DIGIMAG the digicult’s project journal - Issue 78 - Spring 2018

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DIGIMAG the digicult’s project journal issue 78 (Spring 2018) presents an interdisciplinary focus on digital writing and narrative practices shaped by contemporary technological and scientific developments. Guided by an international editorial network, the manifesto frames digital literature through new structures, creative and receptive approaches, and the growing immersive, participative, transmedia dimension of storytelling. The journal also documents digital art practices and research perspectives across interactive, locative, and webcomic formats.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryLiterature

FormatPDF

Pages83

Reading Time2 h 8 min

AccessFree to download

Manifesto

Overworlds and New Narratives

Table of Contents

Stories within a digital world: then and now

Google maps, gGoogle earth and Google art. When software limits become strengths in online art practice

Thanner Kuhai. 'The water cave' - a vr poetry experience

Narrative experiences in locative art

Interactive Webcomics

Transdisciplinarity: new trend in art, science and technology

Recombinant Fiction

Roots and Shoots: precursors and development of electronic literature in the arabic and english contexts

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ISSN: 2037-2256 n° 78 | year XII Spring 2018 Euro 0,00 | | | DIGIMAG the digicult’s project journal | n° 77 year XII | winter 2018 DIGIMAG Issue 78 / Spring 2018 CURATED BY Marco Mancuso, Silvia Bertolotti EDITING Marco Mancuso DIGITAL PUBLISHING Loretta Borrelli COVER Semiconductor, Acousticity (2008) CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS Andy Campbell, Paolo Cirio, Daniele Giampà, Reham Hosny, Annette Hunnekens, Alessandra Ioalè, Vanessa Santos, Dominika Sobolewska PUBLISHER Digicult-Digital Art, Design & Culture Largo Murani 4, Milano Editorial Press registered at Milan Court, number N°240 of 10/04/06 . ISSN Code: 2037-2256 LICENSES Creative Commons, Attribution-NonCommercial NoDerivs Creative Commons 2.5 Italy (CC BY-NC-ND 2.5) PRINTED AND DISTRIBUTED BY DIGICULT EDITIONS ISBN: 978-1-291-38203-7 DIGIMAG the digicult’s project journal | n° 77 | year XII | winter 2018 2 Table of Contents Stories within a digital world: then and now 6. Annette Huennekens Google maps, gGoogle earth and Google art. When software limits become strengths in online art practice 15. Alessandra Ioalè Thanner Kuhai.‘The water cave’ -a vr poetry experience 20. Andy Campbell, Shanmugapriya, Nirmala Menon Narrative experiences in locative art 27. Vanessa Santos Interactive Webcomics 39. Daniele Giampà Transdisciplinarity: new trend in art, science and technology 50. Dominika Sobolewska Recombinant Fiction 61. Paolo Cirio Roots and Shoots: precursors and development of electronic literature in the arabic and english contexts 68. Reham Hosny DIGIMAG the digicult’s project journal | n° 77 | year XII | winter 2018 3 MANIFESTO Since 2005, Digicult is one of the main online platform that examines the impact of digital technologies and science on art, design, culture and contemporary society. Based on an international Network of critics, curators, artists, designers, professors, researchers, journalists, media center, galleries and festival, Digicult is an editorial project that daily publish news, informations, articles, interviews, reports and even essays, artists’ book and the Digimag Journal through its online publishing service Digicult Editions. Digimag Journal is an interdisciplinary online publication seeking high-standard articles and reviews that focus on the impact of the last technological and scientific developments on art, design, communication and creativity. Following the former Digimag Magazine (72 issues in 7 years), it is based on international call for papers on given subjects and provides readers with comprehensive accounts of the latest advancements in the international digital art and culture scene. Digimag was born as a monthly magazine and published 72 issues in over 7 years. It provided readers with comprehensive accounts of the latest advancements in the international digital art scene and culture. The magazine evolved year after year, issue after issue, morphing into a hybrid instrument able to reflect the complexity of contemporary artistic and cultural production. It quickly became a cultural instrument, a tool for academics, researchers, students, artists, designers, geeks and practitioners connected to the main international media centers, universities, contemporary art galleries, digital art festivals and hacktivist networks. Digicult Editions is the publishing initiative of the Digicult project, whose goal is to be active in the publication of the Digimag Journal, but also critical and theoretical books and essays commissioned to international authors, university thesis of special interest, publications edited in collaboration with other national and international publishers, conference proceedings and classes materials connected to educational activities, as well as peer-reviewed publications with institutional partners. Digicult Edition uses all the tools of a contemporary digital publishing: the print on demand (POD) appr

FAQs

What editorial focus does the manifesto describe for this issue of DIGIMAG?

It examines how recent technological and scientific developments influence art, design, communication, and creativity, especially within digital writing and digital literature.

How does the document define digital storytelling in relation to technology?

It highlights increased immersion and audience participation, where environments evolve into complex transmedia scenarios influenced by media technologies.

Which example projects are cited to illustrate interactive or immersive narrative approaches?

The text references experiments related to Google Arts & Culture, multimedia storytelling by Blast Theory, and applications of virtual and augmented reality to narrative spaces.

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