“LIGHT” 
Created by Jacob Marshall
Music by MAE featuring Tim Fain, VR animation directed by David Lobser, Haptics by Neuroscientist David Eagleman & Neosensory

Fusion of light, sound, and touch has been the inspiration behind many great leaps in the arts. From primeval fireside songs, to Kandinsky, to Fantasia, to the iTunes visualizer, humankind is innately enthralled by the mysterious dance between music, color, and vibration.  Science has now caught up to this instinctive fascination, making this fusion possible.  “Light” is a collaboration between top-tier talent from multiple disciplines including the fields of virtual reality, music, engineering, neuroscience, haptics, and animation to create a first-of-its-kind live-synced VR experience of art for the whole body. After having this experience, participants are then asked to write a short reflection responding to the piece. Over time these collective responses reveal the underlying fabric of our shared humanity.

BIO

Jacob Marshall is a creator and connector whose focus is on the future of culture. He created a degree program in Interdisciplinary Studies graduating Magna Cum Laude from the Honors College at Old Dominion University with a Bachelor of Science in Aesthetic Theory. Jacob went on to create the acclaimed rock band MAE (Multisensory Aesthetic Experience) inspired by his funded research. He has sold over 500,000 records worldwide and performed over 1600 concerts on 5 continents.

He worked to help launch the Global Citizen Festival which brought 60,000 music fans to New York’s Central Park on September 29th, 2012. The festival leveraged $1.3 billion in new commitments to the world’s poor and became the largest charity concert broadcast in history with a confirmed number of impressions surpassing 2 billion.

In 2013, 2014, and 2015 he served as a Producer of Global Citizen Festival and built a broad variety of strategic partnerships. 

Jacob serves as a member of the advisory board for Future of Story Telling (FoST) where he launched and leads the social impact initiative “FoST for Good” in partnership with HP and Facebook. He also served for 5 years as the Cultural Curator for the Wedgwood Circle Institute, as an artist mentor at the New Museum’s Art + Tech incubator NEWINC.

Recently his attention has been focused on helping to build Constellation, the first coalition of international astronauts to address global humanitarian and environmental challenges from the perspective of the Overview Effect.

He also recently conceived, produced and performed the world’s first large scale collective virtual reality concert experience from inside Jerusalem’s 3000 year-old Tower of David for the Forbes 30 Under 30 Summit.

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This lecture is a part of Blended Reality Month @ CCAM!