The Feelies:

Munduruku

London, 2016

A collaboration between Greenpeace and Grace Boyle of The Feelies, Munduruku is a multi-sensory virtual reality film about the Munduruku people of the Amazon River Basin. The film was made to raise awareness of the threats faced by the Munduruku, whose ancestral land is under attack from illegal logging, mining, and infrastructure projects.

The Feelies commissioned us to introduce sensory effects that would allow the audience to physically feel the environment depicted in the film, such as the heat from a cooking fire or the wind as the participants moved through the virtual jungle. We designed and built individual driver systems for each of the five pods that incorporated both heating and wind effects, and synchronised them in real-time, creating an enriched and responsive immersive film experience. 'Munduruku' has been displayed at the Centro Cultural Correios, Sao Paulo, at Glastonbury Festival, and won the Alternate Realities Award at Sheffield Doc Fest 2017, and Best Social Impact VR at Raindance Film Festival 2017. Since the release of the film, the official demarcation of the Munduruku people’s territory took place in September 2024, marking a historic and symbolic victory for the community.

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