HTRK Are Collaborating on a New Type of Escape Room

HTRK's Jonnine Standish and Nigel Yang are collaborating with VICE and BMW on the X-Cape room, a new immersive escape room that'll be open in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne to launch the new BMW X2.

With creative direction by Standish, the X-Cape room is an immersive sonic and visual experience that blends art, interaction, and adventure. Teams of six work together to solve puzzles and complete the mission—all set in another dimension. “We're asking people to find X2, Xanthos, the twin moon of earth, which is stuck in a black hole,” Standish says about the narrative, which takes inspiration from Greek mythology. “Xanthos is ancient Greek for ‘yellow’ or ‘golden’, so that’s a visual theme. You go through a series of environments to retrieve the twin moon.”

With her HTRK bandmate Nigel Yang providing an ambient soundtrack and Standish crafting mind-bending visuals and puzzles, X-Cape is the perfect project to combine the creative director’s talents and passions. Standish is the quintessential Melbourne multi-hyphenate: she’s worked in fashion, music, visual art, and graphic design. She’s spent a lot of time in Kreuzberg and London. And her band’s debut album, Marry Me Tonight, was produced by Rowland S. Howard.

You can check out X-Cape in Sydney on April 5, 6, and 7; Brisbane on April 12 and 13; and Melbourne on April 26 and 27. You can find out more details and RSVP here. Spaces are limited.