Embodying interactive storytelling

I would add under 'embodying interactive
storytelling' the vision of Jael Petersson, John Wentworth and Anders
Wedmar clad in colourful curly wigs practicing being Vedic avatars;
visiting artist Horst creating a virtual K3 and setting up a RuneCast kiosk
inside it, in the corner, next to the Coke vendor; Maureen, Mika and Brian
presenting to a serious-looking Pelle Ehn and the assembled members of the
Narrativity Studio their overnight movie of how 'RuneCast' could be made
without any computers or software - Mika playing 'Vala' the
fortuneteller/shaman, packed into the bathtub representing her Well with a
fringed shawl over his head and a voluminous black silk skirt wrapping his
legs, muttering over a globular lamp representing a crystal ball, while
Maureen, from inside a packing-case standing for the aleatoric system,
throws out A4 sheets with pictures of runes on them to support his/her
inventive fortunetelling; Mika's cosy Friday Evening 'Studio Culture'
drinks ritual, as the setting sun glows over the harbour; Ylva solemnly
moving white stones around the edges of the prototype interactive sandpit,
while small children bathe ecstatically in the light of Asa's projections,
and Anders and Birgitta experiment with wooden sauna benches and sensors;
Studio visitors fascinated by Anders Petter's forest of musical flowers;
Birgitta clutched in the embrace of a huge floorcushion embellished with
flashing lights as she curls and stretches, operating A-P's interactive
musical installation; Bengt emerging from behind the theatrical curtains of
the studio corner with a benevolent if bemused smile, a handful of strange
paper objects in one hand and a mobile phone in the other; Asa arranging
toys and plants on shelves; Inger signing the chit to enable the purchase
of plants to convert the studio from sterile to fertile - and at the first
Christmas party, dispensing good cheer, good food and good sense ...
That's what occurs for now - no doubt there is much more where that came
from, but deadlines press, and my attention is diffused. Please keep in
touch on progress, though!

Maureen Thomas