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Ahorse!
IDFA 2023

Ahorse!

Wendy Gutman
Netherlands
2018
20 min
IDFA DocLab: Phenomenal Friction, IDFA DocLab Spotlight
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We seem to be caught up in a transitional phase, where mankind itself appears to be changing. Driven by a desire for enlightenment, we speed into the future, shaping our world on the wings of our imagination—together with our longtime companion and loyal friend, the horse.

This fulldome film takes us from prehistoric times to a future in which the physical world is replaced by a virtual paradise. We travel through different stages of consciousness, inventing new ways of expressing our imagination along the way, from cave drawings to photography, towards a point where we fly out of the frame and become one with the image ourselves.

Ahorse! raises questions about who we are as human beings, and what this means for the way we look at the world. Packaged in poetry, there’s also a reflexive view of the media that we use to do so. In this sense, the work is also self-referential. Originally created as a virtual reality installation in 2018, Ahorse! has been adapted for dome-projection. Experiencing it in this format provides a fresh, unique perspective opening up the work to new audiences.

Credits
Director
Key collaborator
    Fynn Roovers,
    Mark Spoelstra
    Fynn Roovers,
    Mark Spoelstra
Co-production
    WeMakeVR
    WeMakeVR
Executive producer
    Diede Bron
    Diede Bron
Animation
    Leon van Oord,
    Remco Blom
    Leon van Oord,
    Remco Blom
Narration
    Lenina Ungari
    Lenina Ungari
Narrator
    Karen Sefton
    Karen Sefton
Technical artist
    Meip Wijn
    Meip Wijn
Developer
    Aron Fels
    Aron Fels