At its heart, this hybrid-cinema experience is a mesmerising exploration of explorers. Told through fantastical imagery and ethereal music, following a group of performers who re-enact the wild and exotic expeditions into the steamy Malay Archipelago, based on tales told by Sir Stamford Raffles’ wife Sophia Hull and the great British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace.

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Reimagining the narratives found in all sorts of places, from movies to historical travel journals to YouTube videos to daydreams, Tan puts together a daring, playful blend of cinema and theatre that explores the possibilities of multiple realities, stories within stories and speculative histories. His vivid images – including gigantic jungle animals like orang utan and birds of paradise – are illuminated across the perfect circle of Ron Arad’s 720°, set against a haunting musical score.