An interactive and immersive experience. Collaboration of creative technologists Samantha Mharie and Rabi Syed.

Explore From Darkness Comes Light, a collaborative interactive and immersive experience created by creative technologists Samantha Mharie (MSc Data Science and AI in Creative Industries) and Rabi Syed (MSc Creative Computing) from Norwich University of the Arts.

The installation explores how mental health data can be transformed through art, technology, and interaction, allowing audiences to experience patterns and relationships within the data through generative visuals, audio, and tactile elements.

Presented within the Immersive Visualisation and Simulation Lab (IVSL) 360° screen environment, the experience surrounds audiences with a fully immersive digital space.

Journey from darkness towards light, connection, and hope, where technology and creativity come together to illuminate the experiences often left unseen.

Please Note: This installation is in a 360° screen lab and will be warm, as you'll be surrounded by the projection screens throughout the experience.

⚠️Seizure trigger warning!

This immersive experience contains visuals and sustained flashing lighting that may affect those who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy or have other photosensitivities.

Please note that we are only at the Immersive Visualisation and Simulation Lab Friday 4th September (which is the best place for the experience). Otherwise we are at the main Post Graduate Festival 4th - 9th September including the weekend room SG64 at St George. Details here (no ticket needed):

https://norwichuni.ac.uk/events/postgrad-festival-2026/

Description supplied by the event organiser.