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Jeff Watson is an artist, designer, and Assistant Professor of Interactive Media and Games at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts.
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Tag Archives: participation
Making process visible
“I saw scores as a way of describing all such processes in all the arts, of marking process visible and thereby designing with process through scores. I saw scores also as a way of communicating these processes over time and … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, lawrence halprin, participation, process architecture, process design, rsvp cycles, scores
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“In participatory situations, game structure replaces aesthetics…”
“In participatory situations, game structure replaces aesthetics. Instead of events being worked out beforehand, there is a “game plan,” a set of objectives, moves, and rules that are generally known or explained. The game plan is flexible, adapting to changing … Continue reading
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Tagged audience, game design, participation, performance, richard schechner, theatre
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Essential Reading: The Work of Art in the Age of Mediated Participation
Anyone interested in “the practice of using the Internet as a participatory platform to directly engage the public in the creation of visual, musical, literary, or dramatic [artworks]” should not miss Ioana Literat‘s fantastic paper, The Work of Art in … Continue reading
Revel: a geolocative app with an emphasis on play and public space – call for participation
PEG-LA co-conspirator Sarah Brin is one of the coordinators of Revel, “a public invitation to participate in fun, social, and adventurous challenges on streetcorners, in parks, and in all parts of town. [The Revel] iPhone app organizes missions by type … Continue reading
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Tagged cfp, challenges, groundcrew, participation, public space, revel, sarah brin
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The Fluxus Performance Workbook
This collection (.pdf) of Fluxus “event scores” — instructions for performances, happenings, and interventions — is endlessly inspiring. I’m working on a (top secret) game right now that shares some of the same spirit… via @dinosaurrparty
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Tagged collaborative production, event scores, fluxus, happenings, participation, sarah brin
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16 June 2014: Tunisian transmedia campaign
16 Juin 2014 is a participatory transmedia event that took place in February of 2011. The project engaged the Tunisian public via a variety of platforms and interactions in playfully imagining the country’s post-revolution future. 16 Juin 2014 was spearheaded … Continue reading
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Tagged 16 juin 2014, future, memac ogilvy label, participation, transmedia
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Dokobots: findable, sharable virtual playthings embedded in real space
Dokobots looks to be a great little geogame, with clever mechanics that push pervasive location-based participatory entertainment into some exciting new territory. Here are some highlights from the January 4th, 2011 press release posted by design studio Dokogeo (creators of, … Continue reading
Learning by ARG: an interview with Mela Kocher Lennstroem
Mela Kocher Lennstroem is a Swiss games researcher currently living in San Diego, where she conducts post-doctoral research on “the blurring of reality and fiction in digital media, especially in ARGs.” Continue reading
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Tagged arg, conferences, dml 2010, education, ken eklund, mela kocher lennstroem, participation, ucsd
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A Small Town Anywhere
Performance art groups like Coney are exploring the generative and poetic potentials of games in much the same way that game designers are exploring the immersive and interactive affordances of performance. Continue reading
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Tagged battersea arts center, coney, games, improvisation, participation, performance, uk
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Try to remain invisible: Subtlemob
Duncan Speakman’s As if it were for the last time is a soundwalk and street performance wherein audiences are “invited to download an MP3 and turn up at a secret location to listen to the track at a specified time.” Continue reading
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Tagged ambient storytelling, duncan speakman, improvisation, locative media, participation, performance, soundwalks, subtlemob, uk, urban space
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