The notion of cross-media storytelling is creeping into academic and art. A sibling concept, ‘distributed aesthetics’, is being bandied about at a few ’spaces’. Here are a couple in Australia:
Fibreculture Journal: upcoming Distributed Aesthetics Issue
It has been widely argued by sociologists, cultural and media theorists such as Manuel Castells, Arjun Appardurai and Geert Lovink that […]
I changed my blogger ftp username and password yesterday and I get up today to find my site has been hacked with message left: irdex owns joo! None of my other websites were touched so I can only presume that blogger is currently unstable (for those that ftp to another server and don’t have their […]
I think books are an under-utilised media in cross-media projects. It is understandable to some extent — they take a long time to produce and are really a one-person job, whereas most other forms of entertainment (besides painting) can be/are more collaborative. Another reason why they are not utilised in cross-media works is because they […]
I’m excited! The Second Australasian Conference on Interactive Entertainment is calling for papers at the mo and will be held November this year, in Sydney. The themes they posit that are relevant to me are:
Advanced/Innovative Interaction DesignArt, Design and MediaCulturaland Media Studies on Computer GamesInteraction designInteractiveDigital StorytellingMedia TheoryMobile EntertainmentNetworking (technical and social)New Genres, New Standards […]
