Performing Digital Aesthetics: The Framework for a Theory of the Formation of Interactive Narratives

Abstract

Interactive narratives are inextricable from the way that we understand our encounters with digital technology. This is based upon the way that these encounters are processually formed into a narrative of episodic events, arranged and re-arranged by various levels of agency. After describing past research conducted at the iCinema Research Centre at the University of New South Wales, this paper sets out a framework within which to build a relational theory of interactive narrative formation, outlining future research in the area.

Redefining Access to Large Audiovisual Archives through Embodied Experiences in Immersive Environments

“…The concepts of embodiment and its dimensions ( [9]), as well as founding theories of immersion and interactivity ( [1,18]) and their more recent revisions ( [23,27]) are elaborated to understand how narrative can emerge in such frameworks ( [11]). The duality of immersion and presence in immersive environments is studied in relationship to various forms of narrative ( [2]). The present research also leverages how data can be used as material for the creation of a virtual world in which narrative can emerge through users' interactions ( [12]).…”

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Postphenomenological performance: bodily extensions in interactive art

“…Letters took on amplified significance in this artwork as alphabetical symbols, map markings, buildings and images. (Brown et al, 2011).…”

Postphenomenological Performance in Interactive Narrative

“…The result of this transaction between a human user and digital character in Scenario is what they term a coevolutionary narrative. In a separate paper by Neil Brown, Barker and Del Favero, this term is defined as 'a narrative that evolves or emerges based on a relationship formed between a human user and a digital agent able to respond autonomously' (Brown, Barker, & Del Favero, 2011).…”