Production Design – behind the scenes – Ascension

[Kimberly Stewart]

I’m going to **speculate** (ie. cross fingers) that Derrick Hinman will be doing the art design/production for Lust. Take a moment and admire his work on Ascension. Seriously, go look, the photos are gorgeous and you might even see something you didn’t see during your visit to The OOA Institute:

http://www.derrickhinmandesign.com/thetensionexperience

You might find the floorpan particularly interesting. How many of those rooms did you visit?

[Yael]

Whoa that is amazing and so detailed work I am so sure everyone who did the room was mind blown!!! Now I am kind of excited what The Lust will bring!!! I cannot stop staring at the designs. Wow amazing

[Addison]

I’ve been attempting to trace my path through Ascension all day and still get lost in the rendering… I miss the compound 🙁

[Kimberly Stewart]

@addisonborn I might have been doing the same, on and off all day… I’ve seen it in the day light. That might offer a different perspective. We should compare notes.

[Lia]

That floorplan is blowing my mind. I love stuff like this. What ARE all those rooms?!

[John]

Wow – Some of the most fantastic rooms I did not get to see during my experience. Absolutely stunning.

I bought one of the Tension Experience books but never got it. Would love to see more of the set,

[Sean]

@mouse – My understanding is that the books are finished and going to be shipping March 10, so you should be getting it soon

[John]

@thegilded Thanks Sean. That’s great!

[Kimberly Stewart]

@mouse: Per Facebook: “Book Ships the week of March 10!” I can’t wait to see all the hidden treasures inside!

@lilmsfancpants & @sassyyael: I miss that weird, fantastic place. I picture it now a lot like the last time I saw it (for a “media” sort of event), barren and torn apart. It felt like a place that contained all the ghosts of the past. So many memories.

“What ARE all those rooms?” … Haha yeah, with any luck The Book will label all the spaces for us. Here’s an off the top of my head list of all the spaces I can recall seeing:

Mary Lynn’s office
Miles’ photo room
Bathroom
Seniors’ Lounge
Locker Room
Processing Room

Small Interview Room

Blackboard Room w/ Classroom

Clock Room

Red Room

Flower Room (Book of Anoch reading)
Senses room (eyes. taste, smell)
Hand Wax Space (touch)
Deprivation Circle of chairs (in larger empty space)

Doctor’s Office

Tool Room w/ Oracle Space

Overseer’s Office
TV/confinement booth room

Backyard/Sentinel Escape space/Ascension wall/van pickup

Tubs

Massage Room
Last Statement Room

Control/Security Camera Room
Large Work Room (backstage)
Smaller “dressing room” (backstage)

Lots of hallways and a couple larger empty spaces

[Lia]

@electrichippo I suppose that list about covers everything I remember too. I’m still flabbergasted that we were ever brought into the control room. Actually, most of Ascension 2 blew my mind. Every rule I thought existed they chose to break. ::continues skipping down memory lane at my desk::

[Candace]

@electrichippo ahh that list makes me so happy ? but also so sad that I didn’t go back a second time. I was too afraid of my anxiety…ugh…fuck you anxiety! ! *shakes fists*

[Amber Ballesteros]

@electrichippo Great recap of the rooms. Now that I think on it, I did get to see every one of them except the tool room between visit one & two. The control room and was definitely really cool! Though I spent a good part of visit 2 with Simon in my underwear in the processing room… (ah, Simon)

[GoldTongue]

I, too, made it to every room but the tool room. Oh, and I never met the Sentinel, so I didn’t get in a van. One question I’ve always had regarding Tension… Did anyone ever “Press Play” in the classroom? And if so, what happened???

[Anonymous]

From the photo of the monitors on this page, these are the names according to the cameras:

Left Monitor:
Processing
Hallway Exit 1
Intersection 2
Enter holding
Holding Room
Chaos Room 1 (the room with the clocks)
Big Lot
Small Lot

Right Monitor:
Main Entrance
Reception
Photo Room
Lobby Room
Changing Room
Hallway Enter
One on One
Hallway Exit 2
Intersection 1
Intersection 2
Red Room
Classroom 1
Classroom 2
Chaos Room 2
Intersection 2
Flower Room
Taste Room
Sound & Touch
Medical Room
3rd Act Hall
Tool Room
Water (?) Room (it’s the only one that I can’t quite make out)
Computer Room
Electronic Box
3rd Act Hall 2
Interview Hall
Massage Room
Interview Room
Interview Room
Auditorium 2
Auditorium 1
Restroom

[Anonymous]

@electrichippo Thank you so much for posting the link to those photos!!!! This is getting me even more pumped for Lust Experience. Still so new to all of this. Definitely sad I missed the first.

@lilmsfancpants thanks for telling me about this!

[Lia]

@clairebuch I’m thrilled you’re here! Tension/Ascension definitely set the bar astronomically high in terms of production. I will tell you some really crazy things about stuff that’s gone on in those rooms!
Maybe you and Andy can come to the next trivia night in a couple weeks with @macbethinabathtub and I! (It’s over in your neck of the woods!)

[Mary Ellison Pavlovsky]

Thank you so much for this!!!

So sad I never got to see the message room.

[Kimberly Stewart]

@clairebuch & @maryellison911: You’re welcome!

Also, welcome aboard to you, Claire!! So nice to see enthusiastic newbies on the forum. Seems you already have some friends here, but if you ever have questions on the history of things, we’re all happy to help.

[Anonymous]

@electrichippo Thank you! I guess the best part of this is really not knowing what to expect! Still haven’t received any contact back from Noah, so I am curious about that. Been trying to read as many as the forums as possible. Any first timer tips you think might be helpful? I’m open to anything! @lilmsfancpants you KNOW I’m always down!!!

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