<div dir="ltr">this is super interesting.<div><br></div><div>thanks for sharing here.</div><div><br></div><div>ill be interested in seeing the whole piece when its completed.</div><div><br></div><div>im very intrigued by the idea of using tech as a way to provide some anonymity for people that don't want to be filmed yet at the same time very aware of the effect it has on me as a viewer.....</div><div><br></div><div>thanks again.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 1:36 PM, isabelle arvers <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:iarvers@gmail.com" target="_blank">iarvers@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">----------empyre- soft-skinned space----------------------<br><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div>Dear Johannes,<br><br></div>Thanks for your feebacks on this ongoing project of documenting Calais jungle using machinima technics. The camp isn't dismanteled yet as there is as NGO refe<span>red </span><span>the</span><span>
</span><span> c</span>ase <span>to</span><span> the </span><span>Conseil</span><span> d'Et</span><span>at. <br><br></span>Machinima usually refers to film making using a video game or a game engine. Here, I am using a game engine/machinima dedicated software that allows me to integrate fix images, create my own caracters (quite hard to get closer to the real persons appearance) and direct them in a virtual space.<br></div><div><br></div>The idea of mixing interviews and photographies in a game engine began in Brazil last june, during Ruralscapes, an art residency in the mountains <a href="http://www.ruralscapes.net/" target="_blank">http://www.ruralscapes.net/</a> where I was giving machinima workshops to kids who might become farmers in the future. After the first day of workshop we understood that story telling was an issue and decided to go in their village in order to bring me to their favorite places telling me why it was important for them while i was interviewing them. We ended with 2 spirits stories, mixing pictures we took of all the places and kids interviews: <a href="http://www.kareron.com/videos/" target="_blank">http://www.kareron.com/videos/</a><br><br></div><div>In Calais, as many people don't want to be filmed I decided to focus on the streets and shelters as well as people's voices. That's why there is nobody except people interviewed as virtual caracters..<br></div><br></div>My first intention was to integrate all the pictures I took of this world city and to represent it through the game engine, while reproducing its cartography and moving through it with the camera. I think it will be present in the next steps of the project.<br><br></div>Looking forward your workshop in april,<br></div>Isabelle<br><div><div><div><div> <br><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.isabellearvers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/animLogo.gif" target="_blank"><img alt="http://www.isabellearvers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/animLogo.gif" src="http://www.isabellearvers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/animLogo.gif"></a><br>Isabelle Arvers<br>Curator and art critic<br>+33 661 998 386<br><a href="http://www.isabellearvers.com" target="_blank">http://www.isabellearvers.com</a><br>Director of Kareron<br><a href="http://www.kareron.com" target="_blank">www.kareron.com</a><br>twitter: @zabarvers<br><a href="http://youtube.com/zabarvers" target="_blank">youtube.com/zabarvers</a><br>Skype ID: zabarvers</div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">2016-02-28 17:13 GMT+01:00 Johannes Birringer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Johannes.Birringer@brunel.ac.uk" target="_blank">Johannes.Birringer@brunel.ac.uk</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">----------empyre- soft-skinned space----------------------<br>
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dear Isabelle<br>
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just watched your michinima and interview with the soft-spoken and amazing Zimako<br>
who built the school in the Jungle refugee camp at Calais<br>
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<a href="http://www.makery.info/en/2016/02/23/heroic-makers-vs-heroic-land-par-isabelle-arvers-dans-la-jungle-de-calais/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.makery.info/en/2016/02/23/heroic-makers-vs-heroic-land-par-isabelle-arvers-dans-la-jungle-de-calais/</a><br>
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It was very moving to watch/listen to this interview, the constant subtle sound of the generator (for electricity) in the background<br>
as Zimako tells you about the classes that were started (an Afghan refugee teaching the computing) in the background, and the<br>
soft spoken man telling us that he had a dream, and wanted to do something different (i.e. build a school in the camp). Your<br>
method of using machinima is extrardinary and also, at the same time, haunting, to me, as the camp, the way your camera or the<br>
game engine now shows it, is void, empty, there is no one in your film. can you tell us more about how you use machinima<br>
to do documentaries - this is all new to me. and I send you regards, and please come and visit our workshop<br>
when you are in London in April.<br>
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Did the French authorities proceed with the bulldozing of one part of the camp?<br>
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regards<br>
Johannes Birringer<br>
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