PHYGITAL INTIMACY is an interactive mixed-reality performance and cooperative multiplayer game that merges contemporary dance, generative music production, and XR technologies to create an immersive experience of connection and intimacy between the participants and the technology.

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In an immersive mixed-reality environment, a dancer and the participating audience come together on stage to navigate four collaborative game stages (“levels”), overcoming digital challenges through shared actions. Through the interplay of movement, sound, and digital elements, a collective choreography emerges that fosters a sense of togetherness and intimacy across both physical and digital space. Motion data is translated into sound through algorithms, generating a dynamic exchange between body and technology.

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PHYGITAL INTIMACY is a collaborative project by media artist Lisa Kaschubat (concept and artistic direction), dancer and choreographer Tasha Hess-Neustadt, and musician and composer Jane Arnison. In a joint creative process, the team explores the interplay of body, sound, and code using real-time tracking, interactive motion sensors, and generative music.

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Part of TanzTausch 2026 Cologne: https://www.tanztausch-festival.de/lisa-kaschubat-phygital-intimacy-berlin/

 

Part of Vorspiel Transmediale Berlin: https://vorspiel.berlin/events/phygital-intimacy​​​

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Credits:

 

Concept and Artistic Direction: Lisa Kaschubat

Dancer and Choreographer: Tasha Hess-Neustadt

Composer and Interaction Designer: Jane Arnison

3D Programming: Leonid Barsht

3D Artist: Lisa Kaschubat and Dagmar Schürrer

Project Coordination and Production: Maja Stark

Avatar and Portal Design: Carolina Ovando

Goblet Design: wro wrzesińska

Stage Design: Louis Caspar Schmitt

Motion Capture System Support: DOCK11/DOCKdigital

 

Produced within the project AURORA XR School for Artists at HTW Berlin.
Co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) within the program »Strengthening the Potential for Innovation in Culture III« (INP-III) and supported by UdK Berlin.

Made possible thanks to the generous support of DOCK11/DOCKdigital.