An immersive experience reimagining the Gond community’s Story of Creation with a contemporary context
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‘Roots to the Universe’ is an immersive Virtual Reality retelling of the story of creation in the indigenous Gond community’s tradition as narrated by the Pardhans, reimagined in context of the contemporary challenges facing the community. The story reimagines the creation of the world by Bada Dev (the divine Creator) and the impact of human greed on the planet. ‘Roots’ is an allegorical tale that reflects upon contemporary issues facing the indigenous people, with themes of sustainability, indigenous learnings, displacement and greed, through Gond culture’s rich artistic and musical traditions.
Roots has been developed with artwork and guidance from the Gond Pardhan artists, Padmashree Awardee Shri Durgabai Vyam and Shri Subhash Vyam, and painter and illustrator Dhira Chakraborty
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Direction, Story and Animation - Janmejay Singh
Artwork, Character Design, Story (Creation) - Durgabai Vyam and Subhash Vyam
Environment Design, Artwork Digitisation - Dhira Chakraborty
Narration (English) - Kanupriya Shankar Pandit
Research, Story Development, Documentation (India) - Satish Raj Acharya
Sound Design - Shivam Srivastava