Dream Forest - illutron@Smukfest (2016)

In the fence from the festival site there is a small hole, a small cave, marked only by a glowing tree. Through the hole in the fence you can glimpse a magical experience. You crawl through the portal and stand among the beautiful beech trees - lit up, a gigantic work of light art consisting of thousands of individually computer-controlled pixels, which present a calm, pristinely beautiful light show. Oh, how slowly it dawns on you that you are standing in the middle of a real forest, which does not leave anything behind to the special effects of the movie Avatar. The light pulses slowly: a mixture of the breathing forest, the aurora borealis and the movements of the audience are outlined in living light patterns.

You walk on a path. A walk, a catharsis with experiences along the way:

• Dancers swing around in the air between the trees.

• Immersive performance experiences offer massages and an opportunity to float through the forest yourself.

• Exclusive virtual experience, helmets that you can stick your head into give you the opportunity to see from the Book Stage beyond the audience in real time (you control a camera with your head movements).

• You can hug the trees, listen to them and see the imprint of your touch in the light patterns.

You return to the festival site in a different place physically, through an equally discreet door, a different place, but indeed also a different place mentally - cleansed by the beautiful, technologically enhanced nature experience.