The Awake
Be immersed in a dance-driven VR journey into the inner world of ALS patients, whose frozen bodies conceal minds and souls burning with resilience.
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8/11/2026Runtime
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Vision becomes the primary anchor to reality for patients in the later stages of motor neurone disease – also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. Poetic, abstract dance evokes ALS patients’ rich, heightened consciousness as everyday objects dissolve under the weight of illness: a motionless wheelchair; drifting curtains; a dining table for two; a fish in its bowl.
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A poetic VR meditation on consciousness and limitation, using abstract dance and visual poetry to enter the inner lives of people with ALS. Heartbreaking and quietly defiant, it treats its subject with grace rather than pity.
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