Explore your deepest self to resurrect a dried-up riverbed and meet your own shadow.
Journey into a dried-up riverbed where your words become the water that restores life. Through voice-activated interactions, you will navigate a grainy monochrome world, answering questions about your deepest self. Your responses will become part of the very fabric of this intimate universe, guiding you towards a confrontation with your shadow.
This AI-driven experience turns Carl Jung's shadow work into a VR journey with touches of both Jonah’s biblical story and the game Limbo. Rising River will guide you through three transformative stages: separation from ordinary consciousness; the liminal phase of confronting the parts of yourself you’ve suppressed; and reincorporation, as you emerge with newfound self-knowledge. A quintessential rite of passage! Director Lois He uses generative AI to create personalised narrative routes, so every journey is unique. Rising River's stark black-and-white look creates an archetypal dreamscape where you literally feed your shadow with words, fully embodying Imagine Expanded 2025’s invitation to leave yourself behind.
