ASTROLABE - whakaterenga 星盘
Ancient Star Charts/Navigation/Virtual Reality/Dance/Sound/Light/Film/Print Media/Interactive-Exhibition) premiered with the National Museum of Singapore and online (Dec 2019-Jan 2020). Finalist Samsung The Wall X NIIO 2020 International Digital Art Competition. Official selection Moving Body Festival Varna 2020 and Semi-Finalist Rio de Janeiro World Film Festival. Honorable Mention Athens International Art Film Festival 2023. Winner Best Production Design New York International Women Festival 2022. Winner Best Short Producer New York International Women Festival 2022. Winner Best Documentary Music Video Rome Music Video Awards 2023. Winner Best Sound Design International Music Video Awards Budapest. Official Finalist Selection at World Stage Design 2022 (Calgary) featuring virtual Mozilla Hubs Exhibition and Webcast Livestream. Official Selection as film, VR and full dome (Planetarium de Bogotá) for Festival Internacional de la Imagen (XXI Image Festival), Colombia. Funded by Creative New Zealand toi Aotearoa, Otago Community Trust, with co-commission from the National Museum of Singapore.
Astrolabe - whakaterenga seeks to reimagine our perception of body, space and time with the support of digital technologies. Astrolabe’s unique visual and aural scenarios created for VR and expanded cinema installation invites the audience to experience different perspectives of space and time - travelling to augmented realms inspired by ancient star charts and maps. This multimedia project enters into a dialogue with methodologies developed by early Asian and Pacific Island astronomers, and suggests a philosophical ideology of the movement of celestial bodies - acknowledging the oneness of all life. The digital arts and dance of Astrolabe transports audiences in an immersive space voyage for virtual reality, film and sound exhibition.
Key Creatives: Daniel Belton (Director/Designer/Concept), Donnine Harrison (Creative Producer) with Jac Grenfell, Xiao Ke and Zi Han, Janessa Dufty, Christina Guieb, Jill Goh, Patxi Araujo, Dr Richard Nunns, Dr Michael Askill, Matua Nigel Jenkins, Joyce Beetuan Koh, PerMagnus Lindborg, Stuart Foster, Alistair Fraser and Nancy Wijohn.
