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Ten spatial media storytelling works that stand out for me

Art, Documentary, Journalism, Narrative, Storytelling, Virtual Reality

The following storytelling experiences, implemented in 360 video or virtual reality, demonstrate the potential of spatial media storytelling and continue to resonate for me. The affordances of 360 video and virtual reality challenge storytellers to put the participant in the role of the protagonist, challenging the fundamental codes and conventions of narrative in documentary, journalistic, […]

Manifesto: The Advantages of Being A Woman Artist” by Guerrilla Girls, 1989

Notes on the Artist Manifesto

Art, Writing

What is an artist manifesto? An artist manifesto (from the Latin manifestus meaning clear, evident) is a declaration of the perspectives, motives, or intentions of an artist or artistic movement. Sometimes they are written in order to achieve a political goal. Typical themes include freedom of expression, the role of the artist in society, and […]

Perspectives on narrative in real and virtual spaces

Art, Augmented Reality, Books, Narrative, New Media, Virtual Reality

Here are two books providing perspectives on narrative in both real and virtual space. Narrating Space / Spatializing Narrative Narrating Space/Spatializing Narrative: Where Narrative Theory and Geography Meet (Ohio State University Press, 2016) by Marie-Laure Ryan, Kenneth Foote, and Maoz Azaryahu was my favorite academic read this summer. The book brings together narratology and geography […]

Remembering Door Into the Dark

Art, Augmented Reality

Door Into the Dark (Anagram, 2014) premiered at Sheffield Doc/Fest in 2014, and I was fortunate to have had the opportunity to experience it at the festival. This is one of the most engaging and beguiling experiences I’ve had at a festival, and it continues to resonate. Recently a colleague asked me to describe the […]

Narrative and the Social Construction of Reality: An evolving annotated bibliography

Books, Documentary, Media Literacy, Narrative, The Media

I’ve been thinking about the role of narrative in constructing our shared world. With our contemporary epistemological crisis fueled by the rise of Trumpism, the normalization of lies, the spread of misinformation, along with the constant attack on the forth estate and the scientific enterprise, I’ve been trying to make sense of it from multiple […]

Notes on smartphone documentary moviemaking

Camera, Documentary, Filmmaking, Gadgets and Devices, Smartphone Video, Sound

This post is provided as a follow-up to the “Video Clinic” session on February 8, 2018 in support of Bobette Buster’s “8 Minutes and Under” workshop at Northeastern University, Spring 2018. Let me know if you have any comments or questions via the comments or email me directly if you are a student in the workshop. ” […]

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