Oceanosmos is an immersive audio-visual installation inspired by the "oceanic feeling,” as described by writer Romain Rolland. It aims to convey a sense of the infinite and eternal, where the self dissolves, merging with the external world. Freud interpreted this "oceanic feeling" as a primitive self-awareness retained from infancy. Oceanosmos creates an immersive space using spatial sound, laser planes, projections, smoke, and water interaction to explore this "oceanic feeling" – a spiritual experience where the self and the world become one.

Oceanosmos employs an Ambisonic multi-channel spatial sound array, weaving sounds from the ocean and within the human body to create a generative immersive sonic landscape. The work processes sound samples recorded from underwater microphones and portable recorders using chaotic algorithms, resulting in a generative soundscape that hovers between the concrete and the abstract. Through the cues provided by generative sound, Oceanosmos aims to construct a world that exists between the deep sea and the womb, enveloping the audience completely. It encourages the audience to explore the blurred boundary between the external and the self.

The visual installation takes shape in multiple womb-like glass sculptures, constantly modulating the laser projection. Programmed mechanisms create ripples on the water's surface, using refracted lasers to produce different visual patterns. Sound coordinates with programmed projections and lasers to deliver an experimental cross-media narrative. Through immersive nonlinear storytelling, the work guides the audience to explore the relationship between the internal and external, dissolving the boundaries of the self and establishing continuity with the surrounding space.


Oceanosmos is a collaborative project by members of Jue Studio — Ke Peng, Chang Meng, Zhao Jiajing, and Bryan Yueshen Wu.

The work premiered on November 21, 2023 at Mirror Mirror, hosted at IKLECTIK in London, an experimental live music and audiovisual performance space. It was presented again on December 11, 2023 at St John’s on Bethnal Green, where the historic church architecture was transformed into an immersive oceanic environment. Within the resonant spatial acoustics of the church, the work constructed a sonic seascape that intertwined marine atmospheres with the building’s historical memory.

In 2025, Oceanosmos was exhibited in China for the first time as part of Digital Islands: Digital Aquarium, held from July 4 to November 3, 2025 at Pingshan Art Museum. The four-month exhibition brought together 26 international artists and collectives, forming an interdisciplinary experimental field centered on “Technology × Art,” and invited audiences to navigate a multi-sensory digital environment.

Oceanosmos由 Jue Studio 成员 彭可、孟畅、赵嘉旌 与 伍悦燊 共同完成。

作品于 2023 年 11 月 21 日首次展演于伦敦实验音乐空间 IKLECTIK的活动 Mirror Mirror 中。随后于 2023 年 12 月 11 日在伦敦教堂空间 St John’s on Bethnal Green 进行第二次演出。作品将具有历史质感的教堂空间转化为沉浸式场域，在回响的建筑声学结构中构建出海洋般的声场体验，使海洋意象与场地历史形成回应与叠合。

2025 年，Oceanosmos首次在中国展出，受邀参与在 坪山美术馆 举办的为期四个月的展览 数字群岛:数字水族馆,（2025 年 7 月 4 日 – 11 月 3 日）。该展览以“科技 × 艺术”为核心，打造跨学科数字实验场，邀请来自全球的 26 组艺术家与艺术团队参与，通过五感漫游构建沉浸式数字生态体验。