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‌The LUME has welcomed the works of Leonardo Da Vinci and several other Renaissance minds to the Melbourne Convention Centre with a 3,000m², four-storey multisensory gallery.

The immersive exhibition celebrates the innovation, art and timeless genius of Leonardo da Vinci. The surfaces at The LUME cycle through some of the greatest artworks and inventions from the Renaissance that take attendees through the lives of the artists.

Additionally, attendees can fly like a bird across Florence’s skyline and into the city’s streets with immersive VR technology in the VR Florence Flyover.

It was created and produced by Grande Experiences with spatial audio technology and sound design partner Des O’Neill at aFX Global in collaboration with Biblioteca Ambrosiana, the custodians of Leonardo’s original manuscripts, the Codex Atlanticus, housed in Milan, Italy. This is the first time that Da Vinci’s Codex Atlanticus has been displayed in Australia.

“Several years ago, when looking for a spatial audio solution for The Lume Melbourne, aFX Global and Encircled were among the first companies we spoke to,” Grande Experiences’ head of production, operations and technology Craig Smith says.

“Iosono quickly became the solution due to its workflows and easy integration into our existing audio systems. Since then, aFX Global has worked with us on content development and deployment to our Iosono systems, all supplied by Encircled.”

Encircled joint managing director Jan Langhammer adds that by creating a “global map”, they were able to quickly access all the loudspeakers throughout the venue: “With provision for separate spaces like feature projection locations, the Mezzanine and the 360 Room to each have their own immersive loudspeaker arrangements.

“From a content perspective, we can control the audio playback in all these areas – some share the same content; others play individual soundtracks. Since the venue’s opening, we’ve seen three major content updates and several ad-hoc events with special audio needs produced at The LUME Melbourne thanks to the flexibility of Iosono rendering and the forward-thinking sound design of the original loudspeaker layout.”