i-Docs
An international symposium on interactive documentary
Friday 25th of March 2011 at the Watershed Media Centre, Bristol, U.K.
In an era of pervasive computing, social media and a networked 'information society', digital documentary is embracing new forms. A growing range of production methods and forms of output, from web-docs to transmedia documentaries and more, are (re)developing aesthetic vocabularies that question the established linear narrative of documentary formats.
i-Docs is the first international lab/symposium dedicated solely to the rapidly evolving field of interactive documentary - a day-long event to showcase recent projects and discuss the artistic, economic and political implications of new forms of factual representation.
In a lively and challenging programme incorporating two distinct strands, papers will be delivered in sessions running parallel to case study presentations and examples of new work from artists and producers.
Topics will include:
New forms of participation/co-creation/collaboration for interactive documentary - How do we deal with user participation?
Cross-platform and trans-media projects - What are commissioning editors expecting from a cross-media documentary?
Using locative, pervasive and game logics in i-docs
Archives and collective memory as a resource
Non-linear strategies and the database driven documentary
Confirmed Keynote Speakers:
Nick Cohen - Multiplatform Commissioning Editor, BBC, UK
Alexandre Brachet – Upian, FR
The company behind Prison Valley, Gaza/Sderot and Portraits d’un Nouveau Monde
Matt Adams - Blast Theory, UK
Pervasive games specialists, Blast Theory are famous for Can you See me Now?, Rider Spoke, and their latest A Machine to See With
Florian Thalhofer - New Media Artist, DE
The inventor of the Korsakow System, the non-linear authoring tool which made possible Forgotten Flags, the [LoveStoryProject] and Rehearsing Reality
Some of the most active and creative interactive documentary experts from across mainland Europe, North America, Canada and the UK, brought together for just one day!
After the day’s events have drawn to a close we move into the evening with a new programme -
City Symphonies – which includes a screening of Jean Vigo’s classic 1930 film A propos de Nice, and a live performance response by film and sound architects Keith Marley (Liverpool John Moores University) and Geoffrey Cox (University of Huddersfield).
For a full programme, abstracts and lots more visit http://i-docs.org
Tickets are available from http://i-docs.org at a cost of £50 – which includes refreshments and entry to the evening event - City Symphonies. A limited number of places are available to Postgraduate researchers at a discounted rate.
i-Docs is convened by Judith Aston, Sandra Gaudenzi and Jonathan Dovey on behalf of the Digital Culture Research Centre, University of the West of England, Bristol. The event will be held at the Watershed Media Centre in central Bristol on Friday 25th of March 2011.
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