christy Expanding the Definition of Convergence and Integration Call for Papers A research colloquium at Texas Tech University April 19 & 20, 2007 Papers invited include research proposals or completed research that addresses any of the following: The interaction of multiple media The use of media among or directed to Hispanics or other ethnic groups … Read moreCFP: Convergence and Integration
Re-Mediating Literature NWO-TKC / Utrecht University Department of Literary Studies July 4-6, 2007 Recent developments in digital and electronic media have stimulated new theoretical reflections on the nature of media as such and ont he way in which they evolve across time. The aim of this conference is to examine how recent technological changes have … Read moreCFP: Re-Mediating Literature
After my presentation at AOIR, How the Internet is Holding the Center of Conjured Universes, Kevin interviewed me. This is something that I encourage all event organisers to do. As a presenter I was bursting to talk more about my research — and I should say that AOIR gave us the chance to have a good … Read moreMy First Video Interview Online!
Rick Mathieson interviews Mike Benson, the Senior Vice President of Marketing for ABC Entertainment, on “multi-platform branded entertainment”. It is an audio interview about The Lost Experience from a branding perspective (which extends an earlier article on the topic too). I’ve popped some notes about each one here: Part 1: Benson spoke about how The Lost Experience helped … Read moreThe Lost Experience: Branding Perspective Interview
I am very glad I went to Association of Internet Researchers Conference Internet Convergences and presented there because I got to meet the people behind many blogs I read, find out about some neat cross-media research going on and got information about my own research out there. In fact, I’m very excited about a few contacts … Read moreAOIR Report
I WILL NOT be at PICNIC 06 Not by choice. I would love to go and I must say I had free pass to go since I am meant to be co-presenting the International Game Developers Association Alternate Reality Game Whitepaper that I co-wrote, but I couldn’t rustle up the funding in time. I’m sure the writers that are going will … Read moreWhat I'm Doing and Not Doing This Week
Baby Rock Records is offering lullaby versions of rock tunes so that the parents can enjoy listening as much as their bundles of joy. They’ve got lullaby versions of Metallica, ColdPlay, Bjork, Radiohead, Pink Floyd, Tool, The Cure, Beach Boys, Led Zeppelin, Nirvana, The Pixies, Queens of the Stone Age, No Doubt, Smashing Pumpkins and The Beatles. … Read moreBabies Rock!
As of 10th Nov, 2007, this page moved to: http://www.christydena.com/online-essays/cross-media-virtual-worlds-cinema-tv-and-books/
My latest articles in SLATE Magazine explore the notion of the art space in virtual worlds. In part one I analyse how some spaces are remediations of the real world and then in part two I pose ideas about what would be the ‘white cube’ equivalent (the ideal environment to experience art) in a virtual … Read moreThe Art Space in Virtual Worlds
**World Premiere** **Day Of The Figurines, HAU, Berlin** Blast Theory presents the world premiere of Day Of The Figurines, a mass participation artwork using mobile phones that is part board game and part secret society. Set in a fictional English town that is littered, dark and underpinned with steady decay, the game unfolds over 24 … Read moreNew Blast Theory Work: Day of the Figurines