Limbo: A Virtual experience of asylum
360 video

There are approximately 31,500 asylum seekers in the UK waiting for a decision about their asylum status. This film allows you to experience what it is like to live in this period of limbo, waiting for a decision that will affect the rest of your life. Limbo takes the viewer on an ethereal journey at the heart of the migration experience. Read more in The Guardian about this VR piece.

Shehani directed this experience which was produced by ScanLAB Projects using lidar scanning and photogrammetry. Based on interviews with over 15 asylum seekers, the narrative of this experience is formed from a montage of those voices plus a resonant voice over by actress Juliet Stevenson. Locations were scanned to create an anonymous cityscape and a shared house that creates the backdrop for this powerful experience.

In 2021, Limbo was chosen to be part of the ‘Immersive Arcade: The Showcase’ on the Museum of Other Realities platform, featuring the best British XR works since 2000. Download it here for Steam or Viveport.

Winner of The Transatlantyk Spacetime 2018 award for best VR, Thessaloniki International Film Festival’s VR International Competition award and Social Impact Media Award for best editing (2018) Screened at IDFA, PHI Centre, GoShort, Haifa IFF

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