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         Somewhere Between_Here and There, Narrativas Contadas_Narrativas Vividas
           http://www.narrativas.aliciafelber.com    

holes linings threasd project


'Somewhere between here and there, narrativas contadas narrativas vividas' experiments with aesthetic and theoretical forms assigned to the documentary genre. It also focuses on the potential of stories linked through software devices, when computers are added to the storytelling process, through algorithms applied to an array of elements [images, audio and video segments] stored in a database.

People from diverse contexts were interviewed and videoed exploring their psychological and physical journeys. Investigating spaces, experiences and struggles surrounding migration, it portrays the perception of the migrant experience by migrants themselves as a complex and multidimensional phenomenon. Migrants become the historians of their own lives with their own voices.

As well as documenting stories, the work allows to create associations within those stories and other visual material combined 'on the fly', generating a range of alternative frameworks. These frameworks are dynamically generated based on the interaction between the author’s definitions, the choices of the navigator and the matching algorithm embedded in the program. Unlike a traditional documentary, there are deviations in story directions. The author does not solely control "what happens next”; instead, that task is for the machine and the audience to navigate together.

After Felberbaum [based in London] received a Fellowship from Nesta an Argentinean IT team [based in Buenos Aires] joined her led by Jose Broide as IT Project Manager. They collaborated throughout the software development stage creating their own tool through distance working. A virtual collaboration environment allowed them to work across the Atlantic, generating another dimension to the experience of working in a team, exploring new situations offered by globalization and technology.


team:   ar-t-uk




International Festivals:

_ File 2005
Sao Paolo, Brasil
http://www.file.org.br/file2005/ 


_ Videobrasil 2005
15th International Electronic Art Festival
Sao Paolo, Brasil
http://www.videobrasil.org.br

_ EUROPEAN MEDIA ART FESTIVAL OSNABRÜCK 2005
http://www.emaf.de/

  

_ VIPER BASEL 2004
International Festival for Film Video and New Media
http://www.viper.ch

 






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