THE CENTRE, MUSEUM OF THE FUTURE IN DUBAI JASON BRUGES STUDIO
The Museum of the Future is designed to transform our perception of the future through a series of immersive environments. ‘By meaningfully merging aspects of science, art, technology and spirituality, the museum inspires humanity to reimagine the future and all its possibilities,’ says the Dubai Future Foundation, of which the museum is part. Especially created for the museum, The Centre is an inhabitable media artwork that uses light, water, vibration and sound to stimulate the senses. ‘An antidote to an evermore digitally saturated reality,’ says JBS, ‘The installation offers an immediate, visceral experience inspired by historic ritual.’ Recalling centres of spiritual and physical healing throughout time and across different cultures – from Victorian
spa therapies to Tibetan gong baths – the central space is an elevated ‘well’ with a shallow layer of water.
Highly controlled oscillations act on the liquid, while an immersive soundscape envelops the room. Light cast through the central lens projects caustic (optical effect of reflections and refractions) animations into a vast architectural dome, bathing visitors beneath in delicate, liquid light. Continuously evolving, the light and soundscape uses a tightly choregraphed palette of effects including clouds, rainfall and streams, inspired by the water cycle. ‘This project offered a rare opportunity to push the realms of the possible,’ says Jason Bruges, creative director and founder. ‘With The Centre we wanted to create a feeling of self-transcendence. To provide a space that is spiritual and
meditative but also grounding. That allows people to feel connected within themselves, with each other and with physical reality.’
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