Astrolabe - Whakaterenga was honoured to be featured in the XXI International Image Festival (Festival Internacional de la Imagen) during October 2022.
Highlights included full dome screenings with PLANETARIO DE BOGOTÁ, a Webcast, and the World Stage Design Mozilla Hubs project exhibition. Appreciation and thanks to our dedicated creatives and festival staff for their efforts in making this another audience success.
Good Company Arts was there in spirit, contributing virtually to a stellar programme from director Felipe C. Londoño with his team. We created a dome version of the VR work for Bogotá, and an oceanic Pounamu edition for Manizales.
Link to Astrolabe Hubs: https://hub.link/cWGHeQ8
Link to Astrolabe - Pounamu (Imagen) film: https://vimeo.com/dbel/astrolabe-imagen
Astrolabe - Whakaterenga reimagines our perception of body, space and time with the support of digital technologies. Early Pacific Island and Asian astronomy has inspired the creation of this multicultural project. Ancients regarded stars as living entities - their cosmology connected each person with a ‘soul star’. Whakaterenga translates to mean 'launch'. The project transports audiences in immersive space voyages for 360 dome cinema, film and VR. For Astrolabe - Pounamu we are investigating ideas around dimension and projection. Spaces and forms come alive when given the pulse of human presence. This edition acknowledges the coastal energies of Aotearoa New Zealand and offers an immersive field that speaks to the transitional threshold where land meets water. Heartfelt thanks and appreciation to our collaborating performing artists Xiao Ke and ZiHan, Janessa Dufty and Christina Guieb.
Best Short Producer New York International Women Festival* Best Documentary Music Video Rome Music Video Awards* Honorable Mention Athens International Art Film Festival* Best Sound Design International Music Video Awards Budapest*
"Astrolabe - Whakaterenga in our planetarium was a great experience"
Carol Sabbadini, director of the Art and Technology line of IDARTES, Bogotá
