hektor.net & the non-aggressive narrative
URL: http://hektor.net
More info: http://nathanielstern.com
nathaniel stern's non-aggressive narrative (NAN) is a mode of Benjaminian
storytelling which proposes "the continuation of a story which is just
unfolding." He uses digital and traditional media to create encounters
between an ambiguous 'I' and potential 'You.' By embracing memory as a
collage in motion through multiple characters, the NAN implies an origin
story that may or may not have occurred. You are invited to co-invent this
unfolding 'past,' and its openness suggests possibility and multiplicity.
In a 1965 interview with Michael Kirby, John Cage said that theatre is not
done to its viewers; they do it to themselves. The NAN depends on that. As
viewers re-member along with the narrative, they complete / become the work
of art. Alongside the NAN, the self ('You' and 'I') is unfolding and in
process.
hektor.net is the first piece of the NAN available online
Net Art News - hektor.net
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Type: discussion