Chris Joseph

This is a version of Perry Bard’s collaborative video project, which remakes Vertov’s Man With A Movie Camera with user-contributed footage. I have a couple of shots included so far.

See http://dziga.perrybard.net or my previous post for more information about the project and how to submit footage.


Update July 2008:

The project won Honorary Mention in the Digital Communities category for Ars Electronica, www.aec.at/en/prix/

The project will be presented on July 27 at ISEA 2008 in Singapore www.isea2008singapore.org.

The website now lists all past presentations, the site also exists in French and Spanish, Chinese is coming and more.

The entire film is now on youtube in 7 parts: www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6hOfo1N_B0 (this version is the July 5 download).

Upcoming in October are screenings in Beijing Shanghai Moscow Ekatrinburg and other venues to be confirmed.

Update December 2007:

photos of the project at
- Bigger Picture Commission Screenings, Norwich, UK for Aurora Festival, 10 November 2007
- Urban Screens Conference, Manchester, UK, 11 - 14 October 2007
are up at www.flickr.com/photos/15718313@N04/2040386988

for remixworx. flash source: dystemic.fla (188KB)

for remixworx, from xy+:=/\][()*
+ Angelica from Clair de Lune

flash source: mr.fla (1.6MB)

As we left Moscow on that plane I had no idea where we were going. It turns out my Mum and Dad had no idea either. We moved around. We stayed with friends. It took a while but finally we landed on our feet.

Sort of.

“And now I am going to die!” Attempting to impress my friends on the way home from school, I climb a rickety staircase outside an abandoned factory.

When it collapses beneath me, I hang on by my fingernails and haul myself up onto a ledge. But then I get stuck. There’s no way down. And I can’t go up. The only way out is through the scary factory, half-demolished and very dangerous. Can you help me? Can you find the way out?

My friends (I have friends now - yeah!!)love the stories I create; they want to tell their own, so I came up with a simple little tool to help them. It’s called iStori.es - all you have to do is load up your photos, add some words, music and sound effects and BOOM! you have your own interactive story….in minutes.

If you’re a student, go tell your teacher to check out http://www.iStori.es - it’s very educational! Hehe…

See you in Hometown, Episode 4 on http://www.inanimatealice.com .

Yours - Alice

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First reviews:

“Inanimate Alice serves as both entertainment and a peek into the future of literature as a fusion of multimedia technologies. The haunting images and accompanying music and text weave a remarkably gripping tale that must be experienced to be believed… Get ready for thirty minutes of multimedia bliss.” ( Jay is Games )

“Episode 4 of the super-stylish interactive story Inanimate Alice is out now. If you’ve never experienced it, interactive fiction is part story, part game. I’ve reported on Alice before because I think it’s unique and really beautiful. (Wait till you hear the music. I’m so into it. It’s like the soundtrack for a spooky-cool movie…)” ( Books, Inq. )

“Alice tells her story through moving snapshots, journaled words and haunting music… Alice is beautiful in that we start to forget that it’s a just a game and we began to connect with her, all her fears and hopes, and her joy too.” ( The Cafe in the Woods )

“I’ve just experienced the just-released “Episode 4: Hometown” of the haunting multimedia-interactive story, Inanimate Alice and can say that it is just as enjoyable and unique as the previous three.” ( educating alice )

“Inanimate Alice is a Learning Gem… With the release of Inanimate Alice Episode 4 ‘Hometown’ I am even more convinced that this type of multimedia story is the future of e-reading.” ( Learning Gems )

“Have you caught up with Inanimate Alice yet? It is digital storytelling at its most delicious.” ( CMIS Evaluation Fiction Focus )

A great essay about Alice by Ruth Page in the CIAC magazine ( http://www.ciac.ca/magazine/ ), including screenshots from throughout the series including the forthcoming Episode 4.

for remixworx, from the bakerloo line + London Tube Font by Jonathan Paterson

flash source: bakerloo.fla (128KB)

Part of Refugee Week 2008 ( www.refugeeweek.org.uk)

Conflict, Flight, and Sanctuary?

Downoad PDF flyer (100k)

Monday 16th June 2008, 5pm - 7.30pm
Clephan Building – Room 0.03
De Montfort University
Bonners Lane (from Oxford Street, first gateway on the right through the courtyard)
Leicester LE1 9BH

An opportunity to explore the journey of an asylum seeker through discussion and creativity:

• International Red Cross speaker – conflicts around the world
• Navigating Safety – options for flight
• The Destitution of Refused Asylum Seekers – reaching ‘sanctuary’?
• ‘Flight Paths: a networked novel’ - exploring the themes of asylum and flight through multimedia - www.flightpaths.net
• Panel question and answer session

Refreshments will be available from 5pm ready for a 5.30pm start

Places are limited, and can be reserved by contacting: leicester@cityofsanctuary.com / 07716 073403

Including music from the forthcoming Episode 4.

UK mobile phone owners can also buy the tracks via SMS.

Kate Pullinger at the Institute of Creative Technologies (IOCT) Salon [ www.ioctsalon.com ], De Montfort University, Leicester, UK on 23rd November 2006. Supported by the Arts Council England.

Kate Pullinger’s books include the novels ‘Weird Sister’ and ‘The Last Time I Saw Jane’ as well as the novel of the film ‘The Piano’. Kate’s latest book, ‘A Little Stranger’, received excellent reviews on its publication in January of this year. Her first play for radio, ‘The Egyptian Collection’ was critically acclaimed, following the recent national broadcast. Kate teaches on the Masters degree in Creative Writing and New Media at De Montfort University, Leicester. She lives in London.

At this Salon Kate presented the English premiere of Inanimate Alice, Episode 3: Russia , as well as discussing her other work.

for Interactive Futures 07: The New Screen

Alison - Alison Darcy
Camera - Olivier Choinière