First-Hand

a chance to pause and reset

Multisensory experience, 2026

By Studio More-Than-That

First-Hand is a 90-minute multisensory experience that invites participants to put down their screens and pick up something rarer - the full attention of their senses.

In groups of up to ten, participants are led through a world of touch, smell, taste, sound, and guided imagination. Blindfolded and held by an original audio narrative, they are carried into embodied stories from the animal kingdom — choosing the food they want to store for winter; becoming an elephant migrating with the herd; and holding the beating heart of the Antarctic in their hands.

First-Hand is the product of three years of international artistic research — developed at residencies in Czechia, Norway, and Italy — by an interdisciplinary team of artists from India, Lebanon, and Germany.

Created by: Nitish Jain

Dramaturgy: Mara Ingea, Katja Vaghi, Anne Decker, Bhaskar Singh Thakur

Music: Raaghav Dhingra

Narration: Anushri Patel

Session guides: Bhaskar Singh Thakur, Anukriti Mishra, Zaid Khan, Nitish Jain

Produced by: Studio MoreThanThat

Developed at residencies with this team at Studio Alta, Czechia (2022); Surnadal Billag AS, Norway (2023); and Centro Jobel, Italy (2024).