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1000STORIES: ON THE ROAD IN THE U.S. AND GERMANY. International interactive film project using the Korsakov System launches in October.
Thu Oct 11 15:30:00 CEST 2007 Press Release
International interactive film project using the Korsakov System launches in October.
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New York/Munich. An interactive documentary-style road movie that sets out to
confound all existing prejudices launches in America and Germany on 1 October
2007. Two filmmakers visit each other's native countries for 40 days and
produce a daily Internet blog describing their experiences.
The aim of the project is to illuminate and to scrutinize commonly held
clichés.
Documentarian and media artist Florian Thalhofer, who has received the
Literatur.Digital.Award, the Red Dot Design Award and the Werkleitz Award,
travels the American Mid-West on a BMW motorcycle and is going to meet numerous
"average Americans" on his trip. Americans that can be seen rarely in the
cinema or in TV series set in large cities. Americans who live in the Bible
Belt and elected George Bush.
In return, Mark Simon (American photographer, lecturer and filmmaker) explores
Germany by car. Here too "typical Germans" will be sought out, portraited and
cultural differences will be investigated.
In addition to informative and entertaining reports about the country and its
people, the viewers can witness the impressions the visitors get of their own
country and the predominant mentality there, enabling them to look at their own
culture from the perspective of an outsider.
The various stages of the journey will be published each day on
www.1000stories.de. They will also be on show in an exhibition at the New York
Goethe Institute, implemented using the Korsakov System.
The Korsakov System
In reality, stories do not take place in a neatly ordered way - they happen
simultaneously. This is why Florian Thalhofer uses a non-linear narrative
style. The computer is the ideal medium for this type of story telling.
Thalhofer developed software known as the Korsakov system to produce non-linear
films.
The film is played back on the computer in the net or from DVD. The viewer can
use the mouse to plot his individual route through the film.
On 27th September 2007 the event was kicked off with a big "1000stories Launch
Party" at the New York Goethe-Institute.
You can download images and further information relating to this innovative
project at www.1000stories.de/press.