ToDA’s Digital Extravaganza event ran for 100 days and attracted thousands of visitors.
ToDA’s Digital Extravaganza event ran for 100 days and attracted thousands of visitors. Image Credit: Instagram @todadubai

Dubai’s Theatre of Digital Arts, or ToDa for short, brought the curtain down on an incredible metaverse exhibition that immersed visitors into an augmented reality universe of what-ifs, transcending reality through the use of technology for a truly multi-sensory experience.

Running from May until the end of August for a hundred days, and welcoming thousands of visitors, ToDA’s Digital Extravaganza was made possible by 16 artists, including visual artist Jonathan Monaghan; Los Angeles-based Japanese designer Luna Ikuta; digital artist and ‘explorer of infinity, reality and consciousness’ Kevin Mack; motion designer Daniil Zuev; and digital videographer Arnaud Laffond.

16 artists in total took part including world-renowned digital videographers.
16 artists in total took part including world-renowned digital videographers. Image Credit: instagram @todadubai

ToDA’s new media spectacle showcased the best of alternate reality talents, presenting narrative journeys in the Metaverse created especially for Digital Extravaganza. Stories included “Out of the Abyss” about a horse ride; “Eyra” which took on the solarpunk alter sphere; a genetic engineer ‘biopic’ in “Afterlife”; and “Refuge/Refuse” about a futuristic world full of conspiracies.

ToDA also announced its 10 open-call winners from a pool of more than 100 entries
ToDA also announced its 10 open-call winners from a pool of more than 100 entries Image Credit: Instagram @todadubai

Additionally ToDA took the opportunity to hold an open call for digital artists and their interpretations of the future, attracting more than a hundred entries from over 50 countries. You can check out the 10 lucky winners over on ToDA’s Instagram page.