Sketchfab: Girmit multi-dimensional heirlooms
Featured on the Sketchfab Culture & Heritage blog.
Discover more about Lorna’s processes while working on the award-winning 360 short film ‘Girmit’. Learn about the heirlooms passed down through generations that keep the Girmitiyas’ presence alive, as we tell the story of their lives now.
The six Girmit Heirloom 3D objects give insight into the lives of the Girmitiyas, each one describing an aspect of their journey. They retell the oral histories and memories that have been passed down the generations from indentured labourers, presented as 3D sketches, to share the side of the story of indentured labour that is largely untold—the story of the lives and livelihoods of over 60,000 people who travelled from India to Fiji under the indenture system.
These models aim to encourage viewers to dig deeper into this history of the indenture system that was put in place by the British Empire shortly after the abolishment of slavery, to learn its importance, longevity, and continued influence. The Girmit team have created these 3D models to bring to light the stories and lives of those who deserve to be remembered.