Rio’s Museum of Tomorrow Hosts Immersive Recreational Installation

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – IM.FUSION is a technological installation that offers a recreational experience, capable of stimulating reflections on how we interact with the micro and macro in different contexts and environments.

Developed by DeepLab Project and produced by Dellarte, it is open to the public at the Museu do Amanhã (Museum of Tomorrow), in Rio de Janeiro. The schedule for the experience is set at the time of ticket purchase through the website.

In compliance with all protocols established by health authorities because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the number of visitors is limited both at the Museum and for IM.FUSION. It operates from 10 AM to 5 PM and can be visited until November 29th.

Three scenarios are explored in the installation: from the molecule to a forest’s diversity to the vastness of the universe, ranging from micro to macro. In 12 minutes, visitors will be immersed in colorful shapes and interact through sensors with full special effects projections – graphic and sound. The technology employed dispenses with the need for physical contact and imagery is made through approximation.

In a dark room, 5.7 meters wide, 4 meters high, and 10.4 meters deep, cameras and sensors capture people’s motions as they begin to randomly interact with the displays. A metaphor of man’s interaction with nature.

Only six people are admitted per session, respecting social distancing. A fabric curtain with antibacterial protection and powerful air-filtering equipment are part of the precautions.

“The motion sensors allow visitors to engage in the transformation of the projected content,” says the creator of the experience Felipe Reif. “We want to enhance the perception that the individual has a reflection on the collective, transforming the whole environment in which we live,” he adds. The content for IM.FUSION was created by over ten people in Brazil, Chile, and the United States.

Although designed before the pandemic, the installation provided for interaction without the need for physical contact on a one-way route for visitors, preventing them from returning to the starting point.

“In the current context, these features were essential for choosing the project produced by Dellarte and co-directed by BM Produções,” says Steffen Dauelsberg, the company’s CEO. “These are determining measures for the interactive installations segment,” adds the director.

“The coming of IM.FUSION to the Museum of Tomorrow is part of our strategy to provide our visitors with innovations. We are always focused on expanding our museum’s Long Term Exhibition, offering the public reflections on what kind of Tomorrow we want to build from now on in different formats and contents,” says Eduardo Carvalho, artistic editor of IDG, the institution that manages the Museum of Tomorrow.

“This is the first temporary exhibition since the Museum was reopened, after being closed until September due to the Covid-19 pandemic. We are taking great care so that visitors may experience this event with safety and quality,” adds Carvalho.