Tsikuri by Tupac Martir and Satore Studio (2017)

An ephemeral dance and music performance that places the visitor in the middle of the piece.

Tsikuri was created as an experiment in order to understand how the integration of all the elements can work in a 360-film process. Satore combined musicians and dancers while using various techniques of filming and recording. Playing with the notion of “what you really see in VR” and which elements tend to play tricks on the eye.

With the use of lighting, video, scrim and smoke, the environment is ever changing across the performers. The viewer is challenged, and asked the question “What is truly there?” The recording techniques, combined with the edit and VFX, create a piece that tries to understand the various degrees and limits of what our eyes can see. This was the beginning of our exploration between performance and immersive technologies.

Tupac Martir is a multidisciplinary artist whose work spans the fields of painting, drawing, etching, technology, lighting, projection and video, sound design, music, and composition, as well as choreography and costumes. Vogue has described him as “the visual designer and creative director behind some of the most important events in the world”. He has provided production design, visuals and lighting direction for the likes of Elton John, Beyoncé, Danny Boyle, the Coachella Music & Arts Festival and Serpentine Gallery.

Martir is renowned within the fashion industry and has worked on ground-breaking shows for Alexander McQueen, Moschino, Alexander Wang, and Thomas Tait, among others. His artistic works have been shown across the world, including the Venice Film festival, The Eye Film Museum and Carnegie Hall.