Iwakura is an immersive audio-visual experience created for fulldome format. It’s a collaboration with the Japanese musician Kazuya Nagaya.

The term Iwakura comes from Shinto mythology and refers to the spirits that inhabit sacred rock formations throughout Japan. By immersing the audience in organic visual material collected in the Kumano region, the cradle of Japanese spirituality, and Nagaya's meditative soundscapes inspired by Zen Buddhist prayer rituals, Iwakura represents a profound journey to rediscover the majesty of nature. The work presents a renewed sense for our connection with nature, in fact a renewed sense about humanity itself.

Funded by Goethe-Institut International Co-Production Fund
Co-produced by MUTEK Japan Association and Miraikan - The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, Tokyo

World Premiere: December 3, 2022 / Mutek JP, Miraikan, Tokyo
European Premiere: July 25, 2023 / NEW NOW Festival, Zeiss Planetarium Bochum
American Premiere: August 22, 2023 / Mutek Festival, Society for Arts and Technology, Montreal

Large scale prints for this project were generated using a special technique to combine multiple high-resolution photographs with the help of AI.

Senjojiki #161 (mockup)