SANKOFA

Innovation:Lab

Sankofa web
An Afro-futuristic virtual reality experience

Step into the world of SANKOFA: an immersive virtual reality theater experience. Travel through time and space together with the Vreden siblings Wanda, Gerald and Steven and confront ancestral history. This interactive experience challenges you to work together to unravel ancient mysteries in the African civilization of Bagadune. 

SANKOFA is a journey of empowerment, understanding the past and creating a better future. Discover your strength and inner potential in this unique virtual reality experience that connects cultural richness and hope.

About the experience This experience invites you to discover Afro-futurist worlds and perspectives that have until now remained hidden from Western societies. Based on First Noble's literary work, “HIS STORY OF THE WORLD, L'HISTOIRE DU MONDE”, you will embark on a journey of empowerment and hope, where we must learn to understand the past to create a better future. “SANKOFA” symbolizes the importance of learning and respecting the lessons and experiences of the past.

Free Prototype experience Over the past few months, the Innovation:Lab has been developing this immersive VR experience in collaboration with First Noble. The experiences on December 12, 13 and 14 are a showing a prototype. This means that this is not a completely finished performance, but encourages further development. For this reason, the experience is free and there will also be room for a before and after discussion in which suggestions for possible improvements are welcome.

Credits

Creator, writer, creative director, actor as Gerald Vreden: Gerald Vreden 

Creator, writer, creative director, actor as Steven Vreden: Steven Vreden 

Art director/ Lead Artist: Hakeem Rafai 

Live Actor, writer, performer as Ashanti Man: Linar Ogenia

Dancer, performer as Sanua: Mickado Charlotte Codrington 

Actress as Wanda Vreden: Imanuelle Grives 

Creative technologist: Daan Gijzen, Niels Weber 

Composer & Audio Engineer: Martijn Weber 

Composer: Marijn Nikerk 

3D artist: Mattia Poderi, Julia Denise Franken 

Poster design: Robin Bonk

Project by: Innovation:Lab Theater Utrecht and First Noble Institute 

Inspired by the book: ‘HIS STORY OF THE WORLD, The First Creator' by Gerald Vreden