[arg_discuss] Sophie Calle

[Hugh Davies]

Hi
just to butt in - I also believe that the work of Sophie Calle and other
artists concerned with relational aesthetics have a great deal to offer
ARG's. If your not across it already - you might find some interesting info
in the attached article. Its not by me but the author and source are listed.

cheers.
marcus.


On 6/21/06, Edgar Martin <martinpds at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi Jess,
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> I visited your web and read some of your articles. I agree when you say
> that The Beast "let players walk away from the whole experience without
> feeling like whores to the marketing machine." That was probably part of its
> TINAG allure.
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> As for me, I'm more of a maker than a player. I am more driven by
> creativity though I like to immerse myself in other peoples' works. The ARG
> I'm working on is still at an early stage of development and is
> intrinsically related to one of the feature films I'm involved in. I'm not
> allowed to reveal much of it but I can tell you that the idea is not to
> create an ARG spin-off from the movie.
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> By the way, the Neurocam experience reminds me a lot of Sophie Calle's
> works (she is a French art performer who inspired Paul Auster to write his
> novel "Leviathan", which is a book I strongly recommend). If you like John
> Fowles, you'll probably enjoy it. It is actually a pity that Sophie Calle is
> not so well-known among the ARG community.
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