>Weirdview
WeirdView is a digital narrative inspired by oral storytelling traditions and postmodern concepts of nonlinearity and interaction. It uses multi-branching hyperlinked structures to re-present a body of true stories collected from a community of people living in the same geographical area and connected by a tight social network. The viewer is presented with the fact that a community exists and is continually formed, around place, time, life conditions and social networks. When shown to the community, WeirdView appeared to stimulate the recollection of more anecdotes and foster a sense of awareness and belonging among community members themselves. Weirdview is a joint collaboration with Jo Briggs.
The work was awarded the "Best Project prize" for the MscMM 2000, Trinity College Dublin.
Exhibitions and publications
- V Jornades sobre art y multimedia, Metanarrative(s), Barcelona 28-29 January 2005
- International Visual Sociology Association (IVSA ), 2004
- Darklight, Digital Film Festival 2002
- Mediaterra 2001, Mickromuseum
- Lucan Village Town Hall, November 2000
- Douglas Hide Gallery, Dublin, October 2000
Exposure:
Dr.Mads Haahr article,"The art and technology interface", published in the Irish Review 31 (2004).
www.stunned.org, mobile art and locative media