Inner Peace
Music-mind-textile
An immersive experience and cross-disciplinary collaborative project promoting mindfulness and inner peace.
The Nelson Staircase, an exquisite replica of the Navy Stair that suffered bomb damage in WWII, stands as a symbol of resilience and the significance of peace. The ‘Inner peace’ live performance represents a convergence of ‘Music-mind-textile’, seeking to inspire equity, diversity, and inclusion through an immersive multi-sensory performance.
Using the power of music and interactive textiles, the creators of this installation take their audience on an emotional journey to rediscover peace within humanity, as expounded in the book The future of the mind published in 2014 by theoretical physicist Michio Kaku.
‘Music-mind-textile’ combines smart interactive textiles and musical performance to engage the audience in an immersive display with their feelings and emotions directing both visual and sound effects. Through the connected neural network of individuals, a shared experience is created and expressed through the responsive installation. This captivating collaborative work encourages social engagement with surroundings, merging original music composition with smart-textiles, celebrating neurodiversity and inclusivity.
Using innovative textiles to create a cross-disciplinary data science formation, the project is a collaboration between; Amelia Peng, MA Textiles student at the Royal College of Art; composers and musicians of the Royal College of Music; Foster + Partners’ Specialist modelling group; and Italian textile weaver Dreamlux. With over 10 nationalities working in collaboration, we use design across education and industries to drive innovative progress towards a more inclusive future. The powerful interdisciplinary approach highlights the strength of the intersections between art, design, science and technology.
Find out more: musicmindtextiles.com
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Photo by Taran Wilkhu
Credits
Project advisers:
Anne Toomey
Head of Textiles Programme, RCA
Dr. Nick de Leon
Executive Education and Knowledge Exchange Lead, School of Design, RCA
Dr. Elif Ozden Yenigun
Senior Tutor Textiles, RCA
Dr. Marie O'Mahony
Senior Lecturer, Research, RCA
Rama Gheerawo
Director, The Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design
Stephen Johns
Music Artistic Director, RCM
Dr. Jonathan Cole
Head of Music Composition, RCM
Rosie Green
Specialist Technical Instructor in Woven Textiles, RCA
Joe Hirst
Sound Studio Tech Instructor, RCA
Pietro Bardini
Specialist Technical Instructor, Physical Computing, RCA
Dimitris Menexopoulos
Visiting Lecturer, Information Experience Design, RCA
Eleni Giannoulis
Clinical Psychologist MSc, Neuropsychologist, Art Psychotherapist MA, Group Analyst (tr.), Creative Arts Therapies' Supervisor, ECPh
Dr. Hermionie Giannouli
Neurologist , Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Dr. Jamie A Ward
Senior Lecturer, Machine Learning, Goldsmiths University of London
Dr. Marianna Kapsetaki
Medical Doctor, Neuroscientist, PhD Cognitive Neuroscience, Imperial College London
Industry collaborators:
Irene Gallou
Environmental Design Analyst, Senior Partner, Head of Specialist Modelling Group (SMG) Foster+Partners
Josef Musil
Design Systems Analyst(SMG) Foster+Partners
Saina Akhond
Design Systems Analyst Robotics (SMG) Foster+Partners
Yu Hu
Material Researcher (SMG) Foster+Partners
Nicola Agresta
Senior Lighting Designer (SMG) Foster+Partners
Andy Acred
Associate, PhD, MA (Cantab), MEng (SMG) Foster+Partners
Xiaoming Yang
Associate Partner, Environmental Analyst (SMG) Foster+Partners
Aran Sena
Robotics & AI researcher (SMG) Foster+Partners
Antonella Bevilacqua
Acoustician (SMG) Foster+Partners
Tommaso Galbersanini
CEO Dreamlux, Samsara S.r.l.
Veronica Chiappucci
Commercial Back Office, Samsara S.r.l.
Luca Farhanghi
Sales Manager, Lodetex SpA
Simon Van Parijs
Director of Photography
Harris Alvi
Director, Backlight Visuals
Project collaborators:
Isin Eray Eray
MMus Composition for Screen, RCM
Obe Vermeulen
MComp Composition, RCM
Jacques Allen
MMus Composition, RCM
Huan Zhang
MMus Piano Performance, RCM
Monique Pong
Founder of Music Children Foundation(HK), Music Education RCM, Dip Ecole Normale (Paris), Adv.Dip (HKAPA)
Dr. Marianna Kapsetaki
Neuroscientist, Classical Pianist, Imperial College London
Dr. Gelly Gryntaki
Art Writer, Curator
Alisha Raman
MA Architecture, RCA
Évelin Maier
MA Contemporary Art Practice, School of Arts & Humanities
Eloise Stringer
MA Visual Communication, RCA
Abodid Sahoo
MA Digital Direction, RCA
Marina Fraser
Choreographer, Movement Direction, Performer
Amalia Pop
Cinematography, DoP, MA Filmmaking, London Film Academy
Hristina Tasheva
Focus Puller, MA Filmmaking, London Film Academy
Gurnihal Singh
Gaffer, MA Filmmaking, London Film Academy
Coraline Miloudi
Cast
Project Curation & Artistic Designer:
Amelia Peng