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October 01, 2005

Desert Rain

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Orchestrating a Mixed Reality Performance

"Desert Rain is a game, a performance and an installation created by Blast Theory in collaboration with the Mixed Reality Lab at the University of Nottingham. Commissioned by Contemporary Archives in Nottingham, the ZKM (Centre for Art and Media) in Karlsruhe in association with DA2 in Bristol and the KTH (Royal Technical Institute) in Stockholm, the piece was premiered in 1999. To date it has been presented in Nottingham, Karlsruhe, London, Manchester, Stockholm, Rotterdam, Glasgow, Bristol, Prague and Middlesborough. Desert Rain was shortlisted for an Interactive Arts BAFTA in 2000.

This essay draws on ethnographic surveys using interviews, video recordings and direct observation to explore what techniques are used for orchestrating the participant's experience in Desert Rain." Chapter 12: Orchestrating a Mixed Reality Performance - Desert Rain by Boriana Koleva, Ian Taylor, Steve Benford, Mike Fraser, Chris Greenhalgh, Holger Schnädelbach, School of Computer Science, The University of Nottingham; Dirk vom Lehn, Christian Heath, The Management Centre, Kings College London; and Ju Row Farr, Matt Adams, Blast Theory UK, A Guide to Good Practice in Collaborative Working Methods and New Media Tools Creation.

Posted by jo at October 1, 2005 11:15 AM

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