Theater of the Mind

Technology Designer

Theater of the Mind is an immersive journey in a 15,000-square-foot installation exploring how our minds see and create the world around us as participants traverse unique environments and try a series of sensory experiments. The production is co-created by Talking Heads front-man David Byrne and writer Mala Gaonkar, using stories from their lives to shape the narrative experience of the audience members. Heidi Boisvert joins the production as the technology designer. 

As technology designer, Heidi worked extensively on the multi-level, technological ecosystem that drives the show. It functioned over four levels: 1) the science that uniquely shapes the experience, 2) a custom show control system that triggers sound, lights, environmental sensors, and motor controls that worked simultaneously across all the rooms, 3) a vast network architecture consisting of Raspberry Pi’s and cables over a mile long that enabled all devices to communicate and share data, and 4) an infrastructure of web panels and surveillance cameras that enabled stage managers and experience designers to seamlessly facilitate participants’ experiences.

Theater of the Mind is a production for the Denver Center for the Performing Arts.