MASTER CLASS
Craft the Experience of a Lifetime
A radical weeklong deep-dive into empathy, artistry, and transformation for those ready to create work that truly moves people.
We gather a small cohort of cross-disciplinary artists, designers, performers, and researchers to design a singular, immersive Odyssey for an audience of one—a durational performance interwoven with the life of a single participant.
The Master Class is a collaborative act of radical generosity. You’ll join a global community of creative pioneers and dive headfirst into the most intimate and demanding creative process imaginable.
What is an Odyssey?
An Odyssey is the heart of what we do at Odyssey Works: a multi-day, deeply personal, immersive experience crafted for one person. It is poetic. It is logistical. It is transformative.
Odysseys are made for just one recipient—but require the collective brilliance of a cohort of artists, designers, and thinkers working as one. The process involves months of research and design, all culminating in an experience that unfolds in real life, blending seamlessly into the participant’s world. Many past participants have changed careers, ended or begun relationships, or uprooted their lives in response.
The Master Class is how these experiences come into being.
What You’ll Do
In one immersive week, you’ll learn Odyssey Works’ method of designing with empathy and precision—tools honed over two decades of pioneering experience design.
You’ll:
- Learn diagramming, world-building, and empathetic research techniques
- Collaborate across disciplines to design meaningful moments
- Explore the boundaries of performance, ritual, and reality
- Create an Odyssey for a real person—and witness its impact firsthand
You’ll leave with new language, new collaborators, and a new lens on your creative life.
Past Odysseys
Pilgrimage
From Brooklyn to a sacred park in Virginia, Ayden’s Odyssey unfolded as a transformative pilgrimage—woven with choreography, talismans, and the power of personal rebirth.
The Narrative Spiral
Through sound, story, and strangers, Laura’s Odyssey spiraled inward—until all that remained was resonance. What followed was a return to self, forever changed by what she heard.
The Map Is Not The Territory
What began with a Borges book and a man in a goat mask became a wild hunt across New York—and a fiery, joyful rite of passage that pulled Carl from his mind into his body, and into a new life.
When I Left The House It Was Still Dark
A mysterious children’s book. A secret room. A flight to the Canadian prairie. Rick Moody’s summer was overtaken by art, blurring life and performance until the line disappeared completely.
The Dariad
From farmers market to museum, Dare’s Odyssey unfolded through fire, faces, and frames—transforming the familiar into the surreal, and turning quiet attentiveness into a powerful act of connection.
The Woven Life
In the mango groves of Baja, Suldano wove yarn, memories, and dreams into a new vision of self—blurring the real and the possible in a fabric of transformation.
The First Chapter
In a world where stories were currency, Josh journeyed through waterfalls, farm stands, and a writers’ commune—rediscovering creativity, community, and his own long-lost First Chapter.
The Book of Separation
A remote, poetic journey for two—The Book of Separation invites you and a loved one into a custom-built story of connection, distance, and what it takes to find your way back to each other.
The Road to Taz
In Lisbon and beyond, Jude followed signs only the searching can see—tattoos, songs, strangers, and stories—on a quest for TAZ, a fleeting world where chosen identity and imagined community come to life.
