{"id":232278,"date":"2026-10-16T13:42:38","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T11:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iffr.com\/en\/?post_type=clarkson_event&p=232278"},"modified":"2026-10-16T15:00:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T13:00:22","slug":"live-performance-meets-immersive-technology-at-laurenskerk-2-and-4-december","status":"publish","type":"clarkson_event","link":"https:\/\/iffr.com\/en\/agenda\/live-performance-meets-immersive-technology-at-laurenskerk-2-and-4-december","title":{"rendered":"Live performance meets immersive technology at Laurenskerk: 2 and 4 December"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For two evenings, we\u2019re bringing together live music, performance and virtual worlds in the monumental setting of the Laurenskerk. Conversations<\/strong> by Paul Boereboom and Leon Rogissart and Exoplanets<\/strong> by Robin Coops each invite audiences into an immersive world, combining live performers and musicians with technology to create experiences that unfold both around you and inside your headset.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The works are presented as part of Lightroom Expanded<\/a>, a development programme for immersive works in collaboration between IFFR, UPscaleXR and DashXR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conversations <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

2 December | 19.30 and 21.00 | 50 min<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In Conversations<\/strong>, a performer appears as guide and mirror, leading the audience into a virtual space that gradually opens up to encounters with oneself and with others. The performance explores the relationship between individual experience and collective perception, asking how an encounter with another person can deepen our understanding of identity and presence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Set to the Renaissance composition Belle qui tiens ma vie<\/em> by Antoine Arbeau, the performance brings different layers of time, reality and perspective together in an immersive environment. The result is a poetic exploration of curiosity, connection and the search for oneself in a world increasingly made up of overlapping realities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Immersive still: Conversations<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Concept:<\/strong> Paul Boereboom & Leon Rogissart
Composition:<\/strong> Leon Rogissart
Performer:<\/strong> Sophie Prins
AV technique:<\/strong> Dries Himpe
Coproducers:<\/strong> Muziektheater Transparant, PodiumBloos & UPscaleXR<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exoplanets<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

4 December | 19.30 and 21.00 | 40 min<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In Exoplanets<\/strong>, artist Robin Coops brings mixed reality and live music together in an immersive performance. Guided by Sage, Coops\u2019 alter ego, audiences travel through augmented reality to two fictional planets: HARMONIA and VESTIGIA AETERNA. Vocals, percussion and the live organ of Laurenskerk merge with a virtual world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exoplanets<\/strong> is also the first practical application of VJAR<\/strong>, a new tool developed by Coops & Co, UPscaleXR and DASHXR as part of Lightroom Expanded. The tool enables virtual content to be controlled live within the audience\u2019s headsets, supporting the development of a format that is both artistically compelling and technically repeatable and scalable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Immersive still: Exoplanets<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Concept, animation & composition:<\/strong> Robin Coops
Vocals & synths:<\/strong> Sage (aka Robin Coops)
Organ:<\/strong> Matthijs van der Wilt
Percussion:<\/strong> Jonathan Bonny
Technology:<\/strong> Marcel Brand
Producer:<\/strong> Coops & Co
AR guidance:<\/strong> UPscaleXR
AR technology:<\/strong> DASHXR
VR drawings<\/strong>: Petra van Berkum
Costume<\/strong>:  Martijn Kramp<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Practical information<\/strong> and tickets<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Location:<\/strong> Laurenskerk, Rotterdam
Tickets:<\/strong> \u20ac20 \/ \u20ac15 for visitors under 26<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 December \u2013 Conversations<\/strong>
<\/strong>Walk-in: 19.00 | Show: 19.30
Walk-in: 20.40 | Show: 21.00
Duration: 50 minutes<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t

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