NEoN Digital 2018: mini-symposium at the V&A
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I attended the NEoN Digital mini-symposium at the V&A on 9th November...
Interesting mix of digital practitioners, with a lot of experience stemming from the 1990's.
And a term that I'd not heard of before....'Digital Natives' meaning: those that were born after 1980.
Mouchette.org, created by Martine Neddam in the 90's...http://www.mouchette.org/
Pretty dark themes, suicide advice from a 13 year old's perspective. I considered that this may have been one of the first online examples of Catfish. Interactive website that still operates as it did originally. Neddam has now revealed her identity and gave a full presentation on Mouchette. Many people don't explore the website as they many of the links are hidden or change frequently.
The Endless Forest screen saver game. http://tale-of-tales.com/TheEndlessForest/. This has become a community and the game's creators intercept the game occasionally as 'gods'. Players have requested memorials for deceased players. Each player has the persona of a deer. Whilst the players cannot change themselves, they can, if they have been awarded that power by rubbing their antler on a tree for example, change the appearance of other players.
Lots of discussion about how to maintain this digital presence after the creators no longer take part...or are in fact alive!
Mouchette I found to be more within the realm of Fine Art and the Never Ending Forest more like a quiet game-like experience, without any real direction.
The next presenter Simon Meek - resident at the V&A, gave a quick outline of his TV directing career and has now begun designing playable stories. Again quite dark, both in theme and visually.
Beckett https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/dundee/simon-meek-designing-playable-stories
Thoughts to take away...
As Simon Meek finished with "One story can be told and fragmented through vaious media. Multi-media storytelling."
Perhaps my research findings can be presented in a multitude of media too....
I attended the NEoN Digital mini-symposium at the V&A on 9th November...
Interesting mix of digital practitioners, with a lot of experience stemming from the 1990's.
And a term that I'd not heard of before....'Digital Natives' meaning: those that were born after 1980.
Mouchette.org, created by Martine Neddam in the 90's...http://www.mouchette.org/
Pretty dark themes, suicide advice from a 13 year old's perspective. I considered that this may have been one of the first online examples of Catfish. Interactive website that still operates as it did originally. Neddam has now revealed her identity and gave a full presentation on Mouchette. Many people don't explore the website as they many of the links are hidden or change frequently.
The Endless Forest screen saver game. http://tale-of-tales.com/TheEndlessForest/. This has become a community and the game's creators intercept the game occasionally as 'gods'. Players have requested memorials for deceased players. Each player has the persona of a deer. Whilst the players cannot change themselves, they can, if they have been awarded that power by rubbing their antler on a tree for example, change the appearance of other players.
Lots of discussion about how to maintain this digital presence after the creators no longer take part...or are in fact alive!
Mouchette I found to be more within the realm of Fine Art and the Never Ending Forest more like a quiet game-like experience, without any real direction.
The next presenter Simon Meek - resident at the V&A, gave a quick outline of his TV directing career and has now begun designing playable stories. Again quite dark, both in theme and visually.
Beckett https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/dundee/simon-meek-designing-playable-stories
Thoughts to take away...
As Simon Meek finished with "One story can be told and fragmented through vaious media. Multi-media storytelling."
Perhaps my research findings can be presented in a multitude of media too....
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