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BY SHIVANI KARAN

Winner of Doc Edge 2024 Best immersive impact award
'Lane 25' combines VR and AR technology, preserving untold histories for future generations.

"Lane 25 is a testament to the power ​of immersive storytelling. By seamlessly weaving VR, projection, and installation ​art with AR elements, Shivani Karan has crafted an experience that doesn’t ​just tell a story — it engulfs you in it.
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This is exactly the kind of bold, boundary-pushing
work that defines the future ​of impact storytelling,
and we cannot wait ​to see it resonate with audiences around ​the world." - Christian Jensen, Doc Edge.

NOW SHOWING at Doc Edge 2025

‘Te Rerenga o Muriwai’ is a virtual reality artwork and story telling experience based on the voyaging ancestress Muriwai. Muriwai is well known as a voyager around Aotearoa and across the Pacific Ocean. She is a paramount ancestor and rangatira to the many tribes from the Mataatua waka and also throughout Aotearoa, from Te Whakatōhea to the Hokinga.

Co-creator Allana Goldsmith (Ngāti Porou, Ngāi Tai) is a creative practice emerging researcher and musician who uses her voice to weave stories. Co-creator Shivani Karan is a digital artist and previously created and exhibited her own VR work ‘Lane25’ in 2024 and won the immersive award at Doc Edge. Together Allana and Shivani have developed ‘Te Rerenga o Muriwai’ VR as an innovative way of storytelling in the digital realm and develop their art forms in spaces that push creative boundaries.

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