Design Center:Community Rituals & Civic Ceremony: Building immersive experiences

5 units · Undergraduate

Intermittent: 4.5 units This course combines social games and physical techniques from public theatre with contemporary design practices in the immersive experience industry to examine group rituals and civic ceremonies from ancient Mesopotamian, Mesoamerican, and Asian traditions. Participants will create and perform original civic ceremonies that harness group energy to "enchant" their surroundings, their belongings, and each other.