Showing or Telling?
At the current installation on the Delicatessen art sim, Meilo Minotaur asks visitors to Tell Me a Story. All the characters on the island have corresponding… Read More »Showing or Telling?
machinima
Mixed Realism in the Future City
Mixed realism in a future city. Archive footage and virtual world meet across time in urban space. In this machinima, I recorded some of Cica… Read More »Mixed Realism in the Future City
The Digital Pilgrims: Rediscovery and Reinvention
Retelling a popular story is never a waste of time. It is in the rereading and retelling of stories that they are kept alive, and… Read More »The Digital Pilgrims: Rediscovery and Reinvention
Are the limits on machinima relevant today?
Linden Lab has long granted licenses to Second Life residents for the taking of snapshots and machinima, reflecting how Second Life was established as a… Read More »Are the limits on machinima relevant today?
Behind ‘Falling Between Worlds’
This post about Falling Between Worlds has been long in the making. I have been doing a full write-up of my thought processes and the… Read More »Behind ‘Falling Between Worlds’
Speak softly, let your voice carry
‘A good interpretation of anything – a poem, a person, a history, a ritual, an institution, a society – takes us into the heart of… Read More »Speak softly, let your voice carry
What’s in a frame?
When a prominent film director takes an interest in a minor film form, he’s going to be noticed. And so it was when Peter Greenaway… Read More »What’s in a frame?
Your Likes of 2016
First of all thank you! The response I’ve had to my work during 2016 has been astonishing. While it’s important to find your own voice… Read More »Your Likes of 2016
Curiosity, Dystopia and Insilico
Insilico is closing. I’d long wanted to make a machinima there but I couldn’t get an idea that didn’t seem clichéd. I felt the need… Read More »Curiosity, Dystopia and Insilico
Making a Symphony for a Lost King
This time I thought I’d talk a bit about the process of putting together a machinima, using the example of my latest, Symphony for a… Read More »Making a Symphony for a Lost King