Start with a story. Choose a platform. Take a risk.
I am a live artist, I have decided to edit my website accordingly. If you’d like to share your thoughts or ask me any questions please don’t hesitate to contact me: jane@janegauntlett.co.uk
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AIDA
Interactive Theatre & XR
Do you dream of there being a better planet with better people?
You might be the perfect candidate for our life changing AIDA astronaut trainee scheme!
AIDA is a multi-user mixed reality experience, set in a (slightly suspect) space training simulation and hosted by an increasingly cheeky, perhaps deviant AI programme.
AIDA uses comedy, mixed reality, game and AI technology to create a playful experience for participants to explore intimacy and day to day pleasure.
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TrueLove
Interactive Theatre & Magic Leap
Are you looking for true love? Are you just curious? TrueLove dare you to stop looking. Allow us to satisfy your curiosity. Truelove are behind the groundbreaking* concept which takes the swiping, unwanted dick pics and disappointment out of dating. TrueLove have been collaborating with scientists to launch an innovative new approach which has been proven to be highly effective.
You arrive at a venue, you are asked to take a swab from your mouth and a hair from your head. You are introduced to your ‘Truelove’ Did either of you read the small print? Are you on the date that was promised to you? Is this something more sinister?
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Fool
Interactive Theatre & Hololens
It is 2081. You ticked the wrong box. You gave us your data. Didn’t you read the small print? Fool.
Look down. Whose body are you inhabiting? Whose thoughts are you hearing? Who is sitting next to you? You are in this together.
Fool is a dark comedy, an interactive theatre piece which uses VR/AR technology. The story unfolds. The body belongs to a robot. It has access to your data. Your thoughts. What does your future hold?
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It's Our Pleasure
Interactive Audio
There is no such thing as a guilty pleasure…
It’s Our Pleasure is set in the underground scene of the 1920’s, it is based on autobiographical stories of individuals who have hidden or compromised their identities to fit the status quo
It’s Our Pleasure is inspired by my own experiences, stories I have heard and live sex parties that I have co hosted using teledildonics (switching key swapping for control swapping). It is also influenced by my work with people who have been through trauma - working with people who run pleasure workshops to make them accessible.
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Dancing with Myself
Interactive Theatre & 360 Film
I dare you to dance with me. The piece will be choreographed by a monster whom neither of us can see nor hear.
Passers by might believe that we are just ordinary people who are sitting opposite each other in a restaurant. Below the surface we are walking the tightrope between the conscious and the unconscious.
To survive you might need to accept that you are a puppet, use your imagination and wholeheartedly trust in the kindness of strangers.
This is my experience of living with epilepsy.
Take my hand?
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Intimacy
Interactive Theatre & 360 Film
Put aside your inhibitions, sit down with a stranger and look into their eyes. You must trust them whilst they guide you through a series of impromptu, unconventional and intense moments of intimacy.
Intimacy is a first-person documentary designed for two people to experience three encounters from six very different perspectives. It tells the stories of two strangers, two comrades and two lovers. It explores the importance of intimacy in survival, relationships and sexuality from a first-person perspective. -
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An Apocalyptic Tea Ceremony...
Interactive Theatre & Audio
Imagine that you have reached the last pit stop before the apocalypse. You are invited to choose from our menu of interactive audio experiences.
We have treasured memories, terrible confessions and secret obsessions to share with you. All our ingredients are organically sourced from notes scribbled on the Dead Sea Scrolls, chocolate wrappers found in underwear drawers, diaries hidden under floorboards and whispers in queues and on trains.
It’s teatime at the End of Days, so come in, take a seat and even cook up some stories of your own – after all, you can’t take them with you. -
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Is Anna Ok?
Interactive XR with BBC & Aardman
This is a true story of twins Anna & Lauren, whose lives are changed in an instant. Step into their memories, connect the two halves of their story, and join them as they piece their world back together.
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Suck it up
Interactive Audio
Suck it up is designed to be done in a restaurant. It is a piece about one man’s experience of PTSD.
He went to bootcamp because he wanted to fight for his country. He found himself in Fallujah fighting for the person standing next to him. He came home fighting to feel like part of his community.
Operation Legacy
Congratulations! Following an extensive selection process you have been chosen to join us on our mission to build the future space village. It’s time to think about what you want to do, who you want to see, and how you wish for your time on this planet to be remembered. There is no time for the cant’s or the should’s.
You may have questions. You may have concerns. You may even have children. Unfortunately, these are no longer relevant. You have no choice in the matter.
I run a service for people who have been diagnosed with terminal illness. I collaborate with them to explore the time they have left, where they find pleasure and of course whether they want to go out with a bang! Sometimes I collaborate with them to design their funerals and often I facilitate them to create audio/ interactive audio experiences for them to share.
Operation legacy combines the hours spent interviewing astronauts about pleasure in space and the years spent working with people who have no choice but to leave the world that they know. It always comes back to pleasure.
At its core, a legacy is the enduring impact you leave on the world, the people you touch, and the values or traditions you pass down to future generations. Never wait for bad news, enjoy what you have and don’t wait for permission. Find joy where you can. There is no such thing as a guilty pleasure.
The In My Shoes Project
In My Shoes is an ever expanding library of over 130 audio, interactive audio and audio visual experiences.
In 2007 I had a brain injury, I lost the ability to walk and talk. I relearnt how to talk, but not how to communicate. I began to use audio as an alternative method of communication, this moved on to video goggles, 360 film and virtual reality. Using this format to connect with my friends, family and medical team had a huge impact on my quality of life.
I have since collaborated with over 130 different people to use audio and audio visual experiences, touch, taste and smell to share their experiences in the same way.
In My Shoes was officially founded in 2009, it is an internationally recognised empathy project - yielding a library of over 100 interactive audio and visual experiences seen by 32,000 audience members in Europe, The US, Australia & Asia.
This picture shows me guiding a participant through In My Shoes: Waking in Slough (New York Academy of Medicine 2012), He is wearing Vuzix Video goggles, my handbag, my watch and my fountain pen. I used these props, touch, taste and smell to guide him through an epileptic seizure that I had on a train.
Quip
In 2024 I co-founded Quip with Siobhan McDonnell. Quip is a collaboration with AI specialists (UWE) and neuroscientists (UCL) who specialise in humour and a team of developers. We are building a unique tech framework for crafting comedy in immersive Films, Games and Location Based Experiences (LBE). Quip uses voice recognition, micro expression detection and sentiment analysis to influence the virtual world. It increases immersion, accessibility & audience impact. It also informs important and meaningful audience research. Quip was selected by the CoStar Ideate programme in 2025.
