Projects
Immersive Ancient Performance Venue Experience
Immersive Ancient Performance Venue Experience
Reconstruction of an ancient performance venue using immersive arts.
Through this funding, we aim to explore the virtual reconstruction of an ancient performance venue from an ancient text and understand its architectural, cultural, and sensory dimensions, using immersive technology (VR / 360° video + spatial audio).
This project is led by Aarathy Arun - musician and dancer, tutor, choreographer, artistic director and director of Deekshaa CIC & Aarathy Arun Global Arts. She has an experience of 35 years in Indian classical music and dance (learning, practising, performing and, a teaching experience of 12 years). She serves as Indian Arts Leader at OVAL, a diverse arts consortium in Birmingham, which was initially funded by Birmingham City Council (2019-2021). She was the winner of 'WOW Award 2025 for Cultural Impact' by Kaushalya UK. She was selected as the stage 1 cohort of 'Create Growth Programme West Midlands' by Creative UK in partnership with West Midlands Combined Authority, funded by DCMS.gov.uk.
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£5,000
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Aarathy Arun
Project Lead, Lead Artist and Producer
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Aarathy Arun is a musican and dancer with 35 years of experience in Indian arts sector, including 12 years of teaching. She is a tutor, mentor, choreographer, artistic director and founder of the annual Indian arts festival Samarpana (2016), arts organisation Deekshaa CIC (2020) and Aarathy Arun Global Arts (2025). Her special interest area is- ancient texts on performing arts such as ‘Natyasastra, Abhinaya Darpana’ etc. Through her project – Immersive Ancient Performance Venue Experience, she and her team explore the immersive arts technology for constructing an anceint performance venue, described in an ancient text.
Arun Kumar Thoppuparambil Krishnakumar
Technical consultant
for developing blue print and assisting in the development of the performance arts venue
Priyanka Lengure
Artist and architect
Assisting in developing the dimensions and blue print of the performance venue.
Anitha Srinivasan
Dancer
A dancer assisting in the R&D.
