'Agora' is an immersive, 360° film by Babekühl, Jono Ma and Jonti, commissioned by Destination NSW for Vivid Sydney 2022. The project brought to life a recurring agoraphobic dream of drowning and transcendence that Jono Ma experienced throughout his childhood. The film was screened at “Vivid House” - a custom-built installation space featuring a 360° LED screen and spatial audio sound system.
Dreams and immersion are concepts which were central to the conception of Agora. The film is an artistic attempt to recreate a recurring agoraphobic dream of drowning and transcendence which our collaborator, Jono Ma has experienced since childhood.
Like much of our work, Agora is characterised by a fusion of many imaging techniques. Together, we tap into every piece of creative technology at our disposal to create a collective, hyperdelic dreamscape to share with tens of thousands of Vivid festival patrons.
The resulting artwork is one of our most ambitious, large-scale works to date.
Babekühl
Jenny Kim
Eva Li
Billy Ryan
Patrick Santamaria
Jono Ma
Jonti
Marty Doyle
Floating Worlds was commissioned by Destination NSW and curated by Stephen Ferris for Vivid Sydney.