caroline's stuff that doesn't go anywhere else.

the "hyper" projects, plus my own.

Hyper project #1: Studiocleo.com - I like the idea of images mixing with poetry, and this is the basic setup for this project. The poetry is interesting, but a part of it is a little bit confusing. I can't tell if the creator intended the poetry to clash with the images, or to have them in synch with them. At times, it seems like that might be true, but most of the time, it's a lot of the same images. I also at some point lost track of the poetry. The poetry is "life" heavy ... questions about it, mostly. The images are of everyday things: waiting for a bus, sitting on a bench, some street signs. Maybe the point of it was to have the mundane appear to be something extraordinary. I didn't love it-love it; I would say I was just intrigued by it. But I got tired of clicking on each image after a while. There doesn't really seem to be an end to the project, and there's nothing that indicates when it was created, or why.

Hyper project #2: http://www.391.org/29/ - I must be good at picking weird projects ... it's weird that it reminds me a little bit of Urban Dead, with the map. None the less, this one is better than the first one that I picked. I don't really know what it is, or have no way of giving it a name. You click on different parts on the map, and it takes you different places. As soon as I clicked on the doctor's office, a song began to play. I can't name the rap group, but they sound really familiar. I'd hate to say the wrong group... The Roots? Oh, nobody rag on me, please. The one thing I found to be really interesting about it was clicking on the Central Periodical Company, on which you can click on the magazine section or newspaper section. I chose the newspaper section, and it shows an article about the Mayor of a city. But once you run your mouse over it, there are corrections/criticisms in red over the article, which is a cool idea. I suppose the name of the project, which is "Access Points" does have a meaning to it. It's a huge project, and I have yet to go over every single thing.

As for my own version of a interactive/hyperfiction project, the only one that I can really grasp right now is just going with the one that we worked on in class. As of right now, it's just in a beginning stage, and to sum it up, it's the story of mistaken identity. It begins the same way, but each story takes a different turn in the end. I guess it's like "choose your own adventure" ... right? I don't really know how to explain the plot without spoiling it fully, but I guess I'll just try and lure you into reading my story by telling you that one of the two adventures has him ending up dead. Exciting? Probably not, but maybe it might be. I'll try. Like, really hard.

(To jazz it up, though ... I don't know. Pictures? Funny fonts? I'm glad I don't really have to do this.)

posted by caroline @ 4:17 PM