The year is 2187, thirty-one years since the emergence of the Fungal Intelligence, or The FI.
Since first discovery, the archivist, Phe and the bio-engineer, Lar have worked with The FI to help advance the medicines, agriculture, and environment in their home-sphere, x̌ʷay̓x̌ʷəy̓. Now Phe dreams of expanding the benefits of the FI beyond their home sphere - to achieve revolutionary advancements for all life across Cascadia.
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The year is 2187, thirty-one years since the emergence of the Fungal Intelligence, or The FI.
Since first discovery, the archivist, Phe and the bio-engineer, Lar have worked with The FI to help advance the medicines, agriculture, and environment in their home-sphere, x̌ʷay̓x̌ʷəy̓. Now Phe dreams of expanding the benefits of the FI beyond their home sphere - to achieve revolutionary advancements for all life across Cascadia.
The Apocrypha Chronicles is a groundbreaking sci-fi / documentary podcast by re:Naissance Opera.
The mysterious voice accesses the myconet, infusing more messages from the 2020 time capsule. www.apocryphachronicles.ca
Creative Team:
Rae Takei as Phe
Renae Morriseau as Lar
Mela Pietropaolo as The FI
Directed by and other voices by Stephanie Wong
Original music by Benton Roark & Jessica McMann.
Written by Jessica Schacht & Paolo Pietropaolo.
Audio producers, Natasha Aziz & Paolo Pietropaolo.
Mixed by Natasha Aziz.
Creative Producer, Melanie Yeats.
Executive Producer, Debi Wong.
Original concept by Debi Wong & Benton Roark.
Artistic Directors, Debi Wong & Benton Roark.
Actors recorded by Alex Penney at Monarch Studios.
With special thanks to River (Cassandra) Blondin Burt for their contributions to world-building.
Produced by re:Naissance Opera as a part of IndieFest 2020.
Music Performed & Recorded By: Benton Roark and Jessica McMann, with extra contributions from Carole Bestvater, violin, Kate Read, viola, Vernon Regehr, cello, Bill Brennan, percussion and piano & Michelle LaCour, recording engineer.
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Thank you to the contributing artists who have shared their experiences with us:
Waubgeshig Rice, Tyler Simpson, Debi Wong, Fathima Mohiuddin, Nancy Tam, Chris Gatchalian, Jackson Wai Chung Tse, Teiya Kasahara, Stephanie Tritchew, Heather Pawsey, Benton Roark & Jessica Schacht.
A very special thanks to Victor Guerin for sharing his knowledge of the hun’q’umi’num language.
This podcast was produced on the stolen lands of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations.
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The Apocrypha Chronicles was made possible through generous support from The City Of Vancouver, Creative BC, and the Province of British Columbia. re:Naissance Opera acknowledges the support of the Canada Council For The Arts. We also acknowledge the Government of Canada's support for IndieFest.
The Apocrypha Chronicles
The year is 2187, thirty-one years since the emergence of the Fungal Intelligence, or The FI.
Since first discovery, the archivist, Phe and the bio-engineer, Lar have worked with The FI to help advance the medicines, agriculture, and environment in their home-sphere, x̌ʷay̓x̌ʷəy̓. Now Phe dreams of expanding the benefits of the FI beyond their home sphere - to achieve revolutionary advancements for all life across Cascadia.
The Apocrypha Chronicles is a groundbreaking sci-fi / documentary podcast by re:Naissance Opera.
