Immersive experiences weaving the power of sound, wisdom traditions, and technology to facilitate
awe-inducing experiences, inner transformations, and human flourishing.
Founded by Laura Inserra, Chambers of AWE is a mission-driven multimedia company rooted in decades of experience in immersive productions, global cross-cultural studies, and healing practices. Our passion is to help overcome the growing imbalance between humans and nature, our loss of community, and detachment from ancient wisdom. We facilitate immersive and transformative experiences designed to enhance profound shifts of consciousness, deepen our relationship with nature, and facilitate inner transformation and healing. Our productions feature musical journeys crafted with ceremonial instruments and field recordings, enhanced with 360º visuals and CGI content anchored in ancient cross-cultural wisdom and human-made art. We use cutting-edge technology to augment some of the natural sound sources, creating immersive environments with a vast spectrum of frequencies, perceptible through our bones and other meta-sensory receptors. In these settings music becomes experiential. The immersive 360º visuals give a deeper layer of introspection, providing a lens that our naked eyes alone cannot reveal. This allows us to look at the vastness of reality with new eyes, seeing ordinary life in extraordinary ways.
"If you want to find the secrets of the Universe,
think in terms of energy, frequency, and vibration."
~ Nikola Tesla ~
Director Statement
Through the Chambers of AWE productions, I craft environments where sound becomes an experience and a conduit for healing and self-discovery. By augmenting the natural harmonics of rare instruments—from Zapotec clay flutes to the Hang—with advanced audio technologies, I create rich tapestries of resonance that engage the body, mind, and spirit. These immersive sound experiences invite participants to journey beyond the ordinary, accessing states of deep relaxation and expanded consciousness. Qualia is my invitation to step into a sacred space—a Chamber of Awe—where the boundaries between the tangible and transcendent dissolve, offering a canvas for the mind, body, and soul to connect with the profound magic of existence. Guided by the elemental forces of Earth, Water, Fire, Air, and Space, Qualia empowers each person to become the creator of their unique experience, perceiving the world through the lens of their own qualia—those subjective, ineffable sensations that make life extraordinary. The music of Qualia lies at the heart of the experience. The majority of the musical score is based on a one-hour sound journey I created for groundbreaking research conducted by Johns Hopkins University, exploring the therapeutic potential of music in expanding consciousness and enhancing well-being. Through the addition of 360º visuals, I aim to reconnect individuals with the natural world and the ancestral wisdom within us all, fostering connection, transformation, and awe. My hope is to inspire a renewed sense of wonder and interconnectedness, reminding us of the beauty and magic inherent in the human experience. My artistic vision is rooted in the belief that music is a universal language capable of transcending the boundaries of perception. Through Qualia, I hope to inspire audiences to rediscover the beauty that lies within and all around us, sparking ripples of harmony and consciousness in our individual and collective journey. It is up to you to experience Qualia as a transformative journey, or an immersion into beauty, a booster for creativity, a physical, mental, and emotional release, or a joyful and meaningful time to share with your friends and beloved ones. This is about your Qualia. Let your journey begin…
Music Awakens what is Asleep in Us
Founded by Laura Inserra, Chambers of AWE is a mission-driven production company rooted in decades of experience in immersive productions, cross-cultural studies, and healing practices. Our passion is to help overcome the growing imbalance between humans and nature, our loss of community, and detachment from ancient wisdom. We create immersive and transformative experiences designed to enhance profound shifts of consciousness, deepen our relationship with nature, and facilitate inner transformation and healing. At the heart of these productions is the use of ceremonial instruments from ancient traditions and unique modern craftsmanship. These instruments are intentionally crafted to support altered states of consciousness, provide access to inner guidance, and foster a sense of communal connection. We utilize cutting-edge technology to augment some of these natural sources of sound, creating immersive environments rich in frequencies and resonances that can be felt through our bones, cells, and other meta-sensory receptors. In these settings, music becomes an embodied experience. Our productions feature 360º visuals and CGI content rooted in ancient cross-cultural wisdom and human-made art. The encompassing imagery adds a deeper layer of introspection, offering a lens that reveals what our naked eyes alone cannot perceive. This allows us to see the vastness of reality with new eyes, seeing ordinary life in extraordinary ways.
Bringing AWE Back to Us
A key feature of Chambers of AWE is the use of audio and video field recordings made in sacred places in the world, which help us rebalance our relationship with nature and reconnect to the wisdom of previous civilizations. In our modern times we live isolated, and in an environment filled with electronic sounds and compressed digital frequencies, which have drastically reduced the emergent properties of sound and music. In nature nothing is isolated or compressed therefore acoustic sources of sound have a much richer spectrum of frequencies, harmonics, and textures which activate our brain and body in multidimensional ways. Chambers of AWE bring back ancient sounds and lost frequencies as sources of physical, mental, and spiritual nourishment. Participants Report “a sense of inner peace never experienced before” “physical and emotional pain release” “mental clarity” “inner guidance” “a boost of creativity“ “a connection to the ancestors“ “a feeling of being at home“ “a life transforming experience” “a psychedelic journey without medicine“ “a clear felt experience that all is interconnected“ “a renewed relationship with nature”
Laura Inserra
Director, Composer, Educator, Producer
Laura Inserra is a world-renowned leader in sound healing - a sound alchemist, multi-instrumentalist, educator, and multimedia producer. She lives and creates at the confluence of global music, ancient wisdom traditions, and cutting-edge technology. Laura grew up in Sicily and has been exploring the power of sound since her youth. She has decades of worldwide industry experience in soundtrack and sound design for movies, performing arts, and site-specific installations, as well as immersive multidisciplinary productions. Laura plays hundreds of rare ancient and modern instruments from around the world - Zapotec clay flutes, Mongolian jaw harp, Tibetan bowls, Laotian khen, Australian didgeridoo, African djembe, various shamanic drums, numerous percussions, and unique custom-made instruments, including many made by her. Combining her intimate knowledge of music with her spiritual studies, Laura developed MetaMusic Healing, gaining recognition in the NYT bestseller "Your Brain on Art" by Ivy Ross and Susan Magsamen. Her work has been chosen by Johns Hopkins for a research project around the benefit of music, aiming to uncover how music can amplify the therapeutic effects of psychedelics, enhance well-being, and expand our understanding of consciousness. Laura conducts transformative leadership retreats and corporate programs with senior executive teams of companies such as Google X, Walmart, and Synergos. She is also actively engaged in creating immersive experiences and as a public speaker in the most cutting-edge conferences such as BrainMind, MAPS, and Wisdom 2.0
Evolution is the Result of Cooperation
In order to build a sustainable growth engine that allows us to develop and scale high impact experiences of AWE around the world, we are combining the mission-driven focus of a non-profit organization with the financial and operational benefits of a for-profit company.
Our goal is to raise funds to create an AWE Lab in the Bay Area in which we will develop flagship shows to be distributed over the next 5 years across 50 planetariums. This will set the stage for a regenerative phase of growth and impact.
At the AWE Lab, we will also conduct research to deepen the content of our Chambers of AWE, and will host leadership retreats to ripple the impact of our work in diverse communities and industries.
Scaling AWE Together
We invite you to join the Angels of AWE, a like-hearted and forward-looking group providing funds and resources to evoke what’s best in humans. Among this incredible community of luminary minds, we welcome you as aligned angel investor and business partner.
Investing in Chambers of AWE, LLC goes beyond financial returns. These experiences have a profound impact on individuals, fostering personal growth, healing, and spiritual awakening. By supporting the expansion of Chambers of AWE, LLC investors contribute to the wellbeing and transformation of individuals and communities.
We will be happy to meet with you and share in detail the full vision, the financial possibilities, and the self-sustaining business model.
To schedule a meeting please contact our Founder & CEO Laura Inserra by clicking HERE
Lighting Concept
The Devcon4’s decompression room installation offered a calming atmosphere where a lush instrumental soundscape was augmented by a generative lighting experience. This room allowed guests to unplug (both metaphorically and literally), sit back, relax, and take time to breathe.
Thanks to the Aurora system by Limbic Media, Lightswitch’s lighting installation followed the music in a unique way, combining traditional lighting design artistry with the capabilities of AI.
A central LED candelabra reached from the ground, in varying lengths, towards the ceiling, where a web of LED festoons reached out across the room.
As Laura Inserra’s music evolved, the AI will mapped the different sounds throughout the installation creating a unique pattern every time, following her mood and sound. Her multi- instrumental approach to meditation allows for an ever evolving palette to choose from, making this a very dynamic and enchanting room.
A lighting designer was on site to carefully select attributes for the AI to feed from, and as the day progresses the colors shifted, the patterns changed. The environment reflected the very human side of tech, and the need to relax, regenerate, and decompress from the pressures of the world.
Our goal is not to light a room per se but to create an environment where Laura Inserra’s music can encompass a wide range of senses, enveloping the attendees with sound and light while they catch a breath, relax, and revitalize themselves in one of the most unique meditation experiences.
Artist Statement
When we are in ‘awe’ we naturally enter a state of mindfulness and presence with our whole body and senses. We naturally are in the 'here and now’. In Laura’s work the awe is created by Acoustic Waves Emergence. As in alchemy and in nature, the emergent property allows the whole to be greater than the sum of the parts, acquiring qualities that its parts do not have. In the digital era, we actually went in the other direction: as we created more compact and lighter formats (CDs, MP3s etc.), we cut off a lot of frequencies deemed ‘useless’ without realizing we were losing a lot of their inaudible, powerful impact. There are frequencies our ears do not hear but that our bones, our cells, our mind perceive. On top of it, we are not being exposed as much to ancient acoustic sources of sound and instruments, which used to bring people into different states of consciousness. Those experiences were essential opportunities for healing, well-being, and transformation. After all, we are made of cells vibrating on different frequencies, which means we are ‘sound’. That is why those experiences allowed people to amplify their senses and connect with the vast, holistic intelligence of their being and environment. These days, not only we have lost those experiences, but we live in an environment filled with disruptive frequencies and sounds. Chambers of AWE brings back those lost frequencies as sources of nourishment and tools to expand our senses, our body intelligence, our awareness. A lot of those sounds are in the lower frequency range. Many apps and devices use that range to generate states of relaxation, meditation, and enhanced creativity, yet those waves are made with computers using synthesizers and oscillators, which isolate the frequency in order to reproduce it. Nothing in nature is ‘isolated’. Acoustic sources of sound therefore have a much richer spectrum and texture of frequencies and harmonics (which no synthesizer can match), reaching and touching our system in a multidimensional way.
