nightseed

About this event

Join us for nightseed, a free, shared virtual reality experience in collaboration with the Louisville Orchestra and Louisville Makes Games. * **Friday, August 21: 6:00-8:30pm** * **Saturday, August 22: 1:30-4:00pm** **TIMESLOTS FOR THIS EVENT MUST BE RESERVED HERE: [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nightseed-tickets-1992587356422](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nightseed-tickets-1992587356422?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExMWtYUUlLTTUxelJRTG1zenNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR5kafTtZ6E0JR0-5gPIJS0H65J2vZOSLDkTzDj0wGyTszxYWoJRLg9yp4_xNg_aem_IXN5qMVlfbI1DeovVwaUNw)** Click “Check Availability” to reserve a spot for a VR headset experience. Guests may sign up for up to two slots in advance (back-to-back or with a break between). Additional slots may be available for reservation on the day of the event. Can't make a reservation? No problem — anyone is welcome to drop in and enjoy the live harpist and projected visuals of the game at no cost and with no sign-up required. Guests can browse the lobby gift shop and purchase drinks from the bar throughout the event. Admission is required to view the galleries on the second and third floors. **About nightseed:** nightseed is a shared, in-person VR experience at KMAC Museum, designed to be explored together. It features music and sound design by Chelsea Komschlies, created in collaboration with Louisville Makes Games and the Louisville Orchestra. The piece places a small group inside a magical twilit forest, among the remains of a lost civilization that stored music inside of petrified tree seeds. At the center of the forest is one of their song trees: a living instrument, or what is left of one. As you explore, you gather seeds and bring them back to the tree. Each seed awakens part of the music, gradually changing the sound of the world around you. Performed with live harpist alongside an immersive digital score, the piece exists somewhere between a composed musical work and a playable game: a calm, collaborative…