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Nachtrag: Invisible Belfast

Geschrieben am 1 Juni 2011 von Schatztaucher.

Das vor einigen Tagen besprochene ARG steht im Zusammenhang mit dem Belfast Book Festival, wie einer der Spieler herausgefunden hat. Eine schöne Zusammenfassung dazu gibt es bei Filmtrip. Aus diesem Artikel ein Zitat von Garwain Morrison, dem Produzenten des Spiels:

As book publishers, newspapers and writers embrace the world of new technologies a number of different ways to consume literature, and to have deeper levels of engagement, literature lovers are being offered a whole new way to engage with books & writers.  It’s great to have such a dedicated & creative team working on this game, and being able to run it as part of Belfast Book Week is just perfect. To be able to use this kind of gameplay to engage a new audience with literature, especially literature from N.Ireland is exciting.

 

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Invisible Belfast: Alternate Reality Game mit vielen Literaturreferenzen

Geschrieben am 30 Mai 2011 von Schatztaucher.

Invisible Belfast: Alternate Reality Game mit vielen Literaturreferenzen | transmedia nonlineares erzählen invisible belfast belfast ARG alternate reality game

Heute möchte ich eine kurze Empfehlung für ein gerade laufendes Alternate Reality Game (ARG) geben: Invisible Belfast. Aus literarischer Sicht ist es nicht nur interessant, weil es reichlich literarische Referenzen (Seamus Heaney, Ciaran Carson, James Joyce mit Finnegan’s Wake etc.) in dem Spiel gibt. Es ist vor allem ein spannendes Beispiel für nicht-lineares Erzählen und eine interessantes transmediales Projekt, das Blogs, Twitter, Facebook, ein echtes Theaterstück, dem man auch per Internet-Livestream beiwohnen konnte, und vieles mehr umfasst. Nachfolgend kurz das Intro zum Spiel und im Anschluss die wichtigsten Links, um an dem Spiel teilzunehmen.

The story of [in]visible belfast has begun.

The game launched at noon, 12 May 2011, with a message: ‘Embedded in every layer of the journey, you’ll find the past. All futures, in their infinite plurabilities, wait to be written.’ Anyone registered on the http://www.invisiblebelfast.com website will have received this message, along with a clue. If you haven’t registered, you still can.

My name is Ana Kuipers, and I might be chosen as the protagonist, evident in the fact that @visiblebelfast has created a list on Twitter called The Protagonist that is following me and one other. The person, or people, who call themselves [in]visible belfast, have been watching me and filming me for weeks now. You can access several films that they created of me without my knowledge.

What we’re meant to do, what mystery we’re meant to solve, we haven’t yet been told, but the secrets of Belfast will apparently be revealed.

Some talented people have already joined in to help solve the mystery. We are communicating through Facebook and Twitter; friend me on Facebook to find out the latest, and search for me on Twitter (@anadanikak).

You also might learn a little more about the mystery through my blog and my YouTube channel, where I’ve been posting things that I’ve found, or things that have been sent or given to me. My blog is at http://anadanika49.blogspot.com . My YouTube channel is at http://www.youtube.com/user/AnaDanika49 .

Several advanced conspirators have already solved their way through the first series of clues, and have banked some important information at http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=32153&sid=0183320530ac4bdcee6b04ac6a37399f .

Please help me solve the mystery. Update this wiki with any information you think is useful for new conspirators and anyone who needs a quick summary of recent events. And enjoy taking on [in]visible belfast. icon smile Invisible Belfast: Alternate Reality Game mit vielen Literaturreferenzen | transmedia nonlineares erzählen invisible belfast belfast ARG alternate reality game

Best, Ana

Links zum Spiel

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Ein urbanes Meer

Geschrieben am 25 Februar 2011 von Schatztaucher.

IMG 3372 Ein urbanes Meer | streetart madrid

IMG 3382 Ein urbanes Meer | streetart madrid
IMG 3468 Ein urbanes Meer | streetart madrid

Streetart von großer poetischer Kraft. Gestaltet von Luzinterruptus, wo es weitere Fotos gibt. An den Strand gespült von Rebelart.

In den Worten der beiden Künstler von Luzinterruptus:

We believe that the containers of rubble in the streets of Madrid are like stranded ships, waiting between the cars, for the rising tide that never comes, to take them back to the sea.

Some of these containers, especially those which are in luxury neighborhoods, are covered by shiny tarpaulins of green and blue, which cover the unsightly rubbish inside them and when we see them we imagine that a piece of the deep, bright sea has crept into our dry, urban habitat.

The night of February the 7th, we decided to stage this fantasy, adding paper boats with lights to our imaginary, miniature seas.

The action was called One sees the sea between the cars and to carry it out we used 3 covered containers which we found in the neighborhood of Salamanca in Madrid, placing upon its “waters”, a tiny, harmless fleet, of illuminated paper boats.

According to what we have been told, our improvised seas, were the first thing seen by many children going to school that morning, and also gave rise to many animated conversations in the shops and bars in the area.

Pictures by Gustavo Sanabria.

Assembly time in the street: 2 hours.
Damage done: 0.
Duration of the intervention: 24 hours?

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