Stories
In Database as a Symbolic Form, Lev Manovich argues that the database, a structured collection of information stored in a computer, and the narrative are oppositional forces. The former, in its purest form is unordered, while the latter inherently is — a cause-and-effect trajectory.
Stories explores the architecture and interface of the website in order to execute multiple narratives through a catalog of 24 arbitrarily filmed footage: a ball bouncing down a flight of stairs; a half-eaten pizza; tumbling clothes in a washing machine; a garden washed by the warm afternoon sun. By allowing users agency to order and re-order the sequence of shots through basic web sorting functions such as by title, length, file size, or random, this work aims to find the intersection between database and narrative.
Stories explores the architecture and interface of the website in order to execute multiple narratives through a catalog of 24 arbitrarily filmed footage: a ball bouncing down a flight of stairs; a half-eaten pizza; tumbling clothes in a washing machine; a garden washed by the warm afternoon sun. By allowing users agency to order and re-order the sequence of shots through basic web sorting functions such as by title, length, file size, or random, this work aims to find the intersection between database and narrative.
STORIES
GRAD THESIS I ︎︎︎ FALL 2023 ︎︎︎ RISD