Storytelling
Designing between truth and fiction
Oriol Arnedo Casas
In the throes of the post-truth era, a new generation of designers have started to use fiction in their creative work as a means for speculating about the nature of the reality that surrounds us.
Storytelling
“The War of the Worlds” – The Transmedia Invasion
Carlos A. Scolari
We take a look at how H. G. Wells’s novel has grown into a transmedia narrative world that encompasses different media and forms of expression.
Storytelling
Personal diaries in times of “extimacy”
Albert Forns
In these times of social media and constant public display, what place is left for diaries?
Storytelling
Rimini Protokoll: “There’s not such a big difference between us and the audience”
Andreu Gomila
We talk with the trio of stage directors behind Rimini Protokoll, an avant-garde German company that has pushed theatre beyond its boundaries.
Storytelling
Lateral Approaches to Video Games
Adrià Pujol Cruells | Marta Salicrú | Lucía Lijtmaer | María García Vera
We invite an anthropologist, a journalist, a writer, and a performer to share their views of the world of video games.
Storytelling
Shall We Play a Game?
Inés Macpherson
We explore the relationships between science fiction and video games, two narrative forms with a great capacity for imagining new universes.
Storytelling
Graphs, Expectations and Inventing the Future
Andreu Belsunces
Visualizations contribute to creating our social imaginaries and expectations, and therefore have an impact on the construction of future realities.
Storytelling
Literature and Music Are Part of Me
Julieta Venegas
Singer-songwriter reflects on creative processes, the relationship between music and literature, and autofiction.
Storytelling
Why the World Has Become One Big Audio Fiction
Jorge Carrión
Beyond the boom in audio formats, voice and sound could configure a new relationship between humans and machines.
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Iconographies of the Pandemic
Ivan Pintor Iranzo
We review the visual symptoms of the pandemic, its representation by individuals, politicians, media and the entertainment sector, and the dilemma posed by combining these with the personalised tracking of the population.
Storytelling
The Year of the Spectre
Max Besora
A confined writer keeps himself entertained by rearranging his private library and seeking refuge in books as windows to other worlds.
Storytelling
Cassandra Khaw: “It’s just a question of time before video games are accepted as culture”
Marina Amores
We talk to the scriptwriter of video games and science-fiction author about their narrative potential and the challenges still facing this digital format.