.edu.hk/en/whats-on/news/previous-event/20250731-hk-reception.html
On The Other Earth Image: Wayne McGregor: On The Other Earth, Company Wayne McGregor 2025
On The Other Earth Photo Credit: Ravi Deepres and Luke Unsworth
A Revolutionary Global Voyage in Artistic Innovation & Knowledge Transfer
Hong Kong’s vibrant cultural leadership in advancing global artistic innovation through this captivating cross-cultural and cross-sectoral collaboration was celebrated at the Hong Kong reception Pulse of the Pearl: Transcending Avant-garde with Technology and Knowledge Transfer held at the SMAC San Marco Art Centre, Venice.
Esteemed speakers Professor Sir Wayne McGregor, Artistic Director of Biennale Danza; Professor Terence Lau, Interim Chief Innovation Officer at HKBU; Mr Septime Webre, HKB Artistic Director and Professor Jeffrey Shaw led the audience in an inspiring discussion on how dance, art tech and knowledge transfer will shape the future of performance. They also explored Hong Kong’s role in international partnerships and the city’s potential to contribute to global arts and culture.
Affiliated University of the Biennale Architettura 2025
In the education session Pioneering Art Tech: New Frontiers in Interdisciplinary Education and Media Production, Professor Andreas Kratky, Director of the Academy of Visual Arts, and Professor Shin Dong Kim, Professor of the Academy of Film, shared their expert insights on “Merging Tradition and Future: Interdisciplinary Research and Education in Art and Technology” and “Changing Landscape of Media Production in the Time of AI Technology”.
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