Arka Kinari: Artivism at Sea
Award-winning live XR performance following the voyage of the solar powered sailing vessel Arka Kinari
2023
60 minutes
Wales / Indonesia
Overview
A live immersive documentary performance combining 360º video, music and story.
In 2022/23, 4Pi Productions travelled on board the schooner ship Arka Kinari from Bali to Jakarta to capture 360º footage and document the new floating cultural intervention by artists Filastine & Nova.
Find out what happens when a rogue’s gallery of activists, makers and artists embark on a terrible idea for the best of reasons. Everything you imagined about the wildness of the sea will be confirmed... and then some.
International borders will be proven fictions, until they suddenly become the hardest of facts when the pandemic traps Arka Kinari stateless at sea for months with a broken engine and shrinking supplies. Along the way you’ll find out what happens behind the fences of seedy ports from Morocco to Mexico, be hosted by Venezuelan soldiers on a barren rock, perform for indigenous communities on Panama’s disappearing islands, witness America’s bizarre nuclear legacy in the Pacific atolls, negotiate provisioning with heads of state, meet the Micronesian navigators preserving their ancient craft, be bashed by storms, scavenge supplies from shipwrecks, and be saved by a passing supertanker.
Arka KInari: Artivism at Sea / Live XR, was awarded with Best Live Performance at Best of Earth Awards in 2025.
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What People Say
"This is a story beautifully told through the convergence of many artforms, all done incredibly well, documentary film, music, animation, prose, yet it all works perfectly together as a live-meets-digital immersive experience. "
Audience Feedback
"Beautiful ✨👂✨clearly created by a team that know how to tell stories in domes and set the bar for live music and dome presentation. A privilege to have experienced first hand. "
Audience Feedback
"The mix between live performance (great music and story-telling) intermixed with the visual fulldome media surrounding us made it a real fantastic experience. "
Audience Feedback
"A new masterpiece for the Fulldome medium. The blending of a passionate human story, stirring live musical performance and immersive 360’ visuals create an emotional, moving and reflective experience that can only be witnessed in the dome. "
Audience Feedback
"This project is a very compelling live performance intermixing fulldome language with live music! It was a great story-telling - in terms of audio and visual content! Bravo for this experience! A really successful project and a very engaging experience. "
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Behind the Scenes
Credits
Janire Najera
Director / Producer / VJMatt Wright
DirectorGrey Filastine
Musician / StoryNova Ruth
Musician / StoryMauricio Martin
Editor / VJRhys Davies
FilmmakerJamie Wilson
CGI
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Arka Kinari is available for fulldome venues, festivals and planetariums worldwide.
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