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Max Cooper – 3D/AV Live

Presented by Strange Victory and CQAF

Max Cooper – 3D/AV Live

Mandela Hall

Friday 1 May, 8.00pm

Doors 7.30pm

£25.00

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3D/AV Live is Max Cooper‘s immersive audio-visual performance system.

Customised to every venue, with every show a unique experience, Max works together with architecture and space to deliver his unique blend of scientific and human stories that move off the screen to wrap the audience in sculptures of light and sound.

The tour will showcase Max’s latest album Feeling Is Structure plus material spanning Cooper’s celebrated catalogue, alongside new compositions that continue his exploration of the human experience through music.

Drawing on an extensive portfolio of conceptual album projects, the experience is catered to seated or standing events, classical or techno, given his rich catalogue of genre spanning musical and visual content. 3D/AV tells the story of the foundations of our world, and our place in it, as a living feeling experience.

Max Cooper is an electronic composer, multi-disciplinary artist, music label founder and former scientist who has carved out a unique space in music and visual art.

He holds a PhD in computational biology at the same time as being the first contemporary electronic musician to perform at the ancient Acropolis theatre in Athens and one of the first clutch of musicians to produce in Dolby Atmos.

Cooper has enquired for over 15 years through music, collaborations, and his label Mesh, to explore the intersections between the arts and sciences with installations, performances, immersive experiences, online media, music videos and live events. Anchored throughout is his emotive approach, connecting how ideas and forms feel, in a manner accessible to us all.

Support by Ryan Vail.

 

 

Jaw-dropping, and – the word is overused, but here it’s 100% valid – immersive:Sonar

Striking performances that are nothing short of pure spectacle –RA

Le Jackson Pollock de la musique La Libre

Beautiful electronic music inspired by the natural world – Vogue

Astonishing… 90 exhilarating, life-affirming minutes – Electronic Sound

Epic to see live, totally immersive- Nemone, BBC6Music

Go see him live, it’s just an absolute wild experience – Thomas Ravenscroft, BBC Radio 6 Music

It’s a mighty explosion of colour and sound, like the universe is fragmenting before our very eyes – the sheer mind-bending array of imagery is astonishing… – Electronic Sound

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CQAF 2026 Sound & Vision

Max Cooper – 3D/AV Live

Presented by Strange Victory and CQAF

Max Cooper – 3D/AV Live

Mandela Hall

Friday 1 May, 8.00pm

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CQAF and the Lonesome Dove Cinema Club presents:

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Beanbag Cinema (5 Exchange Place, Belfast BT1 2NA)

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