DRIFT is the very first generative open world podcast, written, voiced and prompted by humans. Delivered to you every day brand new. DRIFT invites you to listen to the future Dutch landscape where humans, flora and fauna have settled for a new techno-liquid landscape. The story world combines the imaginary with factual data-sources at the pace and rhythm of the lunar phases and the tides of the sea.

At IDFA DocLab 2024, one of the world’s leading festivals for interactive storytelling, DRIFT was featured in the digital storytelling competition. We showcased it as an installation of nostalgic radios, where visitors could sit and listen to an hours-long “megamix” of the podcast, seamlessly combining all the episodes. The retro radios, modified by Michael Tjia, featured just two buttons: one for volume and another to skip forward or backward in the mix.

On November 19, we hosted DRIFT Live, a one-hour celebration of the podcast. This unique performance brought elements of the story to life through a blend of live music and AI-generated content.

DRIFT was co-produced by Studio Zzzap and VPRO Medialab, funded by Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie and De Machinerie, and made by an amazing group of people.