10 Unmissable Highlights from #ASMR_IRL

Experience ASMR triggered by movement in this mind–tickling motion graphic where artificial vegetables shake, shimmer, rustle, and pop in oddly satisfying ways.

Softly spoken words, the sounds of brushing and scratching, experience unintentional ASMR through the work of American painter Bob Ross, exhibited in the UK for the first time ever.

Go inside the minds of ASMRtists with this new commission featuring a selection of short clips describing what ASMR means to them.

Discover how an inanimate object can trigger feelings and sensations whilst watching this disembodied artificial tongue drip with synthetic saliva.

Put on your headphones and touch, stroke, pinch or press this hyper-realistic artificial skin and see what vocal reaction you can trigger.

‘I know this might sound really weird to some, but I love hearing people whisper! So, I thought I would make a whispering channel.’ Gaining viral success, this video is considered to be the first whispering video uploaded onto Youtube.

Watch this grooming video of dog’s first haircut in over two years. The precise and delicate sounds of scissors – a common ASMR trigger – has resulted in the YouTube video being picked up globally by ASMR fans.

Explore what ASMR means to you in this immersive space, and try your hand at creating calming soundscapes in one of our interactive stations.

This unique binaural microphone was designed with 4 sets of ears to better capture sound from multiple directions all at once. Used in 2012 to create a VR experience, it captured musician Beck performing a version of David Bowie’s 1977 song, Sound and Vision, along with a 160-person orchestra, with sound fading in and out of each ear.

With ears on either side of the dummy head, this Neumann microphone has quickly become the go-to for ASMRrtists to record whispering, ear-cleaning and pampering sounds. Step into the shoes of an ASMRrtist and try it out for yourself.