August 18, 2005
KORSAKOW-SYSTEM
Films with a Twist
The Korsakow-System is an easy-to-use computer program for the creation of interactive films, or better: interactive database narratives. Korsakow-projects are films with a twist. They are interactive - the viewer has influence on the film. They are rule-based - the author desides on the rules scenes relate to each other, he does not create a fixed order. They are generative - the order of the scenes is calculated while the viewer looks at a Korsakow-project. Korsakow-projects can only be viewed on a computer. They can delivered via internet-streaming, DVD-Rom or CD-Rom.
The Korsakow-System was invented by Florian Thalhofer in 2000 for the making of the nonlinear documentary the [korsakow syndrom], his final piece at the University of the Arts, Berlin. It is being improved an developed by him and Prof. Willem Velthoven.
In March 2003 the Korsakow-Foundation was founded in Amsterdam. The Korsakow-Foundation organizes workshops and takes care about the further development of the Korsakow-System.
TEACHING & WORKSHOPS
Mediamatic, Amsterdam organizes Korsakow-workshops at Film- and Media-art-festivals and at Filmschools in Europe. More than 15 one-week-workshops have taken place in the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Czech Republic, USA, Finland, Estonia and Portugal. Find out more about Korsakow-workshops at korsakow.org
From 2001 - 2004 the Korskow-System was the students' main working tool in the class "Interactive Narration", led by Prof. Willem Velthoven and Florian Thalhofer at the University of the Arts, Berlin.
From autumn 2005 on, the Korskow-System will be used at the German Literature Institute in Leipzig in a class led by Guest-Prof. Florian Thalhofer.
The Korsakow-System is also used at a number of Film- and Media-Art-Schools all around the world.
We know of approximately 250 projects that have been made with the Korsakow-System so far. Projects done with Korsakow were shown at Galleries and Festivals worldwide.
Posted by jo at August 18, 2005 07:30 PM
