Bringing the Rave out of the Cave

Abstract

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.