Event Information
Date: Thursday, Feb. 5
Time: 4 pm
Location: CalArts Campus; Sharon Disney Lund Theater
About:
The CHANEL Center for Artists and Technology (CCAT) presents Mikhael Tara Garver, Head of Culture House Immersive, for the inaugural artist speaker series event: How We Human Now: Immersion, Technology, and the Imperative of Gathering. The immersive experience pioneer will discuss an art practice grounded in the belief that technology is most powerful when it is woven into paths for how we move, choose, respond, and connect with one another in real time. And that the space between digital and physical interactions are the craft we most need to explore. Garver will be joined in conversation with CalArts Theater MFA student Tramaine Raphael Gray.
About Mikhael Tara Garver
Mikhael Tara Garver is a pioneering force in immersive storytelling and fandom-driven experience design, shaping how audiences gather, participate, and imagine together at the intersection of live experience, technology, and culture. As Director of Immersive Experience for the THEA Award–winning Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser, Garver realized her long-held vision of a two-day, three-night live immersive journey that gently draws participants into epic narrative agency. She also served as director on the American Repertory Theater’s initial production of Sleep No More.
Garver is currently the Founder and CEO of Culture House Immersive, a creative studio dedicated to shaping the future of experiential entertainment where technology, story, and human connection meet.
The CHANEL Center for Artists and Technology is a visionary initiative that positions artists at the forefront of shaping the evolving technologies that define our world, the CHANEL Center for Artists and Technology (CCAT) establishes CalArts as the hub of a new ecosystem of arts and technology.
