The Digital Narrative

Vancouver’s Emily Carr University is hosting the International Digital Media Arts Association Conference from 4 to 6 November. This year’s theme, Digital Narrative, is rather broad.

New digital technologies and mediums are informing, challenging and reinventing our notions of narrative structures and storytelling. Non- linear, virtual, artificial, interactive, and cyber culture have become common terms and concepts when describing the emerging integration of science, art, and sociology. The Digital Narrative explores ideas of how storytelling and communication is influencing and influenced by new and emerging technologies.

There’s an amazing array of speakers, some local, some not—Almer/Blank, Electronic Arts . . .—and women are noticeably well-represented.

The Extreme Close-Up sessions, where specific issues will be discussed by a panel, could be excellent if they are moderated properly. Topics include: Interactive Sound and Music, Non Linear Storytelling & Digital Installation.

Early registration is available until 20 October.

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Thumbnail image from Julie Andreyev’s Four Wheel Drift