The Infinite Library is a travelling installation that uses VR and other media to reimagine the future of libraries as interactive spaces that engage visitors through multisensory forms of storytelling. It seeks to embed human stories within a much grander narrative, one which includes the birth of our planet and the evolution of all life forms.
The Library of Shadows shares puppets from the popular Hindu epic Samudra Manthan, that tells the story of the eternal struggle between the gods (devas) and demons (asuras).
The Library of Navigation is devoted to Polynesian navigation, a knowledge system developed by a seagoing people that colonized the largest ocean in the world.
Mika is the creative director of The Infinite Library and a multimedia artist by profession. He also works in many mediums, including as a director for fiction and documentary projects.
Anurupa Roy is a puppeteer, puppet theatre director and puppet designer. She is the founder and managing trustee of the Katkatha Puppet Arts Trust, a puppet theatre group based in Delhi, India.
Christina Thompson holds a doctorate in English, is an editor and lecturer. Her book Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia, about the history of Polynesian seafaring, has won several literary awards.
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Credit: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Bibliothek – Niedersächsische Landesbibliothek, LH 35, 3 B 2, Bl. 1r
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