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BAH: A Fusion of Flood Myths and Cosmic (Re) Beginning
Project type
Immersive Animation
Date
2021
Location
Winnipeg, MB
Role
Director
Screening
CITYX Venice Italian Virtual Pavilion of the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale - Theatres of ArchImagination contribution to SunShip: The Arc That Makes The Flood Possible (2021)
Awards
Bill Allen Scholarship in Architecture (2021)
Maxwell Starkman Scholarship in Architecture (2021)
Bah synthesizes a variety of performing arts, including shadow puppetry and oral storytelling, into an immersive digital animation dramatizing multicultural flood myths. The global stories from eight regions meet on a rising Turtle Island, to inspire, instruct and implore mortals to care for one another and preserve Mother Earth.
Blending traditional Indonesian wayang puppetry with digital animation, environmental sounds, and the voices of multicultural storytellers, Bah draws listeners into a transcultural, transhistorical narrative.
The work reflects the journeys of migrants carrying rich cultural legacies, seeking hope across uncertain paths. Featuring nine female storytellers from diverse backgrounds portraying male heroes, Bah becomes an ark that preserves the emotional and transformative experiences of migration while amplifying minority voices.
This video is part of the Theatres of ArchImagination contribution to SunShip: The Arc That Makes The Flood Possible, as part of the Arts Letters & Numbers exhibition in the CITYX Venice Italian Virtual Pavilion of the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale.
BAH crew
Director: Andria Langi
Producers: Andria Langi & Maulana Aziz
Scriptwriters: Andria Langi, Lisa Landrum
Production Supervisors: Banu & Rheza Arden Wiguna
Art Director - Ephraim Tan
Illustrator - Raissa Azalia
Layout Artist - Ephraim Tan, Raissa Azalia & Restu Dicky
Animation Director - Gentha Yoma
Animator - Mika Reksowardojo
Sound Designer & Composer: Bintang Olii
Global Storytellers:
Mackenzie Skoczylas - voice of Nanabozho
Suzan Palani - Voice of Utnapishtim
Maia Mozes - Voice of Noah
Sarah Alabdulridha - Voice of Nuh,
Jingwen (Dorothy) He - Voice of Nuh,
Cyrelle Layawan-Mandac - Voice of Sabyu
Sukhjot Parmar - Voice of Manu
Bola Oriyomi - Voice of Obatala
Gunnvör Ásmundsson - Voice of Berglemir,
Bah is part of the Theatres of ArchImagination (https://artslettersandnumbers.org/theatres-of-archimagination/) contribution to SunShip: The Arc That Makes The Flood Possible, as part of the Arts Letters & Numbers exhibition in the CITYX Venice Italian Virtual Pavilion of the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale.
