Flier for the Upcoming Film Festival Completed.

Just finished the flier for the film festival. As soon as we get an "okay" from UCSF, we will contact the press.

Intermedia Arts Project

Intermedia Arts Project sounds like an apt name for our emerging group. Must we limit our work to video or the digital realm? Why not embrace as many different artistic disciplines as possible? The main thrust of this project is that it is inter-disciplinary in the truest sense, always in between different media. Neither completely this nor that but in between. Marginality. New Marginality (as theologian Jung Young Lee would describe that liminal state). New marginality is the state of moving from "being marginalized" to "embracing marginality". 

Changing Our Name?

I'm toying with the idea of changing our name from "The Digital Storytelling Project" to "Intermedia Digital Arts Project". I feel that our project is more than about simply doing "digital stories" (e.g., as espoused by The Center for Digital Storytelling in Berkeley). I see our project as involving a wide variety of approaches to storytelling employing a variety of storytelling techniques ranging from the simple to complex and artistic. I want to run this by our team, though.  

May 27th Pre- Screening at Citywide Community Focus Center

(notice the white bedsheet we used for the "screen." I got it from Target for $14.00)

Panelists during Q/A session after the screening (above)

The Pre-Screening was a huge success. 3 out of 6 participant-consumers showed up for the screening. All but one of our crew members showed up. Despite some initial sound issues early on, the screening went smoothly, and the reception was positive. The staff/audience gave us a standing ovation afterwards. 

Thanks to Alex Alvarenga for the still pics of the event.