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Conformity, Process and Deviation: Digital Arts as 'Outsider' CHArt 29th conference |
Aris Lanarides (Leeds Metropolitan University) and Fotis Begklis (Universities of Westminster) Who can help Odysseus to find his path back to his Ithaca (or Penelope)? Only you decide.
In this two-part project demonstration, using live music and multiple story lines, we will explore the potential of using real-time responses and feedback collected from the audience (online and offline) through web-enabled devices. This project is in development. The first part of the demonstration will be a ten-minute scratch performance of a section, demonstrating some of the live interactions with the audience. In the second part, we will guide participants through our project explaining how it has been made and demonstrating the logic and mechanics of interactive storytelling.
Inspired by Homer’s Odyssey, this interactive musical performance allows the audience to determine Odysseus’ fate in a compelling interactive experience – part storytelling, part film, and part musical performance. By using smartphones and any web-enabled device to vote and ask questions, live audiences and online viewers control Odysseus’ options and decisions. With many paths and multiple endings, each performance is a unique experience with its own ending. The long-term aim of this project is to create an interactive multimedia musical performance which will document through multiple storylines and different media the reasons, the journey, the excitement, the difficulties, the second thoughts, and the possible arrival at Ithaca of Odysseus. It will also voice the stories of the people around Odysseus: people who travelled with him, people he left behind, people he forgot about, people binding him to his past, and people who are companions in his present.
Biographies
Aris Lanaridis studied guitar and composition for film and TV in Greece and the UK. He has since been teaching, recording, composing and performing. In 2011 he began his PhD research at the University of Huddersfield on the topic “Conveying Musical Meaning Between Composer and Audience” at the University of Huddersfield. He currently lives in London, working as a freelance guitar tutor, composer and workshop leader. He has developed and conducted the workshops “Perform the Story” and “Making Soundscapes – Performing Motionscapes”.Fotis Begklis — PhD candidate Westminster University, Media Department I have spent the last twenty years making films, building interactive multimedia applications and teaching. I have deep interest in music and in digital media practice based research, particularly on how interactive video can be used in visual ethnographic research. Since 2006 I have been working in higher education in various digital media production and support roles and have produced and created many inspiring educational multimedia projects. I currently work as a media specialist as part of the learning technology unit at Imperial College Business School.