Urban Tranquility
Creative & Art Direction“Urban Tranquility” is an experience that invites the audience to take a break in the hectic and overstimulated world, exploring themes of attention, presence and deep listening. It explores methods to combine different visual languages, including text, sound, visuals and spatial perspective to create a new form of experience.
THE CONCEPT
URBAN TRANQUILITY
Inspired by both historical context and recent conversations on Hampstead Heath in London — one of the few remaining ‘lungs of the metropolis’ in the 1800s to escape from the noise of the city, this project explores ways to engage differently with our world and how this form of escapism is still relevant today.
Through walking, field recording and visual mapping, the animation created is audio-reactive to the sound recordings, in order to increase the sense of immersion and deep listening. Let’s listen, imagine and feel a bit more.
URBAN TRANQUILITY
Inspired by both historical context and recent conversations on Hampstead Heath in London — one of the few remaining ‘lungs of the metropolis’ in the 1800s to escape from the noise of the city, this project explores ways to engage differently with our world and how this form of escapism is still relevant today.
Through walking, field recording and visual mapping, the animation created is audio-reactive to the sound recordings, in order to increase the sense of immersion and deep listening. Let’s listen, imagine and feel a bit more.
Note: This work is best experienced in space with headphones / earphones
Mock-up for spatial effect
The work is being screened at RCA2025
Key Visual
Selected process in creating visuals through mapping & photography
The Questions I asked in the process
In the hyper-connected digital age,
Can we use screen as a medium to allow a pause?
Can we use immersive projection as a reading space?
Can we use immersive projection as a listening space?
What can an empty screen tell?
What do all abstract and colourful visuals we see today tell?
Are they all familiar?
Must they be colourful and fancy?
Must audio-reactive visuals be upbeat?
Can audio-reactive visuals encourage deeper listening?
There can never be ‘silence’, but what can ‘silence’ be in our world today,
especially in the city centre of London where we hear noise of ambulance, trains, etc everyday?
What can ‘silence’ means in visual communication?
In the hyper-connected digital age,
Can we use screen as a medium to allow a pause?
Can we use immersive projection as a reading space?
Can we use immersive projection as a listening space?
What can an empty screen tell?
What do all abstract and colourful visuals we see today tell?
Are they all familiar?
Must they be colourful and fancy?
Must audio-reactive visuals be upbeat?
Can audio-reactive visuals encourage deeper listening?
There can never be ‘silence’, but what can ‘silence’ be in our world today,
especially in the city centre of London where we hear noise of ambulance, trains, etc everyday?
What can ‘silence’ means in visual communication?