Project Demo
Matt Soar and Florian Thalhofer
Korsakow Institut, Berlin
Biographies
Matt Soar is an intermedia artist and graphic designer with graduate degrees in Communication. He has been instrumental in Intermedia production in the Department of Communication Studies, and has an active research/creation agenda in database documentary storytelling, animation and design.
Florian Thalhofer is a Berlin-based artist and filmmaker, and the inventor of the Korsakow System. His award-winning Korsakow films include Forgotten Flags (2007), 13terStock (2005), 7Sons (2003) and Planet Galata: A Bridge in Istanbul, which was produced in association with ARTE, the European television network.
Abstract
In the last few years we have seen a veritable flood of digital media authoring tools for creators and researchers interested in new forms of storytelling for the web, many of them opensource. One of these tools is the Korsakow System, a software application for creating database-driven narratives. Korsakow emphasizes flexibility and ease of use, and the creation of elegant browser-based films with minimalist interfaces. Korsakow was invented in 2000 by one of the presenters on this panel, Florian Thalhofer, and has been used to create hundreds of films over the last decade.
Soar and Thalhofer will use this opportunity to demonstrate the software, including new features currently under development (mapping/GPS functionality and iPad/HTML5 export capability), to show working files for recent projects, and to solicit feedback on the application and its continuing potential for digital nonlinear storytelling.