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A naked woman, an apartment building in flames, a car chase, and it’s always up to you what happens next! The action stops at nine points, and the audience has to choose between two scenes; following the vote, the chosen scene is played.
KINOAUTOMAT (dir. Radúz Činčera, 1967) is the world’s first interactive film - a black comedy satire on democracy - whose plot and story are determined by the audience.
The film has since been screened exclusively only a handful of times, and has attracted thousands of excited spectators.
The film will be screened in Riga twice as part of the Riga International Short Film Festival 2ANNAS, May 28 and 29, 19.00. Kino Citadele.
2ANNAS presents a lecture by Christopher Hales, a researcher at London SMARTlab, on the history of interactive cinema, the technical and artistic aspects of the field, as well as the latest trends and opportunities for development in the current world.
Christopher Hales embarked on making and researching interactive cinema in the early `90s, when he created an impressive collection of audio-visual and textual material on the possibilities of audience-participation in film-screening processes. Interactive cinema, as a technical innovation, is first observed in the `60s, as part of the search for new possibilities of communication for this relatively new form of visual expression. The development of the narrative is affected by the viewers, who are able to vote by pressing a button or shouting out their comments on the possible scenarios of development. Accordingly, the film takes on “added value” - due to the fact that a new and unique work of art is created at every viewing.
In the first part of the lecture, Christopher Hales gives an introduction to the history of interactive cinema – from the early experiments to the possibilities of digitalized contemporary filmmaking. A special part of his research is devoted to the first interactive film in the world - “Kinoautomat” - made by the Czech director Radúz Činčera in 1967. The film “Kinoautomat” is also a part of the festival program and will be screened on May 28th and 29th.
The second part of the lecture promises a captivating interactive cinema experience. Chris Hales will be introducing the technical “tricks of the trade” involved in making films of this genre, as well as providing the opportunity to participate in the process. He will evaluate the topicality of interactive cinema within the contemporary art-world of today, where there is an increasing tendency present to invite a creative participation by the audience – may they be professionals, amateurs or enthusiasts.
Dr Christopher Hales PhD is a practitioner, educator and researcher of interactive cinema. His audio-visual installations, including the interactive cinema performance “Cause and Effect” made in collaboration with his Finnish colleagues, have been included in various film and multi-media festival programs. He has participated in numerable forums and seminars all over the world with his lectures on the history of interactive cinema , and has visited Latvia on several occasions to partake in various events of audio-visual exploration.
Christopher Hales embarked on making and researching interactive cinema in the early `90s, when he created an impressive collection of audio-visual and textual material on the possibilities of audience-participation in film-screening processes. Interactive cinema, as a technical innovation, is first observed in the `60s, as part of the search for new possibilities of communication for this relatively new form of visual expression. The development of the narrative is affected by the viewers, who are able to vote by pressing a button or shouting out their comments on the possible scenarios of development. Accordingly, the film takes on “added value” - due to the fact that a new and unique work of art is created at every viewing.
In the first part of the lecture, Christopher Hales gives an introduction to the history of interactive cinema – from the early experiments to the possibilities of digitalized contemporary filmmaking. A special part of his research is devoted to the first interactive film in the world - “Kinoautomat” - made by the Czech director Radúz Činčera in 1967. The film “Kinoautomat” is also a part of the festival program and will be screened on May 28th and 29th.
The second part of the lecture promises a captivating interactive cinema experience. Chris Hales will be introducing the technical “tricks of the trade” involved in making films of this genre, as well as providing the opportunity to participate in the process. He will evaluate the topicality of interactive cinema within the contemporary art-world of today, where there is an increasing tendency present to invite a creative participation by the audience – may they be professionals, amateurs or enthusiasts.
Dr Christopher Hales PhD is a practitioner, educator and researcher of interactive cinema. His audio-visual installations, including the interactive cinema performance “Cause and Effect” made in collaboration with his Finnish colleagues, have been included in various film and multi-media festival programs. He has participated in numerable forums and seminars all over the world with his lectures on the history of interactive cinema , and has visited Latvia on several occasions to partake in various events of audio-visual exploration.
May 29, 17.00. Kino Citadele.
More info: www.forumcinemas.lv