Last year, for Sound Walk September 2019, Sofilab founder and artistic director Mathis Nitschke received an honourable mention for his piece Inside Mphil, created by Sofilab. Here’s Mathis in his own words.
Transforming opera audiences into active explorers – Artist talk by Mathis Nitschke at the Opera Beyond conference in Helsinki 2019 about the Mixed-Reality-Techno-Opera MAYA
Documentary film maker Felix Hentschel accompanied the production of the Mixed-Reality-Techno-Opera MAYA and held talks with the artists involved. The resulting film (ca. 40 min) illuminates the development of the Maya character and provides insights into the conception of the music and the design of the MAYA augmented reality app. “Read more” to watch
How Mathis Nitschke managed to get an audience for an independent experimental music-theatre piece and enjoyed applying creative entrepreneurial strategies to a publicly funded art project. A report by the creator.