Chambers of AWE
Combining the power of sound,
wisdom traditions, and cutting-edge technology to facilitate
awe-inducing experiences, inner transformations, and healing.
Chambers of AWE is an innovative multimedia production company that fills planetariums with 360º audio field recordings and imagery from powerful sacred spaces in the world, and combines that with CGI and AI generated content.
Our productions deepen our relationship with the natural world and help people reconnect to the wisdom and power of what it means to be human - as we transition into a world embedded with augmented and artificial intelligence.
At the core of these productions is the use of ceremonial musical instruments from ancient traditions to modern craftsmanship. These, along with modern instruments, are made with the intention to connect us to the ‘unseen’ world and the mystery of the Universe.
By augmenting these sounds with cutting-edge technology we enhance some harmonics that we could otherwise not hear. This elaboration creates immersive environments with a vast spectrum of frequencies and resonances perceptible through our bones, cells, and other physical receptors.
In these settings music becomes experiential - the body and the mind merge with the sound, traveling beyond the fields of cognitive perceptions to create experiences of various states of consciousness, inner transformations, and wellbeing.
Music Awakens what is Asleep in Us
Chambers of AWE are rooted in 30+ years of studies and initiations in ancient traditions and modern schools of wisdom, as well as the direct observation of nature.
At the core of these productions is the use of ceremonial instruments from ancient traditions and unique modern craftsmanship. These instruments are made with the intention to transit into different states of consciousness, access inner guidance, and connect as a community.
We utilizes cutting-edge technology to augment some of those natural sources of sound, creating immersive environments with a vast spectrum of frequencies and resonances perceptible through our bones, cells, and other meta-sensory receptors. In these settings music becomes experiential.
The immersive 360º visuals give a deeper layer of introspection, providing a lens that our naked eyes alone cannot have. This allows people to look at the vastness of reality with new eyes, seeing the ordinary life in extraordinary ways.
Bringing AWE Back to Us
A key feature of Chambers of AWE is the use of audio and video field recordings made in sacred places in the world, which help us rebalance our relationship with nature and reconnect to the wisdom of previous civilizations.
In our modern times we live isolated, and in an environment filled with electronic sounds and compressed digital frequencies, which have drastically reduced the emergent properties of sound and music.
In nature nothing is isolated or compressed therefore acoustic sources of sound have a much richer spectrum of frequencies, harmonics, and textures which activate our brain and body in multidimensional ways. Chambers of AWE bring back ancient sounds and lost frequencies as sources of physical, mental, and spiritual nourishment.
Participants Report
“a sense of inner peace never experienced before”
“physical and emotional pain release”
“mental clarity”
“inner guidance”
“a boost of creativity“
“a connection to the ancestors“
“a feeling of being at home“
“a life transforming experience”
“a psychedelic journey without medicine“
“a clear felt experience that all is interconnected“
“a renewed relationship with nature”
Our Next Experiential Show for Planetariums
QUALIA
An Immersive Journey into the Magic of Life
Each one of us perceives reality in a unique way. The word qualia refers to your internal, subjective experiences of reality. Your inner sensations, images, feelings, and thoughts are your unique qualia - the qualitative aspect of how you perceive the world around you. Any experience you are having right now is qualia.
QUALIA is an immersive sound and visual journey into the magic of life. Music and visuals become storytellers but you are the one creating the plot. You become the creator of your own experience, conceiving realities that only you can perceive. QUALIA is an invitation to open doors within you that have been forgotten, awakening human abilities that are dormant and yet ready to be activated.
Conceived to take you on a journey, Laura uses the 5 Elements structure - earth, water, fire, wind, and space - as a pathway into grounding, connecting, envisioning, harmonizing, and integrating. It is up to you to experience QUALIA as a transformative journey, or an immersion into beauty, a booster for creativity, a physical, mental, and emotional release, or a joyful and meaningful time to share with your friends and beloved ones.
The music score is made with ceremonial and modern instruments from around the globe. Some of those acoustic sources are augmented to create unique drones and harmonics, giving to the compositions a contemporary style. With a similar approach, the 360º visuals will combine sources from nature, ancient sacred sites, and human creations, along with CGI and AI generated content.
Creating Chambers of AWE
Shifting dissonance into resonance, we deepen our connection to self, to each other, and to nature. From private gatherings to big venues sitting thousands, Chambers of AWE are custom-made for:
Special Events ~ Conferences / Festivals / Corporations / Leadership Programs / Private Gatherings / Sacred Ceremonies & Weddings
Permanent Installations ~ Retreat Centers / Hotels / Waiting Rooms / Commercial Buildings / Companies / Hospitals / Hospice / Homes & Gardens
Touring ~ Planetariums / IMAX Theater / Museums / Concert Halls / Universities / Schools / Site Specific Installations / Sacred Sites in Nature / Field Recordings
Further Areas
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Global Expansion ~ Distribute shows through hundreds of additional planetariums worldwide.
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Venue Expansion ~ Deliver in IMAX theaters, multi-media venues seating thousands, conferences and festivals, museums, permanent installations, hotels, retreat centers, and waiting rooms.
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New Forms of Digital Distribution ~ Partner with existing digital art platforms and create content for in-home displays, mobile wallets, and NFTs.
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AWE Product Development ~ License content for vibro-acoustic devices and next generation smart feducials.
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Live-Streaming ~ Provide 360° VR Live Streaming and 24/7 Linear Broadcasting.
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Brand Building ~ Conduct special events, tours, and real-time interactive performances.
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New Business Models ~ Explore new opportunities through online platforms and mobile app.
Laura Inserra
Founder & CCO
Laura Inserra is a world-renowned leader in sound healing - a sound alchemist, multi-instrumentalist, educator, and multimedia producer. She lives and creates at the confluence of global music, ancient wisdom traditions, and cutting-edge technology.
Laura grew up in Sicily and has been exploring the power of sound since her youth. She has decades of worldwide industry experience in soundtrack and sound design for movies, performing arts, and site-specific installations, as well as immersive multidisciplinary productions.
Laura plays hundreds of rare ancient and modern instruments from around the world - Zapotec clay flutes, Mongolian jaw harp, Tibetan bowls, Laotian khen, Australian didgeridoo, African djembe, various shamanic drums, numerous percussions, and unique custom-made instruments, including many made by her.
Combining her intimate knowledge of music with her spiritual studies, Laura developed MetaMusic Healing, gaining recognition in the NYT bestseller "Your Brain on Art" by Ivy Ross and Susan Magsamen. Her work has been chosen by Johns Hopkins for a research project around the benefit of music, aiming to uncover how music can amplify the therapeutic effects of psychedelics, enhance well-being, and expand our understanding of consciousness.
Laura conducts transformative leadership retreats and corporate programs with senior executive teams of companies such as Google X, Walmart, and Synergos. She is also actively engaged in creating immersive experiences and as a public speaker in the most cutting-edge conferences such as BrainMind, MAPS, and Wisdom 2.0
Contact Laura Inserra if you are interested in
creating a sound-immersive environment for your next conference or event.
AWE Advisory Board
Evolution is the Result of Cooperation
In order to build a sustainable growth engine that allows us to develop and scale high impact experiences of AWE around the world, we are combining the mission-driven focus of a non-profit organization with the financial and operational benefits of a for-profit company.
Our goal is to raise funds to create an AWE Lab in the Bay Area in which we will develop flagship shows to be distributed over the next 5 years across 50 planetariums. This will set the stage for a regenerative phase of growth and impact.
At the AWE Lab, we will also conduct research to deepen the content of our Chambers of AWE, and will host leadership retreats to ripple the impact of our work in diverse communities and industries.
Scaling AWE Together
We invite you to join the Angels of AWE, a like-hearted and forward-looking group providing funds and resources to evoke what’s best in humans. Among this incredible community of luminary minds, we welcome you as aligned angel investor and business partner.
Investing in Chambers of AWE, LLC goes beyond financial returns. These experiences have a profound impact on individuals, fostering personal growth, healing, and spiritual awakening. By supporting the expansion of Chambers of AWE, LLC investors contribute to the wellbeing and transformation of individuals and communities.
We will be happy to meet with you and share in detail the full vision, the financial possibilities, and the self-sustaining business model.
To schedule a meeting please contact Founder & CEO Laura Inserra
Staged world premiere at
Prague Congress Center - Czech Republic
Oct. 30 - Nov. 2, 2018
Devcon is the annual Ethereum conference for designers, developers, researchers and artists. The Ethereum Foundation hosts Devcon to educate and empower our community to build decentralized applications, and to bring Ethereum protocols, tools, and culture to the world.
This is a conference for builders: designers, UX researchers, smart contract devs, blockchain researchers, client implementers, test engineers, infrastructure operators, community organizers, and even artists in the community.
Behind the Scenes of Chambers Of AWE
An Interview with Laura Inserra during the world premier performed in Prague for DevCon4, the Ethereum Foundation's conference 2018.
Using Music & Cutting Edge Technology for
Immersive & Transformative Experiences
Chambers of AWE was premiered in 2018 in Prague during a large cryptocurrency conference, when Laura transformed for four days a forum hall into a decompression room, creating a sound and lighting reactive installation. Participants were entering an invisible but palpable 60 foot diameter sphere of sound created by an ambisonic system of 16 speakers and 4 subwoofers.
Laura and her live set was in the center of the sphere with 8 mics, each one connected to 2 speakers, plus 2 mics connected to the whole sound system. This allowed her to map and create live sound architectures in addition to her pre-recorded tracks.
The ongoing intertwined pre-recorded and live music created a striking immersive sound environment. In addition, she offered twice a day guided immersive sound experiences.
An Article by Michael Ellsberg
Why do the most forward-thinking tech conferences
hire Laura Inserra to create their decompression rooms?
Heading into the 2020s, the most forward-looking corporate conferences create decompression lounges where attendees can relax and recharge for a few minutes before diving back in headlong to the intensity and bustle of the conference. However, most decompression lounges, are paltry affairs with perhaps a little ambient music playing off an iPod, a tea station, and some diffused lights.
At DevCon4, the main annual meeting for the Ethereum community, the Foundation wanted something more immersive, more artistic, and frankly, more decompressive and recharging. The foundation wanted participants not just to have a relaxing and restorative experience, but one that would also uplift them, and bring them into deeper resonance with their bodies - thus getting more in touch with their creative potential. That’s why the Ethereum Foundation hired sound alchemist Laura Inserra, creator of Chambers of AWE (Acoustic Waves Emergence).
