Experience Design

ÆTHER Studio · Aurélia Marine

re:Human × orphic Morphosis

Immersive Media Art Installation · 5th–10th February 2026, Zürich · Sound · Perception · Space · Visuals

re:Human × orphic Morphosis is a multisensory, cinema-scale installation that redefines moving image as a living interface between brain, body, and space. Developed around a world-first, science-based sound innovation, the work shifts cinematic experience from passive observation into a tangible transformation of perception and state.

Set within a 180-degree projection environment and a second-order ambisonic sound field, the installation unfolds as a contemplative spatial composition. Visitors are invited to sit or recline within a one-hour cycle, where abstract visual landscapes of light, texture, and movement enter into a poetic dialogue between human and nature—tracing a passage from perceived separation toward intrinsic unity. Organic elements extend the environment beyond the screen, dissolving boundaries between image, space, and inner experience.

At its core lies a groundbreaking vibroacoustic system developed in Switzerland. Its evidence-based frequency architecture engages neural, muscular, and cellular processes, allowing sound to be not only heard but physically experienced. Vibration becomes a resonant medium—translating sound into a form of perceptual architecture that operates directly on the body and consciousness.

Rooted in neuroscience and circadian rhythm research, the composition unfolds across four neural states: theta, alpha, beta, and gamma. This temporal dramaturgy guides participants through deep relaxation, meditative presence, focused activation, and expanded coherence. In parallel, the visual field evolves from representation into resonance, where images are no longer passively consumed but dynamically reinterpreted through the viewer’s own perceptual state.

Positioned as both aesthetic proposition and social laboratory, the work explores how technologically advanced environments can support re-humanisation in an era of overstimulation and anthropogenic noise. Rather than amplifying sensory overload, the installation operates as a counter-field—transmuting intensity into coherence and transforming cinema into an instrument of regulation.

The experience is conceived as an open yet guided journey from external acceleration toward internal alignment. Without imposing narrative, it creates the conditions for subtle, embodied transformation—restoring connection to body, environment, and collective presence. The boundary between the cinematic and the somatic becomes perceptible, dissolving into a unified field of experience.

re:Human × orphic Morphosis proposes a new paradigm for immersive cinema: where spatial image, ambisonic sound, and vibroacoustic intelligence converge into a coherent environment for regeneration and expanded awareness.

Mission / Vision: To investigate shifts in perception and presence within a technologically accelerated and acoustically saturated present, and to explore how immersive, sound-based environments can operate as epistemic tools beyond narrative or representational logics.

Key decisions in creation (intentional exclusions): No narrative structure, no spectacle, no representational visuals, no intentional dramaturgy.

Ingredients: Spatial sound composition, low-frequency vibrations, phase modulation, contemplative visual elements.

Perceptual outcome: A suspension of linear temporality and a heightened state of attentiveness, enabling subtle perceptual recalibration rather than expressive transformation.

Learnings | transferability: Positions immersive sound as a research study case within media art; transferable to discursive, research-oriented, and public contexts, with potential expansion in a Phase II format.

In Between Thoughts

Immersive installation · Design Weeks Zürich 2025 · Sound · Perception · Space · Visuals

“In Between Thoughts” is a curated installation between design and contemplative art. A place of quiet rituals, mindful transitions and inner expansion – a conscious antithesis to the acceleration of our time.

A decelerating atmosphere unfolds over 150 square meters: an immersive experience of breathing textiles, botanical compositions, delicate plays of light in green spheres, fragrant nuances and a gentle soundscape. Wood chips and carpets form the floor, while subtle sound design and a gentle breeze waft through the room. An invitation to inner contemplation – a moment between two thoughts.

The installation was created in collaboration with Vitra, Création Baumann and Blumenhalle. The spotlight is on the new Slow Sofa by Vitra, which launched on September 4, 2025 on the occasion of the opening of Zurich Design Weeks.

Idea, Concept and Realisation: Aurélia Marine for House of Interiors & Iria Degen | Iria Degen Interiors

Mission | Vision: To create a contemplative counter-space within a design context—an embodied pause between acceleration and contemplation while launching Vitra’s Slow Sofa.

Intentional exclusions: No dominant branding, no visual overload, no directive narrative, no conventional product staging.

Ingredients: Textiles, wood chips, carpets, botanical compositions, green light spheres, subtle scent, ambient sound design, natural airflow.

Perceptual outcome: A calm, grounded state of embodied presence — an experiential interval between two thoughts.

Learnings / transferability: Demonstrates how immersive atmosphere can deepen product perception through sensory coherence; applicable to exhibitions, brand environments, and ritualised spatial formats.

VIBRATION

Immersive art installation · 2022, Ibiza · annual exhibition “IBICENCO” curated by Diego and Alexeja @ad.ibiza | Mondo Galleria, Madrid

This installation is an artistic representation of vibrations; such as the vibration of sound, light and movement within a living metabolism: Water.

Metaphysically, water holds vibrations completely and for sustained time frames. The element of water represents the recurring pattern of our complex feelings. Many of these components in our life can ‘flood’ us; too little can ‘dry’ us up. Keeping up a feeling of balance is significant. This artwork represents the significance of vibration and consciousness of water. Water carries memory and energy/intention and it is the essence of our existence. This piece shall remind us to stay fluid within the movement of life.

Mission / Reference: The installation draws on ancient human knowledge that understood ocean life as deeply interconnected with human perception. Sound—once a natural technology of orientation, communication, and deep-sea interaction—becomes the central medium.

Idea, Conception and Realisation: Aurélia Marine | Sound / Voice elements: Marv Radio, Ibiza

Mission | Vision: To articulate vibration as a fundamental principle of life, connecting sound, water, and consciousness within an immersive environment.

Intentional exclusions: No didactic explanation, no linear interpretation, no separation between material and meaning.

Ingredients: Water-based elements, sound and voice, light reflections, spatial resonance, minimal structural intervention.

Perceptual outcome: An embodied awareness of fluidity, balance, and resonance—physically and emotionally felt.

Learnings / transferability: Reveals water and sound as carriers of memory and intention; transferable to site-specific, ecological, and ancestral knowledge-based installations.