• Using Audience Insight for Impact: A Barbican Immersive Case Study (Early)

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    What if you could use audience insight to make better creative decisions, and see the results in visitor numbers, ticket sales, and funding? This session draws on frameworks and research methods from Barbican Immersive, showing how insight shaped their digital arts strategy and fed directly into the development of Feel the Sound and the upcoming In Other […]

  • Using Audience Insight for Impact: A Barbican Immersive Case Study (Late)

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    What if you could use audience insight to make better creative decisions, and see the results in visitor numbers, ticket sales, and funding? This session draws on frameworks and research methods from Barbican Immersive, showing how insight shaped their digital arts strategy and fed directly into the development of Feel the Sound and the upcoming In Other […]

  • High Tech, Low Tech, No Tech: Lessons Learned From 900+ Immersive Experiences (Early)

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    When we talk about immersive experiences, technology can sometimes dominate the conversation. But after encountering 900+ immersive works across three continents in three years, Katrina noticed a recurring pattern: tech alone doesn’t determine quality. In this Campfire, she introduces her AURA Framework (Agency, Universe, Resonance, Artistry) – a qualitative lens for thinking about how immersive […]

  • High Tech, Low Tech, No Tech: Lessons Learned From 900+ Immersive Experiences (Late)

    Zoom

    When we talk about immersive experiences, technology can sometimes dominate the conversation. But after encountering 900+ immersive works across three continents in three years, Katrina noticed a recurring pattern: tech alone doesn’t determine quality. In this Campfire, she introduces her AURA Framework (Agency, Universe, Resonance, Artistry) – a qualitative lens for thinking about how immersive […]

  • Human Tech Under Martial Law: Lightsticks, Flags, Prepayment & BARAM

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    What do moments of crisis reveal about how people really connect, and how can experience designers learn from it? On 3 December 2024, South Korea lived through a surreal night: martial law declared, then overturned within hours. What emerged in the streets wasn't violence – it was K-pop lightsticks, hand-drawn meme flags, and prepaid cups […]

  • From TikTok to Toyota: How Measurement Can Grow & Protect Event Budgets

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    Events are always at risk when marketing budgets are under scrutiny. In this Campfire, event strategist Dax Callner will reveal how global brands from Toyota to TikTok use data to defend and grow their investment in events. You'll get actionable tools and insights to help you establish measurable goals, collect credible data and present compelling […]

  • From TikTok to Toyota: How Measurement Can Grow & Protect Event Budgets (Early)

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    Events are always at risk when marketing budgets are under scrutiny. In this Campfire, event strategist Dax Callner will reveal how global brands from Toyota to TikTok use data to defend and grow their investment in events. You'll get actionable tools and insights to help you establish measurable goals, collect credible data and present compelling […]

  • Backrooms: From Creepypasta To Box Office #1 | How the Hit Horror Film Turned Internet Mythology Into Experiential Marketing Gold

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    What happens when a piece of community-created internet folklore becomes the number one film in America? Backrooms began life as a single unsettling image posted online. From there it evolved into a collaborative creepypasta or unfiction phenomenon, inspired millions of fan theories, videos and discussions, spawned a hugely successful YouTube series, and has now become […]

  • We Are All Curators Now

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    At the STRAAT Museum in the Netherlands, Geoff Thatcher and his wife came across a story about Johanna van Polanen, who became a countess at the age of 11. The museum gave them the outline. But it left out the question they immediately wanted answered: how old was the count she married? So they did […]