Course Site for Future Cinema 1 (and sometimes Future Cinema 2: Applied Theory) at York University, Canada
SPACES BETWEEN: TRAVELING THROUGH BLEEDS,
APERTURES AND WORMHOLES INSIDE THE
DATABASE NOVEL by Norman M. Klein
Norman Klein’s essay read as an amusing manual on how to create database novels. However, many of the principles discussed are not bound to database format and can be applied to all kind of digital media. Now, the very interesting aspect of [...]
Tags: database novels, Ergodic Literature, new media, story
Thu, February 7 2013 » futurecinema2_2012 » 1 Comment
This course examines the shift from traditional cinematic spectacle to works probing the frontiers of interactive, performative, and networked media. Drawing upon a broad range of scholarship, including film theory, communication studies, cultural studies and new media theory, the course will consider how digital technologies are transforming the semiotic fabric of contemporary visual culture. Our focus will be on the phenomenon Gene Youngblood described three decades ago as expanded cinema an explosion of the frame outward towards immersive, interactive and interconnected (i.e., environmental) forms of culture.
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