XR21
Immersive Arts
DARTINGTON CENTENARY
CELEBRATION at The Green Table
A Celebration of Utopia "Honouring the Elmhirsts"
This July, Dartington Hall comes alive with a vibrant celebration marking 100 years since Dorothy and Leonard Elmhirst launched their bold and visionary experiment in Utopia. On July 4th, XR21 and the Green Table Café invite you to a day of creativity, reflection, and joyful remembrance — celebrating the enduring spirit of Dartington: past, present, and future.
Event highlights include:
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Live Music from Dreamadelica
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Comedy from Dave Thompson (best known as the original Tinky Winky from Teletubbies)
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A screening of Memories of Dartington — a film reflecting on the estate’s radical beginnings, the rise of the arts college, and its continuing role as a hub for creative and sustainable futures
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A photo exhibition by Paul Hornsby spanning decades of life on the estate
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A special Q&A session: horticulturist Mary Bartlett in conversation with Peter Marsh, exploring Dartington’s legacy of sustainable land use and gardening — from the Elmhirsts' pioneering practices to today's ecological visions
Audio Theatre
Immersive Comedy
Audio Theatre is a natural progression from our collaboration on the Memories of Dartington film, XR21 Symposium and our work on the Strangewood series.
We'll be releasing new immersive comedy, music, and documentary podcasts every week exclusively on our Patreon page.
We're inviting you to engage with our ‘menagerie of creativity’, to support our work, and to become a patron of the arts. By subscribing, downloading, and engaging with us on Patreon, you'll be joining our community and helping us create even more immersive content.
🔗 Check out our Patreon page and become a patron today: patreon.com/audiotheatre
XR21 Manifesto
XR21 is an international collective of immersive artists who are exploring the possibilities of art and sound to ‘create’, ‘inform’ and 'perform'. Our aim is to explore and utilize the creative potential of VR, AR, MR and XR for exhibition, performance, education and business and our main objectives are to:
Create: conceive artistic work, production and performance
Connect: global networking
Learn: increase competences and professional development
Explore: research and collaboration
Our first symposium took place on September 25th in the Market Hall, Devonport in collaboration with Real ideas. The Symposium included speakers and practitioners who introduced virtual reality and immersive arts. It included workshops and a film exhibition.
Official Partners of the Immersive Arts Symposium
Business Support Partner
Dome Partner
Event Partner
If you’re interested in becoming a sponsor, please reach out.
Immersive Arts Symposium 25th September
History and Evolution of XR
The event featured an exhibition of immersive films and workshops which investigated the history and evolution of AR, VR, MR, XR that was led by Amy Edwards. Musaab Garhouti introduced participants to 3D scanning and the implementation of visuals for Immersive Domes. The overall feedback from attendees at the event was very good and we are steadily building a database of contributors and participants for the future .
Binaural sound, Surround Sound and Ambisonics
Gilbert Gabriel investigated the development of spatial sound. He presented how immersive audio in conjunction with immersive imagery can radicalise medicine, space travel and entertainment. He said: "Filmmakers, musicians, artists, dancers and XR creators will revolutionise how they design and tell stories via the plethora of tools that are now emerging."
Moving Forward
The XR21 team will keep everyone involved on future events as we develop the Symposium concept for other regions, produce “The Art of Dreaming” as a multi-faceted Immersive
