“We believe in the power of stories to tickle senses and shift perceptions,” says Marshmallow Laser Feast, an experiential artist collective merging artwork, prolonged actuality (XR), and movie into large-scale, immersive exhibitions.
MLF’s newest work, Of the Oak, situates a monumental, six-meter-tall, double-sided video of the titular tree in London’s Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The piece focuses on the backyard’s Lucombe oak, portraying a “digital double” utilizing real-world information.
MLF collaborated with researchers from Kew to create a vibrant, scientific rendering, mixing superior applied sciences with creative imagery. The crew stitched collectively 1000’s of photos, used LiDAR to map the tree’s type with laser pulses, CT-scanned soil samples, employed ground-penetrating radar to hint the basis system, and recorded a sequence of 24-hour soundtracks.
“Of the Oak is a celebration for the oak tree as a living monument of vital ecological relationships and species interdependence,” MLF says. “It is an invitation to witness the oak as a keystone in the web of life, majestic and unassuming, stretching its branches skyward and its roots deep into the soil, embodying both quiet strength and boundless generosity.”
Guests can entry a surprising digital area information on their telephones or through desktop from wherever, that includes a sequence of meditations that “tune into the invisible bond between humans and trees.” The app additionally consists of an interactive species information highlighting the various vary of birds, bugs, fungi, and different inhabitants that depend on oak bushes for survival.
Of the Oak continues at Kew by way of September 28. Marshmallow Laser Feast can also be at present presenting an immersive, seven-room exhibition titled YOU:MATTER on the Nationwide Science and Media Museum as a part of Bradford 2025 U.Ok. Metropolis of Tradition. See extra initiatives on the collective’s web site.
