Interactive Cinema Week @ Uninorte
A variety of interactive films will be prototyped by the students based on knowledge and techniques presented by Chris. Students will be asked to propose and make prototype interactive films based on:
-Using a brain-computer interface to control branching possibilities in a non-linear fiction film.
-Using a brain-computer interface as a means to analyse the effectiveness of short non-fiction films to induce relaxation. Who can make the most relaxing film?
-Training an AI image-recognition interface to control direction choices in a non-linear fiction film.
-Creating an installation that uses a physical, tangible interface as the basis for an interactive film.
Chris is a long-time specialist in interactive films and installations, as artist-practitioner, educator and researcher. He is a visiting lecturer in various universities and Director of Studies of the PhD in Media Art and Creative Technologies at RISEBA University, Latvia. Exhibitions of interactive film installations include ARTEC'95 in Japan, ZKM's Future Cinema (2003) and the 13th Media Forum in Moscow (2012); Cause & Effect live interactive cinema performances took place from 2002 to 2012; and the 'customisable cinema' project You•Who? was presented in Madeira, Dublin and Cork in 2018-19. Numerous publications include a chapter on interactive cinema in Interactive Digital Narrative: History, Theory, and Practice (Routledge, 2015).
Seminar Talk.
Kinoautomat and the Origins of Interactive Cinema.
Starting with a short contextual lecture, this talk will include a participative screening of Kinoautomat (1967), the world’s first interactive film system created in Czechoslovakia by Raduz Cincera. Kinoautomat ran for six months at the Expo67 in Montreal, using custom technology that enabled audiences to vote several times to determine what happened next in the film. As a research project, Chris undertook an in-depth archaeology of this neglected film which faded out of view in the early 1970s. The film's importance will be explained in relation to other early experiments in interactivity in the cinema, and its evolution will be traced into other related projects including Cincera's 'Cinelabyrinth' of 1990.
Workshop
A variety of interactive films will be prototyped by the students based on knowledge and techniques presented by Chris. Students will be asked to propose and make prototype interactive films based on:
-Using a brain-computer interface to control branching possibilities in a non-linear fiction film.
-Using a brain-computer interface as a means to analyse the effectiveness of short non-fiction films to induce relaxation. Who can make the most relaxing film?
-Training an AI image-recognition interface to control direction choices in a non-linear fiction film.
-Creating an installation that uses a physical, tangible interface as the basis for an interactive film.
Caja de Herramientas IA para Periodistas
Taller sobre herramientas de inteligencia artificial para periodistas, junto a Andrea Cancino, en el Summer Camp de la Casa Periodísitca El Punto en Uninorte.
Text-based AI - Computer Arts Society
Find the video of the talk “Text-based AI - Computer Arts Society”, where I participated with a contribution titled “Nothing artificial here”
I will be participating at the talk “Text-based AI - Computer Arts Society”.
SPEAKER
Geoff Davis, AI Researcher at Creative Computing Institute UAL UK. Computer art in Computer Arts Archive.
SYNOPSIS
Join us for an insightful event featuring discussions on various aspects of AI text generation, its ethical considerations, and applications in both education and the arts. Geoff Davis, editor of the AI Creative Writing Anthology and AI researcher at UAL, will provide an overview of text generation and delve into the ethical implications, and also will cover the use of text generation for computer coding.
Shu Wan and Maria Reyes will each present on the educational aspects of AI text generation, highlighting its potential in essay writing, annotating, and its use by both students and lecturers.
Tivon Rice and Ray LC, talented mixed media artists, will showcase their AI text-based art, while the renowned AI text and poetry artist, Sasha Stiles, will be discussed in relation to her celebrated book, ‘Technelegy.’ Additionally, Mark Webster's innovative 'Hypertype' art, which utilizes Sentiment Analysis for text generation, will be featured.
The event will culminate in an interactive questions and answers session, allowing attendees to engage with the speakers. The entire talk will be recorded for future reference.
"But I'm not him": My first published poem co-created with AI
A couple of years ago I started experimenting with AI to interpret and generate scenarios from and for my poems. Today, one of these poems created in collaboration with an AI system -different from chatGPT- has been published in this very cool anthology edited by Geoff Davis and published by LEOPARD PRINT. Each literary creation is followed by some questions and thoughts of the authors and their process.
A couple of years ago I started experimenting with AI to interpret and generate scenarios from and for my poems. Today, one of these poems created in collaboration with an AI system -different from chatGPT- has been published in this very cool anthology edited by Geoff Davis. Each literary creation is followed by some questions and thoughts of the authors and their process.
Published by LEOPARD PRINT: https://lnkd.in/dUCt3N5H
See the book on Amazon.co.uk: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BZQKV92T
See the book on Amazon.com: https://www.amazon.com/AI-Creative-Writing-Anthology-Computer-ebook/dp/B0BZQKV92T
See the book on GOODREADS: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/123894053-ai-creative-writing-anthology
AI Creative Writing Anthology is a ground-breaking and controversial showcase of cutting-edge writing techniques. From unexpected short stories to surreal poetry, these co-created works explore a range of themes using text generation systems. Writers use ChatGPT, GPT-4, and free open-source systems. Artists use hand-coded programs. With an introduction from Geoff Davis, an artificial intelligence researcher, and generative artist with 40 years of experience, this anthology is a treasure trove of insider knowledge from a true pioneer in the field.
In this book, you will: ✓ Get inspired and write faster with AI-powered text generation based on simple prompts, ✓ Rediscover the joy of writing with this innovative and fun approach to creativity, ✓ Learn from the pros with extensive notes, reviews and comments from 20 authors, ✓ Explore the fascinating history and evolution of creative text generation, from its humble beginnings to its groundbreaking potential today, ✓ Find out about Large Language Models.
Contributors: Albena Baeva, Richard A. Carter, Dana Dason, Geoff Davis, Nick Fletcher, Brad Gallagher, Iqra Iqbal, Laura Hyunjhee Kim, Ray LC, Simon Lewis, David Link, Joshua Hussey, Timothy Miller, Dustin Paddock, Fania Raczinski, Maria Cecilia Reyes, Tivon Rice, Brian Reffin Smith, Klaus Spiess, Shu Wan, and Corinne Whitaker.
Never be stuck with writer’s block again. A roadmap for unleashing your creativity, this book will help you save time and increase your output. Whether you’re looking to explore new creative frontiers or to seek inspiration, AI Creative Writing Anthology is the ultimate anthology on the future of writing. ★ Join the revolution today and unlock your full writing potential. ★
Ricerca-creazione: Quando le forme creano valori
Sono stata invitata a partecipare della Giornata di Studi “Ricerca-creazione: quando le forme creano valori” il venerdì 20 e sabato 21 gennaio 2023 a Palazzo Ducale-Fondazione per la Cultura di Genova (Italia), dove presenterò la mia esperienza di ricerca-creazione nello sviluppo della mia tesi di dottorato “Interactive Fiction in Cinematic Virtual Reality: Epistemology, Creation and Evaluation”.
Sono stata invitata a partecipare della Giornata di Studi “Ricerca-creazione: quando le forme creano valori” il venerdì 20 e sabato 21 gennaio 2023 a Palazzo Ducale-Fondazione per la Cultura di Genova (Italia), dove presenterò la mia esperienza di ricerca-creazione nello sviluppo della mia tesi di dottorato “Interactive Fiction in Cinematic Virtual Reality: Epistemology, Creation and Evaluation”.
Da circa vent’anni, con il nome di “ricerca-creazione” è nato un movimento che si è diffuso in circuiti accademici in Canada, negli Stati Uniti e in Francia. Con questo termine si designano pratiche che mirano a decompartimentalizzare le arti e le scienze al fine di rinnovare le forme della conoscenza, di pensare in azione, di produrre nuove maniere di apprendere le realtà sociali, di rendere visibili i problemi pubblici e di costruire altre forme di vita. Queste pratiche privilegiano le attività di indagine, osservazione, ricerca basate su dispositivi artistici che spostano le prospettive e ci inducono a vedere diversamente ciò che a volte abbiamo davanti a noi senza accorgercene, o che ci permettono di sperimentare altri modi di fare e di vivere insieme. Le pratiche della ricerca-creazione si concretizzano sia in attività di ricerca nelle accademie artistiche, sia all’università o in residenze in spazi culturali. Possono essere attività individuali o di gruppo, più o meno radicate nelle istituzioni. Queste pratiche contribuiscono non solo all’osservazione e alla valutazione della realtà, ma anche alla creazione di valori.
La ricerca-creazione si basa sul principio che la ricerca può rinnovare i suoi metodi, gli strumenti e i concetti lavorando a stretto contatto con le pratiche artistiche. Un punto di partenza è l’idea che sono le forme a creare i valori, dato che i valori non possono essere decretati a priori. Le pratiche artistiche diventano così le alleate del ricercatore che, attraverso di esse, cerca di spostare, comprendere, modificare le strutture relazionali sottese alla costruzione dei valori su cui si basano i nostri modi di esistere.
La giornata di studio franco-italiana scommette che queste pratiche che si stanno diffondendo nel mondo e in Italia, generando saperi e forme di vita alternative, non rivendicando necessariamente il nome di ricerca-creazione, ma prendendone la forma.
Same Different at 36. Stuttgarter Filmwinter Festival for Expanded Media 12.1.-15.1.2023
The Haus für Film und Medien presents a joint selection of varied works by young film and media creatives studying at one of these academies at the 36th Filmwinter Stuttgart. Same Different is one of the selected films.
Special Filmprogramm
talents‘ encounters, Part 2: Akademie Schloss Solitude & Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Ludwigsburg
Fri 13.1.23 16-17h
Short films presented by the Haus für Film und Medien
The association „Haus für Film und Medien Stuttgart e.V.“ (HFM) is a collective of currently 24 non-commercial institutions from the areas of education, academy, media education, art, research, science, film and media festivals, film and creative industry, and cinema, media and cross culture - all based in and around Stuttgart. Among these are our five academy members: Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Hochschule der Medien (HdM) und Merz Akademie. For the second time, the Haus für Film und Medien presents a joint selection of varied works by young film and media creatives studying at one of these academies at the 36th Filmwinter Stuttgart. The aim of this institute, which is scheduled to be fully set-up by 2027 in Stuttgart's city centre, is to offer young talent in the fields of art and media opportunities to realize their own productions and introduce them to a wider audience. The series Talents' encounters will give the audience a foretaste of the broad range of young creatives.
Pueblo Santo is finalist at MAIX 2022
Pueblo Santo was selected as one of the seven finalist projects at the MAIX grant for XR Latam projects 2022.
The objective of this initiative is to support and empower independent Latin American creators located in Latin American countries. We recognize Latin America as a multiplicity of nationalities, native peoples, indigenous peoples, gender expressions, and other ethnic groups and identities where we are all included.
The objective of this initiative is to support and empower independent Latin American creators located in Latin American countries. We recognize Latin America as a multiplicity of nationalities, native peoples, indigenous peoples, gender expressions, and other ethnic groups and identities where we are all included.
Introducción a las Narrativas Inmersivas @ Laboratorios LUPA
El 5 de Octubre de 9 a 12 AM (Hora Col) estaré dictando el taller Introducción a las Narrativas Inmersivas en el marco de los Laboratorios Lupa: Realidades inmersivas para narrar el territorio. LUPA es una iniciativa del Ministerio de Cultura de Colombia, Proimágenes, y operado por Armadillo Media.
El 5 de Octubre de 9 a 12 AM (Hora Col) estaré dictando el taller Introducción a las Narrativas Inmersivas en el marco de los Laboratorios Lupa: Realidades inmersivas para narrar el territorio. LUPA es una iniciativa del Ministerio de Cultura de Colombia, Proimágenes, y operado por Armadillo Media.
Los Laboratorios Lupa buscan aportar a la construcción de paz a través del reconocimiento de los territorios haciendo visibles diversos relatos que muestran la riqueza y diversidad del país a través de los formatos que permite el espectro digital y que despiertan un mayor interés entre los ciudadanos por consumir esas historias. Las y los participantes trabajarán en procesos de práctica de creación colectiva en donde generarán ejercicios pilotos y prototipos de contenidos como filtros de realidad aumentada y videos cortos 360 con entrevistas localizadas. En total, se entregarán 25 cupos por cada uno de los departamentos en donde se hará la formación, para un total de 75.
Masterclass "Integrating Interactive Fiction with Cinematic Virtual Reality" @ Kinemalab Gothenburg Studios
I have been invited to give a masterclass at the Kinemalab of the Gothenburg Film Studios in Sweden, on next 15th of October. I will present insights from my experience creating an interactive fiction structure for fiction and documentary cinematic virtual reality experiences.
MASTER CLASS
15 OKTOBER. 13:00-15:00
Anmäl dig: kinemalab@gothenburgstudios.se
Integrating Interactive Fiction with Cinematic Virtual Reality
In this Masterclass, I will present insights from my experience creating an interactive fiction structure for fiction and documentary cinematic virtual reality experiences. I will share thoughts on the audiovisual language of cinematic VR, notions for writing an interactive screenplay, and some questions regarding the creation of immersive narrative experiences.
During the Masterclass, I will be presenting the development and production process of creating an interactive film that uses an interactive fiction structure together with cinematic VR (360º video), while reflecting on the challenges and strategies to overcome the low level of interactivity that cinematic VR offers. I will also share an evaluation framework for this kind of artefact.
Pueblo Santo: A Cumbia Trip @ DOK Exchange XR DOKLeipzig
So happy to share that our VR musical project Pueblo Santo: A Cumbia Trip, has been selected for the DOK Exchange XR program at DOKLeipzig 2022. A great occasion to get insights from immersive narratives experts.
So happy to share that our VR musical project Pueblo Santo: A Cumbia Trip, has been selected for the DOK Exchange XR program at DOKLeipzig 2022 .
A great occasion to get insights from immersive narratives experts (as my friend and colleague Ágnes-Karolina Bakk), and strengthen our project.
Thank you Marlon Peroza, and Laura Casadiego for making this possible, for dreaming and dancing together.
While we work on awakening Pueblo Santo, we will keep you posted!
Following Nijolė
Today we close the solo exhibition of Nijolė at the city gallery of Fellbach, with the presence of Elke aus dem Moore, Antanas Perez Mockus, family and friends. I made a presentation called “Following Nijole” in which I tell the story of meeting Nijolė and creating the effort of bringing her back to exhibition space at the Fellbach Triennale and in her solo exhibition.
Today we close the solo exhibition of Nijolė at the city gallery of Fellbach, with the presence of Elke aus dem Moore, Antanas Perez Mockus, family and friends. I made a presentation called “Following Nijole” in which i tell the story of meeting Nijolė and creating this effort of bringing her back to an exhibition space at the Fellbach Triennale and in her solo exhibition.
Taller Narrativas Inmersivas @ RealMix 2022
Junto al Maestro Alejandro Angel estaremos dictando un taller sobre escritura y producción de narrativas inmersivas en el marco del Festival RealMix 2022.
Taller de estrategias narrativas y de producción para contenidos inmersivos
A cargo de María Cecilia Reyes y Alejandro Ángel.
Taller dirigido a creadores de todo tipo de perfiles, interesados en iniciarse en el desarrollo de experiencias inmersivas para tecnologías de realidad extendida, y conocer el contexto tanto narrativo como de desarrollo y producción de este tipo de experiencias.
Durante el taller los participantes explorarán junto con los talleristas los conceptos de inmersión e interactividad, formatos y posibilidades que ofrecen las tecnologías inmersivas para contar historias.
El Festival RealMix 0.2 es un evento virtual del Instituto Distrital de las Artes - Idartes organizado por su Línea de Arte, Ciencia y Tecnología y por el Planetario de Bogotá, que tiene como objetivo reconocer y fomentar la creación y experimentación tecnológica a través de proyectos de Realidad Virtual (VR), Realidad Aumentada (AR) y Realidades Mixtas (MX).
El festival busca propiciar una serie de reflexiones en torno a la creación y circulación de contenidos inmersivos, por medio de una programación que incluye intervenciones artísticas, conversatorios, talleres y conciertos, a cargo de destacados invitados y artistas colombianos e internacionales.
La versión 0.2–2022 contará con la muestra de proyectos de los artistas ganadores de la Residencia RealMix / Arte No Escadão Belo Horizonte, Brasil 2022 y los ganadores de la beca de creación Arte no Escadão - Arte en la Escalera*, a cargo de Brasil.
Arte no Escadão es un proyecto realizado a través de la Ley Municipal de Incentivo a la Cultura de la Ciudad de Belo Horizonte, que otorga cinco estímulos a través de la beca de creación dirigida a artistas de cualquier nacionalidad, residentes en Brasil. Se proponen diferentes intervenciones artísticas en un espacio importante para la región de Pampulha en la ciudad de Belo Horizonte. El Escadão, es una escalera que desde 2013 une dos partes del barrio que hasta entonces estaban desconectadas: Avenida Otacílio Negrão de Lima y Avenida Portugal.
La muestra RealMix 0.2 - Arte en Escadão estará al aire del 1 al 30 de septiembre. La visita será gratuita para el internauta y podrá acceder por medio de la plataforma de HUBS a las obras desde cualquier parte del mundo.
#Datos_y_Relatos: La Virtualidad como Última Frontera
El próximo 26 de Agosto estaré compartiendo reflexiones sobre la virtualidad como frontera migratoria en el segmento #Datos y Relatos de la Cinemateca de Bogotá.
El próximo 26 de Agosto estaré compartiendo reflexiones sobre la virtualidad como frontera migratoria en el segmento #Datos y Relatos de la Cinemateca de Bogotá.
Con la aparición de nuevas interfaces para la realidad aumentada, mixta, o virtual, nos hemos convertido en migrantes de la virtualidad. Nos ponemos el visor y partimos hacia nuestra exploración. En el mundo digital atravesamos constantemente innumerables fronteras, a veces sin darnos cuenta. Migramos del espacio al ciberespacio, del universo al metaverso, de lo físico a lo digital, de lo documental a lo ficcional, de lo natural a lo artificial, sin siquiera preguntarnos ¿Qué es lo real?. Hoy en día, la visión distópica de una catástrofe natural que podría generar un éxodo hacia la virtualidad, no resulta ya una idea absurda. Frente a la vastedad del espacio virtual, dejamos de ser solo migrantes para convertirnos en colonizadores de una realidad que aún debe ser construida y habitada. En esta charla, propongo un viaje hacia la virtualidad como última frontera de la experiencia humana.
Same Different in Greece, Denmark, Argentina and Brasil!
Our poetry shortfilm "Same Different” keeps travelling around the world. In the next months, the work will be screened in Denmark, Argentina, Brasil and Greece!
Our poetry shortfilm "Same Different” keeps travelling around the world. In the next months, the work will be screened at:
10th International Video Poetry Festival in Athens - 30th of September to the 1st of October 2022.
4th Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes Corporalidad Expandida in Buenos Aires - 13th to 17th of October.
15th Zózimo Bulbul Black Film Festival: Brazil, Africa, Caribbean and other diasporas - 18th to 24th of October in Brazil.
Nature & Culture - Poetry Film Festival - 21st and 28th of November in Copenhague.
Poetry, Performance and Bow: Ques (Nesindano Namises) @xamques
Film: Maria Cecilia Reyes @xehreyes
Poster art by: Vitjitua Ndjiharine @vitjiart
Nijolė, la huella de la existencia
Esta noche en la Cinemateca de Bogotá es la premier nacional del documental Nijolė, en el cual trabajé como guionista y montajista. Sin embargo, lo que inició en aquél 2016, sigue vivo todavía hoy. Antanas alguna vez dijo que él sintió el deber de hacerse "famoso" para hacer justicia a su madre. Esta película es justamente eso.
Hoy es un día importante. Esta noche en la Cinemateca de Bogotá es la premier nacional del documental Nijolė, en el cual trabajé como guionista y montajista. Sin embargo, lo que inició en aquél 2016, sigue vivo todavía hoy. Antanas alguna vez dijo que él sintió el deber de hacerse "famoso" para hacer justicia a su madre. Esta película es justamente eso.
Nijolė me mostró cómo los artistas nunca mueren. El año pasado durante mi residencia en Akademie Schloss Solitude, en la ciudad de Stuttgart, proyecté el documental. Fue justo en Stuttgart, donde Nijolė estudió bellas artes. Allí llegó en plena guerra mundial, escapando de su país natal Lituania.
El ritual de proyectar el documental en ese mismo lugar, desató una serie de eventos inesperados.
Elke Aus dem Moore, directora de Solitude, supo que debía traer a Nijolė a la tierra que la vio desarrollarse como artista. Con el equipo de la Triennale, empezamos a trabajar, junto a la familia Mockus Sivickas, para traer las obras de Nijole a la trienal de escultura en pequeña escala de Triennale Fellbach, y la obra gráfica de Nijole, que incluye una serie de dibujos que realizó mientras vivía en Alemania.
Escudriñando en sus archivos, descubrimos que no sólo estudió en Stuttgart sino que vivió también en Fellbach, exactamente el mismo lugar a donde volverían sus trabajos, más de 70 años después, y donde todavía pueden ser visitados.
Nijolė falleció un mes antes del estreno mundial del documental, en el festival de documentales DOK Leipzig, (casualmente es Alemania a reconocer el genio de Nijolė otra vez). Desde entonces la película ha sido proyectada en nuestro FICCI en Cartagena, en DocsBarcelona, en BiografilmFest en Italia, y fue la película inaugural del Festival de documentales de Vilnius, capital de Lituania.
Personalmente, desde ese momento también establecí una relación profunda con Lituania, un país que, a pesar del frío, está hecho de gente muy muy cálida y amorosa. Dagnė Vildžiūnaitė, productora del documental vino a conocer a Nijole y Antanas en un almuerzo en Vilnius y materializó el sueño. Eglė Aleksandra Marija Ozolinčiūtė logró en una semana que el Museo de Arte Moderno de Vilnius presentara la obra de Nijolė "Darbai ir Reflekcijos"; la música de Lina Lapelyte, artista ganadora del león de oro de Venecia, se mezcló perfectamente con la personalidad de esta historia, y Silvija Woolf, aprendió a amar a los personajes a través del la línea de montaje.
Desde hoy la película podrá ser vista en las salas de cine de Colombia, gracias al trabajo de la productora colombiana La Olimpo, y Distrito Pacífico. El documental llega finalmente al país que acogió a Nijolė, al cual ella amó profundamente, y donde nació ese sujeto con el nombre extraño que nos recordó que la vida es sagrada.
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Today is an important day. Tonight at the Cinemateca de Bogotá is the national premiere of the documentary Nijolė, in which I worked as a screenwriter and editor. However, what began in 2016 is still alive today. Antanas once said that he felt a duty to become "famous" to do justice to his mother. This movie is precisely that.
Nijolė also showed me how artists never die. Last year during my residency at Akademie Schloss Solitude, in the city of Stuttgart, I screened the documentary. It was in Stuttgart, where Nijolė studied fine arts. She arrived there in the middle of the second world war, escaping from her native country of Lithuania. The ritual of screening the documentary in that same place unleashed a series of unexpected events.
Elke Aus dem Moore, director of Solitude, knew she had to bring Nijolė to the land where she develop as an artist. With the Triennale team, we started working, together with the Mockus Sivickas family, to bring Nijole's works to the small-scale sculpture Triennale of Fellbach, and Nijole's graphic work, which includes a series of drawings that she made while living in Germany.
Digging into her archives, we discover that she not only studied in Stuttgart but also lived in Fellbach, exactly the same place where her works would return, more than 70 years later, and where they can still be visited.
Nijolė passed away a month before the world premiere of the documentary, at the DOK Leipzig documentary festival (coincidentally it is Germany to recognize Nijolė's genius again). Since then the film has been screened at FICCI in Cartagena, at DocsBarcelona, at BiografilmFest in Italy, and was the opening film of the Vilnius Documentary Festival, the capital of Lithuania.
Personally, from that moment I also established a deep relationship with Lithuania, a country that, despite the cold, is made of very, very warm and loving people. Dagnė Vildžiūnaitė, producer of the documentary came to meet Nijole and Antanas at a lunch in Vilnius and the dream materialized. Eglė Aleksandra Marija Ozolinčiūtė succeeded in getting the Vilnius Museum of Modern Art to present Nijolė's work "Darbai ir Reflekcijos" in only one week; the music of Lina Lapelyte, winner of the Golden Lion of Venice, blended perfectly with the personality of this story, and Silvija Woolf learned to love the characters through the editing timeline.
Today the film can be seen in movie theatres in Colombia. The country that welcomed Nijolė, which she loved deeply, and where that guy with the strange name was born and reminded us that life is sacred.
Uninorte en Verano - Narraciones Inmersivas
Este verano estuve compartiendo con los futuros estudiantes de comunicación social y de filosofía, algunas nociones sobre los espacios inmersivos, la virtualidad, y la producción de cortometrajes en un entorno simulado.
En 3 días, los estudiantes produjeron 5 cortometrajes todos realizados en Mozilla Hubs.
Este verano estuve compartiendo con los futuros estudiantes de comunicación social y de filosofía, algunas nociones sobre los espacios inmersivos, la virtualidad, y la producción de cortometrajes en un entorno simulado.
Los objetivos del taller fueron:
Comprender el lenguaje audiovisual inmersivo
Reconocer los ambientes simulados y cómo movernse en ellos
Desarrollar un storyboard inmersivo
Producir un cortometraje en un ambiente inmersivo
““La inmersión genera sensaciones psicológicas que hacen dificil diferenciar la realidad física de la realidad mediada” ”
Beyond tools: We need to talk about the Author
Sofia Kitromili and I will be presenting our position paper “Beyond tools: We need to talk about the Author” at the Narrative and Hypertext Workshop during the conference HT ’22: 33rd ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media, held in Barcelona.
Some results of our activity.
Sofia Kitromili and I presented our position paper “Beyond tools: We need to talk about the Author” at the Narrative and Hypertext Workshop during the conference HT ’22: 33rd ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media, held in Barcelona.
Beyond Tools: We need to talk about the Author (Position Paper. PDF)
Sofia Kitromili (Bournemouth University, UK) and Maria Cecilia Reyes (Vilnius University, Lithuania)
Abstract: Ever since digital interactive authoring tools made creating IDNs (Interactive Digital Narratives) approachable to a wide audience of people beyond programmers and curious academics, we have not stopped talking about them. We have been inventing them, testing them, improving them, and re-inventing them tirelessly. As we should. However, if we take a step back and think about what we have really been talking about, whenever we meet to discuss interactive digital narratives, is tools, narrative forms, ‘the authoring problem’, and while all those are topics we should be discussing, and building knowledge on, we have forgotten to discuss about humans. Who are we building these tools for? Who is using them to make the stories? How are they using them? It is about time we take a break from talking about the myriads of our tools. In this article we are going to talk about the interactive author, or as we shall refer to them at the end of this article, the interactive creator.
Nijolė has not died
Nijolė's work will be showcased at the small-scale sculpture Triennale of Fellbach (Germany), from June 4th to October 3rd 2022.
In parallel, the city gallery of Fellbach has dedicated a Solo Exhibition of Nijole's graphic work. Some of these artworks portray pieces of her life in Stuttgart and Fellbach, after WW2 when she was a student of the Fine Arts Academy of Stuttgart.
I am happy and honored to share with you the results of the hard work of months together with the curators of the Triennale and the Mockus Sivickas family:
Nijolė's work will be showcased at the small-scale sculpture Triennale of Fellbach (Germany), from June 4th to October 3rd 2022.
In parallel, the city gallery of Fellbach has dedicated a Solo Exhibition of Nijole's graphic work. Some of these artworks portray pieces of her life in Stuttgart and Fellbach, after WW2 when she was a student of the Fine Arts Academy of Stuttgart.
People visiting the city of Fellbach this summer will be able to get closer to Nijolė's sculpture and graphic work and watch the documentary.
This is Nijolė's first posthumous exhibition. The sculptures were her last curatorial selection.
Sivickas, Nijole
Nijolė Šivickas (Lithuania, 1925–Colombia, 2018) never died; she vibrates with her work as a single being. If you get close enough, you can see her hands shaping each one of her creations, and you can hear her sculptures reciting poems that come from the bowels of the earth, mixtures of blood and bones, of pain and hope. Her beings expand in time and space, welcoming with a warm hug to whoever visits. They defy the laws of physics via impossible shapes and volumes, and her characters shake the foundations of society with fierce humility. Šivickas’ work mixes ceramics, metals, wood and oxide, exposing her bond with the natural quality of her materials.
This selection displays different stages of her oeuvre, from figurative to abstract and installation. Beings that talk about the human condition: Señora (Lady) is a confident mature woman. Idiota (Idiot) is each one of us, clueless but calm before the mystery of existence. In Escena de Cinco (Scene of five), Šivickas becomes a film director assembling a mise-en-scène of five beings expressing their individuality within the collectivity. Pesadilla (Nightmare) enters a dark and dense dream with begging hands, dead feet, and eyes that scrutinize. Colgado (Hanged) stages a tragic death within the immensity of the unknown. From this void, we are born again with Semilla (Seed): a sacred egg that is being delicately cut by an invisible hand. And with a playful smile on her face, Šivickas makes us feel the pain of the burning iron on our skin, branding us like cows with the label: MUJER (WOMAN).
"I’m not in front of the material. The material is next to me. I look at it and it watches me. And so the dialogue begins: I am raising an object from you and you are forcing me to hold you in my hands while you also try to raise. Are we fighting? you ask. We are two beings, you are already an object, and I am within you. Look, you hurt my hand and leg. But you were carving me with a knife." And so the dialogue never ends ...
Text: Maria Cecilia Reyes. Deutsche Übersetzung: Johanna Schindler
Same Different @ International Poetry Film Festival of Thuringia
We are very happy to announce that our poetry shortfilm “Same Different” has been selected for the Special Program World Mirror of Poetry of the International Poetry Film Festival of Thuringia (Germany). The shortfilm will be available online during the days of the festival from May 20th to 31st.
We are very happy to announce that our poetry shortfilm “Same Different” has been selected for the Special Program World Mirror of Poetry of the International Poetry Film Festival of Thuringia (Germany). The shortfilm will be available online during the days of the festival from May 20th to 31st.
““In our program „World mirror of poetry“ we are travelling around the globe in leaps and contradictions to capture a glimpse of the state of the world and its poetry.””
VR Storytelling Workshop @ University of Skövde
Thursday 12th and Friday 13th of May I will be joining Prof. Rebecca Rouse at the undergraduate class, Interactive Performance and Games, to develop a workshop on VR Storytelling. Here is the structure and materials of the workshop.
Producing a Shortfilm in a Simulated Space
Two intense days. 14 hours of workshop online. 14 students from game design program.
The workshop consisted in a theoretical approach to immersive storytelling, to move towards VR language, and conclude with the production of a short film in a simulated space.
The students worked on the concept based on a previous prompt and developed a storyboard to shoot a short film entirely in a social VR platform, in this case we used Mozilla Hubs.
Afterwards, they chose a 3D scene, created their avatars, performed, shot and made minor video editing.
I was honored by Prof. Rebecca Rouse for offering me the opportunity of working with highly talented storytellers.