“The Waldorf Project, in collaboration with Wonderfruit Festival, attempted something never done before….and made history…in the world’s biggest experiment in empathy engineering. 4200 people were united as a single organism, connected for a moment as one. “
The World’s Largest Experiment in Empathy Engineering “FUTURO – X” took place at Thailand’s Wonderfruit Festival in December 2018, making a radical shift, from an audience of 40 to 4200 people.
“The Waldorf Project. Not so much pushing boundaries as shattering them into pieces since 2012… “
Directed and orchestrated by artist Sean Rogg, the Waldorf Project is a radical immersive experience on a grand stage in which art is consumed through all of the senses. The experience unites the senses through food, scent, drink, movement, sound, and environment. The key to their concept is the synergy between the various aspects of the event and the imaginations of the creative team.
In the heart of Thailand’s rural Chonburi Province, they presented “FUTURO – X”, a truly revolutionary concept both for the Waldorf Project itself and in festival entertainment.
They had tested their theories in London, through “FUTURO”, proving with certainty that the energies of 40 people could be connected, and that empathy could be engineered through a creative transformation of the senses.
In this latest iteration at the Wonderfruit Festival, the Waldorf Project took a colossal jump forward, by proving the same hypothesis in a situation involving thousands. FUTURO – X was experienced by an entire festival’s community, with every one of the 4200 guests directly and collectively engaged. This was achieved at a monumental scale with a vast level of participation.
For the performance to be fully
From its genesis five years ago as a multi-sensory dining experience, the Waldorf Project has evolved into a daring experiment in consciousness transformation.
In the London staging of FUTURO, development took place over the course of two and a half hours. In contrast, the festival setting allowed for days, throughout which time, as implemented previously, guests became part of a universal synergy, building in anticipation towards the grand experiment.
The London FUTURO had just four dancers performing to an intimate audience of 40 people. In contrast, FUTURO – X had a cast of 250, that included dancers from Bangkok Dance Academy alongside the UK’s core team, with Artificial Intelligence taking the role as ‘third choreographer’.
The story began the moment festival goers set foot on the land. Through architectural and technological interventions, the story grew day by day, culminating in the penultimate performance that took place on the night of the 16th December as Wonderfruit’s grand finale,
For more than six months, the masterminds behind the Waldorf Project worked closely with Wonderfruit, through whose forward-looking ethos FUTURO – X reached its ultimate manifestation.
The main event on the evening of the 16th December was a fully immersive, communal performance, during which every other element of the festival was completely deprogrammed so that the focus of the audience was entirely fixed on FUTURO – X.
After years of psychological research, mathematical work, artistic collaboration
From its genesis six years ago, the Waldorf Project has evolved into a daring experiment in consciousness transformation. FUTURO – X was the largest experiment of its kind the world has ever seen, opening the doors to the Waldorf Project‘s new path
The project will run over a number of instalments with Chapter Four in 2019. This evolution continues as we look forward to the next chapter, “BARZAKH” in 2019.
