Playing With Fire review – like Disney’s Fantasia on steroids as a virtual Yuja Wang plays amid luminous dreamworlds
Summary
The immersive VR installation "Playing With Fire" features pianist Yuja Wang performing nine classical pieces inside vivid, dreamlike digital worlds. Audiences wear virtual reality headsets to experience the music alongside dynamic, imaginative visuals created by a team of artists and producers.Key Facts
- Yuja Wang appears as a digital avatar playing music in a VR environment.
- The installation includes nine pieces of classical music, each leading to a different virtual world.
- The audience wears VR headsets to see and hear the performance in an immersive way.
- Visuals include water, fire, ice, and other themes that change with the music.
- The project is a collaboration among Yuja Wang, director Pierre-Alain Giraud, artist Gabríela Friðriksdóttir, Vive Arts, and Atlas V.
- "Playing With Fire" has been shown in Cannes, Paris, Shanghai, and now London through the New Year.
- The performance uses a Steinway Spirio player piano programmed by Wang to play the music.
- The final piece is performed without VR, returning the audience to real-world piano mechanics.
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