Incognito; The Rebirth of Nonchalance

Fair Reader you may be wondering, "What About This Project?". Fore I'd previously alluded to some grand endeavor that was taking place in 2008, the post-Oaklandish project that would once and for all settle the score. And yes it's underway, however the overall approach has been modified. Rather than hyping it up / going massive, I'm starting at the other miniscule end of the spectrum. It's gotta begin micro & mysterious. And then grow organically, eventually arriving at an appropriate scale. I will drop clues here, but I will not be "promoting". To the viewer/player/performer, the author(s) will be quite anonymous. And there will be no press. No reference. No alternate resource. All I shall say now is that the script has been written, and we are in full production mode. Funny that I'm discussing this here in a manner in which there is a supposed audience who actually gives a flarn.

Acting as if >>> Humble beginnings >>> Nameless >>> Nobody but us in here.

{ Immersive Media Narrative }

Now we're getting closer to the heart of why this blog exists. It serves as a conceptual safety net for ideas. More specifically: a safety net for ideas related to an upcoming creative project. This project could be described as an "Immersive Media Narrative", and this is what I have to say about it right now...

It is an activity, an "alternate reality game", a story, a novel, a movie, a website, a pirate radio program, a map, a guided tour, an urban exploration, a public art project, a scavenger hunt, a choose your own adventure book, trading cards, both a mystery & science fiction play, socio-reengineering experiment, and new commercial venture. For children & Adults. Foreshadowing the future of entertainment.

The story has online and offline content, that is immeshed. These tools are used as "narrative devices", all guiding the "participant" to real time / real space journeys. Examples of online content include: Google Maps, You Tube Video, Streaming Audio, Websites, Text Messaging & E-Mail. Examples of offline content include: Wheat paste visuals, FM radio transmissions, epoxy figurines, voice-mail boxes, graffiti-like messages, sidewalk chalk, exchanges of alternative currency, vending machines, photocopy tear-off flyers, oddball print ads, buried treasures, lock boxes, actual rooms or "sets", and introductions to the characters (actors placed in real space).

Besides the medium, it is really about the style and the content of the narrative. I'll save that very important subject for another day.

Eclectro/Magnetic: Jerk Music

Brazilian, Afrobeat, No-Wave, Post Punk, Glitch Pop, and Esoterica
in high fidelity 60 minute doses. 9 fine episodes & counting.
(This is basically a documentation of our most favorite and out-there musical explorations).

Download or Stream Here.