Within the framework of NUBIA LAB INCUBACIÓN IA MÓNS 2025 and the program “TRES FREQÜÈNCIES: A Month of Immersive Art, Sound & Vision”.
Barcelona, October 2025 — ESPRONCEDA Institute of Art & Culture proudly presents the Spanish premiere of Traversing the Mist, the acclaimed immersive XR experience by Taiwanese artist and director Chou Tung-Yen, produced by Very Theatre and Very Mainstream Studio (Taiwan), in part made possible by the National Culture and Arts Foundation and Ministry of Culture Taipei, Cultural Department Catalana and XR Europe.
The exhibition opens on October 29, 2025, at 18:00 h at ESPRONCEDA (Barcelona), inaugurating the international program Tres freqüències — A Month of Immersive Art, Sound & Vision, presented within the framework of NUBIA LAB INCUBACIÓN IA MÓNS 2025.
A poetic odyssey through perception, identity, and transformation
Traversing the Mist is a 6DoF multi-user XR installation that invites participants to explore a surreal gay sauna — a dreamlike labyrinth of vapor, memory, and emotion.
Audiences embody the same figure: a young Taiwanese man navigating corridors that dissolve into mist, confronting reflections of desire and fear in a constantly shifting environment.
Blending live performance, 3D animation, and immersive interaction, the piece expands Chou’s internationally celebrated Trilogy of Mist (In the Mist, Gazing, in the Mist, and Traversing the Mist), transforming intimate experience into shared virtual space.
Described by Variety as “a dreamlike odyssey awash in fear and flesh,” and hailed at NewImages Festival for its “visceral and embodied exploration of connection and identity,” Traversing the Mist has been presented at IDFA Doclab (world premiere), Venice Immersive, and Kaohsiung Film Festival — and now premieres in Spain for the first time at ESPRONCEDA.