New Delhi, Feb. 19 -- It's the scale of the installations that strikes you when you walk through the sprawling Alembic Glass Factory in Bengaluru's Whitefield neighbourhood. Lying unused for a long time, the sixty-year-old building with its concrete industrial interiors feels almost dystopian. But it's an oddly fitting set for The Sixth Sense Festival, where art and technology converge with nature as its soul. The brainchild of the team behind the Echoes of Earth music festival, Swordfish Entertainment, this 18-day festival comes at a time when immersive experiences are the toast of the cultural ecosystem.

Every work on display here - from sculptures of creepy-crawlies and birds crafted from waste to interactive art-tech installations an...