LookingOutwards-09

I researched Toni Dove’s Archeology of a Mother Tongue. This piece is a virtual reality murder mystery film and was created at The Banff Centre for the Arts in Canada. Dove collaborated with Michael Mackenzie for this immersive interactive narrative. Dove worked to create a piece using interactive computer graphics, laser disk video, and slides with interactive sound. I find this project interesting because of how detailed it is. The entire experience takes about forty minutes to experience, which means there was a lot of computing involved in this. In addition, there are many different parts that allow the viewer to experience the story in different perspectives. For example, you can look through a small plastic camera and see the perspective of one of the main characters, the coroner. She is having a dream of her life as a child. This piece is also interesting because it focuses on the stories of women, and centers the story around female characters, contrary to most murder mystery stories. 

Toni Dove, 1993

https://tonidove.com/archeology/text/