Browsing by Author "Bren, Travis"

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    Bringing the Rave out of the Cave
    (North Dakota State University, 2020) Bren, Travis
    By examing the types of space raves inhabited, from the anarchist grass-root orgins of the urban undergrounds to the vast landscapes of commodified festivals of today, I question: what would the ideal 21st century rave space be? I propose to reinvent the new rave space, to structure the traditions, to reharmonize the powerful connections within body, spirit, culture and place. I aim to reconceptualize the club scene, sythesizing raves past sensibility of place with the innovative technology of today, resulting in an amorphous mixture of space, sound and light. The focus will be acoustically and visually rich environments within architectural forms that include a diverse variety of spatial experiences that enhance the physical, emotional, and spiritual responses of the users. The result of this will be a combination of applied research into the past and present status of EDM/Rave scenes and their spatial implications along with experimenting the ideal acoustical environment and its variables through simulation.
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    A Study of the Ideal Acoustical/Spatial Environment for Rave/EDM Performance Spaces
    (North Dakota State University, 2019) Bren, Travis
    By examining the types of space raves inhabited, from the predominate 90s anarchist grass-root origins of the urban undergrounds to today's contemporary youth in vast landscapes of com-modified festivals and clubs, as well as their generational socio-cultural implications, I question: what would the ideal 21st century rave space be? This is my overarching thesis question on a broad level, where for this journal research study, I break it down into a smaller area of focus, such as acoustics and space. This study involves identifying the ideal architectural acoustical and spatial characteristics of rave performance spaces, focusing on a diverse range of past and present exemplar performance spaces and their physical, mental and emotional perceptual experiences both objectively and subjectively.