Dream Machine

Dream

THE DREAM MACHINE EXPERIENCE. A music-driven Mixed Reality experience by Nona Hendryx that combines augmented reality, virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and game-like features to create imaginative worlds rooted in Afro-Futurism where communities can identify, gather, grow and heal the Past in the Present for the Future. An ambitious synthesis of future-forward and intergenerational storytelling, THE DREAM MACHINE EXPERIENCE invites us to imagine another world is possible.

In this world, our audiences become

Dreamers.

About

Dream Machine is an ambitious leap forward into the future of entertainment, music, art and immersive experiences. It combines multiple art forms, media, and disciplines to offer a world conceived by Nona Hendryx and collaborators in which historical and current artist’s bespoke experiences include performances, games and storytelling. Although it can be experienced solo, it is intended to be a shared experience because ‘All of us are smarter than any of us’.

The Dream Machine is a time travel music-driven experience in which you are immersed in Afrofuturism - including an Afro Futuristic Garden and multiple AR portals exploring the grounds of the installation venue or in a fantastical 3D environment in a VR headset or computer. You, a Dreamer, ultimately attend a performance starring a featured artist in the virtual venue known as The Crown. On your way there, you traverse some of the different Artists 'bespoke spaces, interacting with their past, present, and dreams of the future.

In Nona Hendryx's Dream Machine, Dreamers interact with audiovisual objects, explore different environments, and discover stories about the musical legends whose concerts you will experience in The Crown.

VR & AR

Experiences

Virtual Reality

The six Virtual Reality (VR) Experiences in Dream Machine are music-driven journeys you have in a fantastical 3D environment.

Thrilling virtual performances await in the Crown with avatars designed in partnership with some of Hendryx's most electrifying collaborators including George Clinton, Laurie Anderson, Vernon Reid, and Skin (Skunk Anansie Band)

Augmented Reality

The second installation is an Augmented Reality (AR) Experience ‘The Bridge’, leads from the Afro Future Garden to the Dream Machine VR experience. The path between two worlds, one physical and one virtual.

The Afro Future Garden installation is an immersive experience, designed by visual artist Mickalene Thomas, a vibrant, afrofuristic landscape imagined in collaboration Nona Hendryx and botanical artist Lutfi Janania. Dream Machine Experience introduces Terasem’s Bina48, the world’s first artificial intelligence (AI) humanoid robot based on personality and features of an African American woman.

Behind

the

scenes

Behind the scenes was fascinating and challenging. The exciting virtual performances in the Crown with avatars designed in collaboration with some of Hendryx’s long-time friends including George Clinton, Laurie Anderson, Vernon Reid, Skin (Skunk Anansie Band) and recent AI friend, The Beautifier, Bina48’s Avatar pushed and sparked our imagination and inspired everyone involved.