.... both on and through the connective tissue of Wikipedia articles, following links from one to another as backing slides for the lecture itself. It is about the rounding, shearing, and dwindling of collective memory though time.
The written text - all interspersed with stage directions of where to find the next link on the page - is one of the most unhinged things I've ever made.
The read wasn't perfect - I was tired and a little underpracticed on memorizing where the links were - and I'd like to give it another go sometime, possibly with some edits and expansions to the text. That said, I don't know when or if I'll find the time so I thought I'd post the VOD now.
Sungrazer -
On Twitch; https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1725175206
On Youtube; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzixlNXft9w
this was truly magical to watch. it unfolded so well and spookily at certain points that i felt i had to restart the vod and really pay attention. there's something so relatable about the description of growing up with the internet, with wikis, in this particular way- learning the shape of knowledge before learning its usage, and making games out of possibly unintended interaction with technology. when you're developing alongside technology, the untapped potentials of both you and the technology lends the world a sort of magical realist quality- it's not even techno-utopian dream stuff, it's just that there are new ways for things to happen and you are learning how those new ways work alongside the rest of the world.
i highly recommend watching the vod, everest demonstrates something both magical and familiar.