DREAMS OF FLIGHT

Studio Go Go presents Volo, four VR swing experiences, inspired by Leonardo Da Vinci's fabulous flying machines.

Freyja assisted master constructor Mike Golembewski for this project for StudioGoGo. Volo riders – wearing a VR headset as they swing – are transported into exhilarating dream experiences, each offering a different, embodied, sensation of flight. Volo premiered in the City of London in June 2019 as part of Fantastic Feats and London Festival of Architecture, featuring specially-designed swing frames, cantilevered from the trunks of mature trees around the Culture Mile. Installation locations: HELICAL SCREW – Paternoster Row, St Paul’s Cathedral; ORNITHOPTER – Churchyard, Christchurch Greyfriar; PARACHUTE – Rotunda Garden, Smithfield Market; and GLIDER – Fann Street, Golden Lane Estate. Supported by: City of London Corporation, Culture Mile, Arts Council England, Innovate UK, Middlesex University.