Journey into the realm between worlds and hear the songs of your ancestors calling you back to your eternal home. Mojuba is a new take on a traditional Yoruban hymn, from Ruby Singh’s Vox.Infold, that guides those departing from the earthly plane across the cosmic river to join the council of elders in the afterlife. In this mixed reality experience we invite you to be transported by the light and interact with the cosmos as you leave your earthly body behind and adventure into the gateway awaiting us all.
In creating this mixed reality experience we wanted to explore the possibilities within an interactive music video that integrates our surroundings and responds to the music and our movement. The stars open up above you, geolocated to your actual place on earth, welcoming you to look up as the ancestors descend to surround you in harmony. The sound of Vox.Infold’s many voices are spatialized into your real physical surroundings, allowing you to explore the rich complexity of this ambisonic composition where you have the power to mix the music by moving towards the light. Reach out with your palms up to draw in the energy from the ancestors and play with the rivers of light.
About the Artists
Ruby Singh (he/hymn) is a multi award winning performer, composer and producer residing on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ/Tsleil-Waututh Nations (Vancouver, BC). His creativity crosses the boundaries of music, poetry, photography and film engaging with mythos, ecology, justice and fantasy. Singh believes in art’s ability to reimagine futures, to repurpose aesthetic freedoms toward civil and environmental justice.
John Desnoyers-Stewart (he/him) is an interdisciplinary artist/researcher with a PhD in interactive art and technology who creates immersive installations and performances to connect people and evoke new perspectives on our shared reality. He has exhibited his multi-user mixed reality installations Star-Stuff, Eve 3.0, and more in over 60 exhibitions around the world.
With
- Tiffany Ayalik
- Inuksuk Mackay
- Dawn Pemberton
- Russell Wallace
- Shamik Bilgi
- Tiffany Moses
- Hussein Janmohamed