#17 Immersive Design Summit Recap

Listen to some drunken (or in Noah's case punchdrunk) conversation between host Jacob Patterson and friends after wrapping up Noah's inaugural Immersive Design Summit. IDS 2018 brought together hundreds of creators, producers, and developers from all over the world who work in the quickly emerging world of immersive entertainment. Fields within this genre range from virtual reality to theatre to ASMR, and if any of this stuff interests you, be sure to check out the No Proscenium podcast or ask Jacob for an invite to the Everything Immersive private Facebook group. Hit us up on Instagram to chat, and enjoy our most off the cuff episode to date. 

 

6:00- Intro

 

Noah Nelson:

https://noproscenium.com/

https://twitter.com/NoProscenium

 

Check out Artists Real Talk episode 11 with Noah Nelson:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/a-r-t-artists-real-talk/id1159607075?mt=2&i=1000379844107

 

Tommy Honton:

http://tommyhonton.com/

https://twitter.com/angelalansburyd

 

6:24- First Immersive Design Summit

http://immersivedesignsummit.com/

 

7:28- Tom Pearson: Third Rail Projects Co-Artist Director

http://www.thirdrailprojects.com/about/#abouthecompany

http://www.thenshefell.com/directors/

 

8:09- Then She Fell

http://www.thenshefell.com/

 

Sleep No More

https://mckittrickhotel.com/sleep-no-more/

 

8:45- Jacob asks Tommy and Noah for advice on what he should do at Sleep No More

 

12:24- Art Basel 

https://www.artbasel.com/miami-beach

 

12:58- Jacob asks Tommy, “What was your overall lesson learned from the summit?”

 

14:20- Olivia Cueva

 oliviacueva.co

 

14:50- https://noproscenium.com/

https://twitter.com/NoProscenium

 

22:50- Noah explains how people heard about the Immersive Design Summit

 

24:42- Jacob asks, “What would say were the categories of attendees?”

 

26:50- Noah explains how they made conscious choices to make sure that this was an inclusive event

 

27:43- “What did you think of the town hall portion?”

 

30:47- Asking the audience, “what was the thing you saw that made you re-think your work?”

 

31:45- Tommy running into a scavenger hunt and finding a riddle when he was younger

 

33:46- When did you know there was a professional world of immersive entertainment?

 

37:44- When Tommy first experienced immersive experiences 

 

38:43- Tommy reaching out to companies asking if he could work for them even if it's for free

 

39:30- Andrew McGregor:

http://www.mightykingdrew.com/

https://twitter.com/mightykingdrew

 

Listen to episode #8 with Andrew McGregor

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/a-r-t-artists-real-talk/id1159607075?mt=2&i=1000378956175

 

40:52- Tommy and Noah meeting for the first time an informational interview 

 

43:08- Tommy and Noah ending up in a surprise meeting with the city of Los Angeles for permitting 

 

45:43- Vince Meow Wolf

https://meowwolf.com/author/vince/

 

47:03- Read more about Candytopia and Happy Place and why they got shut down here:

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/candytopia-happy-place-exhibitions-temporarily-close-la-1069964

https://www.timeout.com/los-angeles/blog/happy-place-is-l-a-s-latest-selfie-inspiring-pop-up-111817

http://abc7.com/business/happy-place-candytopia-pop-up-galleries-shut-down-by-la-city/2800918/

 

47:53- http://www.mama.gallery/

 

49:01- https://www.museumoficecream.com/

http://the14thfactory.com/

http://thetensionexperience.com/

 

52:20- Why did we not discuss the selfie palaces or the Ghost Ship?

 

Read more about the Ghost Ship Fire here:

https://www.newyorker.com/news/benjamin-wallace-wells/what-happened-exactly-in-oaklands-ghost-ship-fire

 

54:57- “Tommy did you feel like it was missing from the conversation?”

 

57:05- Vince

https://meowwolf.com/author/vince/

 

Justin Fix 

https://scarela.com/speakers/justin-fix/

http://www.thewillowsla.com

 

57:22- Noah's opinion on discussing different business challenges with opening up a venue and needing the city on your side. 

 

58:03- Sara Thacher

https://www.disneyresearch.com

 

58:34- The institute 

http://www.theinstitutemovie.com/

 

1:02:54- https://twitter.com/Jessedamiani

 

1:04:33- What was the moral of the story on that panel?

 

1:07:50- Budgets and rates

 

1:10:11- You have to make yourself valuable to the project

 

1:10:10- Nova Han

http://novahan.com

 

1:10:50- Jacob asks Noah, “What other panel did you moderate?”

 

1:13:54- Check out the Carne Y Arena exhibit at LACMA

http://www.lacma.org/carne-y-arena#landing

 

1:15:08- Tommy what was your favorite moment at the Immersive Design Summit?

 

1:16:16- Diana Williams Content Strategist, Lucasfilm’s Story Group

https://www.ilm.com/ilmxlab/

Colin Nightingale Creative Producer, Punchdrunk International

https://www.punchdrunk.com/

 

1:17:14- Curtis Hickman Chief Creative Officer & Co-Founder, The Void

https://www.thevoid.com/

 

1:17:44- Christ Hickman THE VOID: Creating The Illusion of Reality 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ebwtq1HZJ2A

 

1:22:47- Jacob goes into detail about his favorite part at the summit

 

1:23:14-  Melina Lauw Co-Creator, Whisperlodge

https://whisperlodge.nyc/

 

1:27:00-Serial Killers and Immersive theater

 

1:27:37- Summarizing Sara Thacher

https://www.disneyresearch.com/

 

1:28:55- How did you guys feel about Sara’s speech?

 

1:35:24- Final wishes for Immersive Design Summit 2019

 

1:37:45- http://www.serialkillerspeeddating.com/

http://www.abelhorwitz.com/

 

1:39:58- Tommy Honton:

http://tommyhonton.com/

https://twitter.com/angelalansburyd

http://themuseumofselfies.com/

 

1:40:32- Noah Nelson:

https://noproscenium.com/

https://twitter.com/NoProscenium

https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingimmersive

http://immersivedesignsummit.com/

https://twitter.com/designimmersive

 

1:41:35- Jacob Patterson 

https://www.instagram.com/jmjpatterson

https://thinktank.gallery/

https://www.instagram.com/thinktankdtl