Audium: Sound Hour
Immersive spatial sound experience using 176 speakers in total darkness.
San Francisco , CaliforniaExperience hosted by Audium Theater
Audium: Sound Hour offers sonic well-being in a new world. This curated, immersive environment aims to promote calm and wellness through spatial sound. Come relax in a safe space away from the noise of our current reality. This experience takes the listener on a sonic journey through San Francisco: spring from the loud clatter of the Tenderloin to a remote Baker Beach cave. A familiar afternoon in the Sunset District gives way to an ecstatic celebration in the Mission. Hear birds flitter above, while children laugh and play below. Electronic melodies bump up against each other and burst. The Sound ... Show More
Audience Role
Listen.
Content Advisories
Performance takes place in complete darkness
13 +
Interaction Advisories
No physical contact with performers
Mobility Advisories
Restrooms not accessible
Event is wheelchair accessible.
Location
Audium Theater
Hosting immersive events on EI since April, 2022
Audium- the first theater of its kind in the world- has been pioneering the idea of live sound movement for over 50 years. The installation occupies a custom-built facility designed specifically for the creation and performance of spatial sound-art. Audiences at its weekly performances sit and listen in total darkness, while they are enveloped by sounds emanating from 176 speakers in sloping walls, a floating floor, and a suspended ceiling.