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.
Condition One
Choose your own field of vision in the images of a bloody protest in pre-revolutionary Libya or a chaotic police arrest on the streets of New Orleans.
Condition One is reinventing photojournalism into a full-immersion, virtual reality experience.
The iPad app Condition One was developed by photojournalist Danfung Dennis to re-engage the audience with the realities that he and his colleagues were revealing. Instead of capturing the world in flat photographic images, the Condition One team uses a custom camera system, fusing the ethics, method and aesthetics of photojournalism with the tradition of filmmaking and virtual reality.
The entire human field of vision is captured on these camera systems, and the stories are edited specifically for the tablet application to create a truly immersive experience.
These experiences can be viewed as stand-alone items or as a series of clips, accessed by theme or by author. Holding the tablet, the user is put at the center of the action – whether it’s at a bloody conflict in pre-revolutionary Libya or during a chaotic police arrest on the streets of New Orleans. Tilting the tablet tilts the camera accordingly, allowing users to choose which area of the 360-degree image they want to look at.
Tags DocLab 2011, DocLab Competition, Immersive Tech, Interactive, Photography, Video, Watch Online
Project details
Year of development :2011Created by:Danfung Dennis and Patrick Chauvel
With:Karol Martesko-Fenster
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