Compass Presents create immersive events and encounters that combine visual content, music and performance, aiming to present these elements from a new perspective through their interaction with one another.

The Caligari Experience is Compass Presents’ current project.

The Caligari Experience is a gothic re-staging of a haunting piece of early 20th Century German Expressionism, bringing together dancers, circus performers and aerialists. Characters that have been lost in time and held captive within the silver-screen since the sepia silent era. Now they escape to bring this sinister story to life amongst the projection-animated streets, scenes and crooked buildings of a century-old town.

Key to the ‘expanded cinema’ experience the show aims to present is the 3D projection-mapped set, which collaborators Limbic Cinema designed, built, created through hand-painted watercolour scenes, and digitally animated through projection-mapping.

We will be joined by Studio resident Tara Sachdeva (Compass Presents Co-Founder and Creative Producer of The Caligari Experience) and Matt Mulligan (Movement Director of The Caligari Experience) who will talk about Compass Presents’ development as a Creative Arts organisation moving increasingly into the Digital Arts, and present The Caligari Experience with a view to opening up discussion and sharing ideas as part of on going research and development of the show.  

This Lunchtime Talk is part of Open Studio Friday, which takes place at the Studio every week.

Do you want to find out what is going on at the Pervasive Media Studio? Are you interested in meeting our residents, talking about a specific project or curious about pervasive media? Why not pack a sandwich and join us for one of our Lunchtime Talks and Open Studio Friday.

Lunchtime Talks are informal presentations by Studio residents and associates. They normally take place at 1pm on Friday, are free and open to everybody who’s interested in what we do.

After the Talk, we also invite you to stay with us for the afternoon to continue the conversation or work on your own projects. We provide chairs, tables, wireless and a great space. You bring what you need to work with (laptop/mobile). Our open afternoons close at 5pm.

Let us know if you’d like a tour of the space and we'll be happy to show you around. Send an email to admin@pmstudio.co.uk