After developing a quick sketch to visualize the concept for Found Letters’ immersive installation, I did a thirty minute freewrite to unlock new questions and explore various avenues of approach. My notes follow. Is the experience of immersion self-contained? Is it a single-user or multi-user … Read More →
Monthly Archives: January 2012
Found Letters Atmosphere and Narrative Progression ~ Moodboard
This moodboard seeks to capture and articulate Found Letter’s narrative progression and immersive atmosphere. After creating and receiving feedback, I see that the use of archival imagery and black-and-white photographs might make a reader feel she is experiencing the story from a distance. Because my … Read More →
Dream Review ~ Dual Listings ~ The New Yorker, Briefly Noted & Goings on About Town: Art
Found Letters: Jack & Matilda by Carlin Mulbrandon Wragg (Chronicle Books; $22.95 print / $5.99 digital) On view at The Morgan Library & Museum through December 19. Digital technology makes storytelling magic in this impressive, interactive debut narrative. A fresh look at World War II … Read More →
Found Letters ~ Target Audience
Found Letters‘ target audience includes poets and historians, artists and readers, especially those intrigued by new and novel interactions. These readers appreciate objects and places just as much as they love stories. They think the end of a narrative is the starting point for exploration, … Read More →
Found Letters ~ Research Plan ~ Project Development
Research The reading experience What does the scholarly literature say? #research #questions Have people studied what it’s physically like to read? #research #questions Documentation Design Direction Installation Research : Technology Video sculpture Dynamically-compiled imagery, JPEGs become movies #research Rear projection, six surfaces, simultaneous control … Read More →