Updates for June 2009

Consensus Trance Part #1

The first sequence of chapters of Dreaming Methods' latest digital fiction project are now online to experience - with future chapters to follow. Told through a series of semi-interactive scenes and video sequences where narrative fragments have to be "found" in order to progress through the story, Consensus Trance begins with a protagonist who has just returned from a school rejunion where strangely none of his old friends remember the same things he does.

Note that if you were a beta-tester for this project on the initial limited mailout, the project now contains an additional chapter, revised writing and extra effects.

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Inside translation and Dim O'Gauble feature

Dreaming Methods' 2002 collaboration Inside: A Journal of Dreams by Judi Alston and Andy Campbell is featured in the current issue of bleuOrange - a journal of multimedia/hyperliterature - translated into French by Sandra Dubé. The piece features alternative pages and dream sequences not found in the English version and can be viewed at full screen.

Dim O'Gauble is currently featured in the current issue of New River Journal - the first online journal dedicated exclusively to writing and digital art, established in 1996. Be sure to check out the excellent editors comments about the current state of e-literature and digital fiction.

Digital literature exhibition

Searching for a New(er) Digital Literature opened on 15th January 2009 at terminal, a space sponsored by the Department of Art and the Center for the Creative Arts at Austin Peay State University in Tennessee USA to showcase and examine internet and new media art. Dreaming Methods' Dim O'Gauble is showcased alongside other examples of digital literature by Jim Andrews, Marvin Bell, Sommer Browning, Jody Zellen, Alexander Mouton, Jason Nelson, Victoria Welby, Stuart Moulthrop, J.R. Carpenter, Tammy McGovern, Chris Joseph and Kate Pullinger. The exhibition is curated by Alan Bigelow - www.webyarns.com - and runs until January 30.

To find out more and view the work online, click here

News for November

Inside: A Journal of Dreams, a Dreaming Methods project by Andy Campbell and Judi Alston, is to be digitally enhanced and translated into French for publication in the online journal bleuOrange (http://www.revuebleuorange.org/) in March 2009.

The Dreaming Methods' project Dim O'Gauble will be included in a new digital literature exhibition to be held at Austin Peay State University (USA) in January 2009. The exhibition will be both on and off line and is curated by digital writer and Web Yarns creator Alan Bigelow.

Finally, searching for the keywords "red case" on Dreaming Methods will reveal a new blog set up to document the development of the latest and quite possibly most ambitious project yet. New subscribers will automatically receive a link to this blog - which is slowly gaining entries and contains exclusive pre-production screenshots.

New site launched

Dreaming Methods has been updated - take a look at our new website which features a brand new style and projects categorised by themes and keywords - as well as bookmarking and RSS feed options.

Clearance launched

A new Dreaming Methods project is now available to experience - Clearance, a collaboration between film-maker Judi Alston and web artist Andy Campbell has been launched as part of the Year Zero One hosted exhbition "Vagus" alongside other new media/video works. Clearance is an atmospheric exploration of a state between sleep and consciousness. Based around a protagonist who believes he has witnessed a global apocalyptic event, the narrative unfolds through scrambled sound, imagery and video. Broadband is essential to view this piece (17mb) and Flash Player 8+ is required.

An article by Andy Campbell introducing amateur writers to the possibilities of digital fiction has been published by UK writing magazine "Writers' Forum". The piece outlines the potential of combining the written word with multimedia and how new e-book standards may soon change the way authors construct their stories. Read it here

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