Floating With Spirits

In this cinematic virtual reality, magical stories are told by 2 young Mazatec, indigenous sisters, Jocelynne and Jaquelyne, who recall the ancestral knowledge and mystical cosmogony that their shaman grandmother used to share with them, in the misty mountains of Oaxaca, Mexico.


As the sisters wander through the nature that surrounds them and while preparing for the Day of the Dead, they share the stories of their ancestors. During these special days, the spirits of their loved ones descend into the world of the living, guided by the light of the candles and the glow of the Cempasuchil flowers on the altars, following the sweet smell of their favorite meals, to share a beautiful moment with the living.


The girl’s imagination transports us into the world of the spirits of their ancestors and the spirits of nature. A shamanic dance ritual opens a portal through which we can discover the secret worlds of 4 spirits of nature. Each spirit has its own secret that it will share with us to enable us to make a new connection with the ancestral Mazatec knowledge. Their vision of the world is beautiful, deep and urgent to be shared in a moment where our society needs to rewire its ways of viewing and interacting with nature.

 

Information

  • VR 6DoF interactive
  • Duration(s):
  • 30'
  • Language(s):
  • English
  • Spanish
  • Audience(s):
  • General audience

Credits

Director: Juanita Onzaga

Technical Artist: Lillian Souwer

Lead Developer: Guido Boogaard

Choreographer: Diego Vega

Costumes: Anja Perisic

Producers: Cassette for timescapes (Emmy Oost & An Oost), Tarantula (Donato Rotunno), Studio Biarritz (Corine Meijers)

Executive producers: Colectivo Colmena (Daniel Loustaunau), Tarantula (Fernand de Amorin)

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