The #IFM2024 Interactive Film and Media Conference 2024 will take place online, from the 12th to the 14th of June 2024, and has announced a Call for Proposals (deadline: 18 December 2023) focused on the themes of ‘Communities – Structures – Entanglements’. These themes present a rich ground for exploration, innovation, and critical examination in the rapidly evolving interactive film and media domain.
Academics (faculty, researchers, and Ph.D. students), and practitioners (filmmakers, artists, VR and game designers, media producers, etc.) are invited to submit proposals that blend critical analysis with creativity, push the boundaries of conventional thinking, and contribute to the burgeoning discourse on communities, structures and entanglements in interactive film and media. While presenters are encouraged to consider this year’s themes, proposals on matters relevant to the IFM community and beyond are welcome.
Possible topics may include but are not limited to:
- Innovation in current and emerging structural design in interactive storytelling.
- Empowerment of communities’ agency and participation in interactive narratives.
- Visualisation techniques for conceptualising narrative structures.
- The implications of structures and entanglements in shaping interactive experiences.
- Role of technology, including AI, in amplifying or restricting agency, whether individual or community-oriented.
- Impact of cultural and sociopolitical contexts on agency and entanglements.
- Collaboration and co-creation in building innovative platforms.
- Case studies highlighting the successful implementation of new structural concepts.
- Ethics and responsibilities in facilitating agency, navigating entanglements, and designing structures.
- Exploration of how VR and AR technologies create immersive environments that leverage agency, structures, and entanglements for a richer user experience.
- Community’s role in shaping inclusive structures and agency within interactive narratives.
- Societal connections and values in interactive entanglements and their influence on content and experience.
Tribute to Patty Zimmermann:
In honour of distinguished professor and friend Patty Zimmermann, the IFM community will celebrate her contributions to strengthening communities, her careful structuring of entanglements, and her commitment to empowering people to speak. Sessions of the conference will be dedicated to our esteemed colleague, relentless scholar, dedicated social advocate, and a pioneering force in cultivating cross-platform and interdisciplinary engagement.
Full Free Admission:
No fee is charged for presentation and attendance at this conference or publication in the journal.
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