Showcasing new and unexpected forms of digital documentary storytelling
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Past events
DocLab at SXSW 2012 12 Mar 2012 at 15:30
IDFA DocLab presents two sessions on interactive documentary at SXSW. With Jeremy Mendes (NFB), Marshall Heald (SBS Australia) and Caspar Sonnen (IDFA DocLab).
Exhibition: Expanding Documentary 2011 25 Nov 2011 at 10:00
Interactive installations, immersive performances and other unexpected representations of reality, presented by IDFA DocLab, Paradocs and Brakke Grond.
Live Cinema Event: Stories We Love to Forget 23 Nov 2011 at 22:00
An evening packed with embarrassing, true stories told live on stage. With Micha Wertheim, Paulien Cornelisse, Kevin Allison (The Risk Show) and someone reading an excerpt from their adolescent diary.
Waterlife
The importance of water and the problems associated with it in the Great Lakes. Examined in 23 distinctly themed sections, using text, image and sound.
The Great Lakes on the border of the United States and Canada contain 20% of the fresh water on the earth’s surface. They are currently undergoing rapid change, and not for the better.
As the introductory text for the Waterlife project points out, “Something’s not quite right with the water.” Worse than that, and as any visitor to Waterlife will quickly notice, something’s very wrong with the water indeed.
In distinctly themed sections, the site discusses water-related issues and the problems now threatening the Great Lakes. Each section starts with the words “Water is,” followed by subjects such as “Fishing,” “Pollution,” or “Responsibility.”
Although users are free to choose their own route through the information, there is a clear structure to the arrangement of the 23 elements comprising Waterlife: the site first emphasizes the importance of water in our lives and then explores current problems and potential counteractive measures.
Tags DocLab 2009, Interactive, Social Issue, Video, Watch Online
Project details
Year of development :2009Created by:Kevin McMahon
With:National Film Board of Canada
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