Research Paper and Presentation

Audiences in Delhi and London experience, perform and play in a shared digital space.

Two identical installations measuring 3 x 4 metres are draped in chroma-key fabric that creates a live mixed-reality video connection. This allows the audiences at Southbank Centre and at an arts venue in Delhi, to coexist and interact with one another in the same room. The installation connects the two cities, live, six hours per day.

3×4 feature in The Hindu.

Spanning five time zones the installation will be connected 6 hours a day from: 10.00am to 4.00pm in London and 2.30pm to 8.30pm in Delhi, combining two cities not just spatially but temporally, from the start of one person’s day to the end of another’s. The networked convergence of these two physical 3×4 metre structures and their urban locations will allow these diverse public audiences the opportunity to explore networked spaces as new mixed-reality hybrid environments. It will make it possible to experience, not only the presence of geographically distant participants, but also a sense of coexistence with them.

From 12 to 14 December 2014, visit the Southbank Centre London or Khoj Studios New Delhi to participate in 3×4, an exploration of metaspace platforms for future inclusive cities. 3×4 creates an immersive, telematic environment by merging two identical 3×4 metre room installations at the Southbank Centre, London and Khoj International Artists Association, Delhi to provide a playful, sensorial exploration of new hybrids of digital space.

In advance of the live installation for the UnBox Festival, participants were invited to a co-creation workshop on 10 December 2014 at Khōj Studios, New Delhi. The workshop provided an introduction to the conceptual foundations of the project and the opportunity to develop creative content. The workshop was led by Professor Paul Sermon, Dr Claire McAndrew and Swati Janu.