Circus of Fear
A haunted house where flat paint becomes 3D — chromodepth glasses, blacklight, and perceptual trickery.
Circus of Fear was a collaborative haunted house installation built by the Phoenix Asylum makerspace community. The central effect used chromodepth glasses — a perceptual technology that uses the brain's reading of color wavelengths to suggest depth — combined with blacklight-reactive paint, so flat painted surfaces appeared to shift and warp in three dimensions. Disorienting and immersive by design.
Circus of Fear was awarded a grant to perform at Apogaea and ran for several years after. I helped build the sets and performed as a character in the haunt itself.
The project sits at the intersection of several threads I keep returning to: perceptual experience design, physical installation, collaborative making, and live performance.
