christy Here is a pdf of the paper I’ve contributed to Monique de Haas’ Cross Media Networking Session at IST titled: ‘Current State of Cross Media Storytelling: Preliminary observations for future design’ and the powerpoint is now online too.
A colleague and friend, Russell Fewster, forwarded an article that he thought I may find interesting: Mahonen, S. (2004) ‘Should “Bee” a Winner’, Stonnington Leader, Melbourne,13. And I did find it interesting…depressing…and encouraging… A MALVERN author is at the forefront of a new style of writing for young adults.Sarah Boland’s new novel To love Veronica … Read moreWhat is it about Bees?
The Cloudmakers have been anticipating a Beast-like advertising campaign as the Halo 2 launch drew closer. A post to their email list has confirmed that a site: I Love Bees has the same Beast crew and researcher Jane McGonigal on board. There has been plenty of bee activity it seems on sites like unfiction; an … Read moreThe Beast and Bees are 42
Monique De Haas is co-ordinating a session on cross media at the European Information Society Technologies (IST) event in The Hague on the 15th of November. This session will feature presentations from opinion leaders on crossmedia communication followed by a round-table discussion aimed at further defining the subject. The discussion will consider three future scenario?s … Read moreIST Crossmedia Session
The day before the X Media Lab Professional Day Conference ‘Brave New Media World’ my uni held a joint symposium with two of the XML speakers. GARY HAYES, (former Head of BBC’s Internet, Interactive TV and Emerging Platforms) and MARK OLLILA (Telegames) gave talks and then listened to Melb. Uni research. I was asked to … Read moreX (that's 'cross') Media Lab
To help give an overview of the presentations at Critical Animals check out the conference report, Critical Animals Don’t Chew the Fat, I wrote which is published at ANU’s blog: underthesun. In the comments section of this post I’ve put the paper I delivered at the program. I put my ideas-in-formation into an XYZ coordiante … Read moreMulti-channel Poetics paper
I’m off again but this time to the Newcastle This is Not Art Critical Animals Program. I’m chairing the following session: The Birth of Celluloid Day/Time : Thursday 30/9 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM Location: Newcastle Regional Library Theatrette Through Practical Audio-Visual work and theoretical engagement with screen theories, Stefan Popescu articulates a hybrid audio-visual … Read moreI'm a Critical Animal
Do categorisations help? After a post by Adam (see ‘Another Transmedia Researcher’) and my experiences with many ‘networked narrative environments’ (Andrea Zapp) at BEAP04, I’ve been thinking more about how and why multi-channel works can and should be categorised. With the great variety of works that have more than one modality (image, sound, text, object…) … Read moreCategorising Multi-Channel Works
Okay, the reviews I’m writing for RealTime are being put online over the next few days. Check them out at: RealTime-BEAP Writing Workshop. Not much time and a real slow dial-in connection so more news next week. Can say that I’m having a ball. Great experience.
I’ve been lucky to be selected by RealTime Magazine as a writer to co-cover the Biennale of Electronic Arts Perth (BEAP). The Biennale of Electronic Arts, Perth (BEAP) is a new media arts festival held every 2 years for 3 months, spanning Perth Western Australia and is widely recognised as the premiere electronic arts event … Read moreBeeps at BEAP