In this studio we are exploring the production of a number of experimental interactive documentaries made with Korsakow, which can potentially be exhibited as video installations in an art gallery.

We will be working with some video material recorded by the photographer/videographer Andy Drewitt. Andy was commissioned to make a linear documentary (12-15 minutes) in duration by ArtSpace, Realm that documents a recent theatre performance ‘Carrying Home’. The plan is to present this linear documentary in the ArtSpace during the ANZAC commemoration period in 2017.

The theatre work was produced by the youth theatre group ‘Fresh Theatre’ as part of 2016 ANZAC commemorations. The work ‘Carrying Home’ portrays a non-fiction story about the real life First War World soldier and innovator/designer Bill Scurry who invented the self-firing “drip rifle”.

Our brief is to look at how the video material recorded for the linear documentary, which consists of documentation of the performance and interviews, can be re-purposed into interactive documentary works. The design and production of these interactive works will involve gaining an understanding of the clients brief, the content and how a topic is portrayed in the multilinear structure of a Korsakow film (referred to as a k-film). Included in the design process will be a consideration of the gallery space and how the works are presented.