[-empyre-] the mouth of Duck river / in the Jungle

[Irina Contreras]

this is super interesting.

thanks for sharing here.

ill be interested in seeing the whole piece when its completed.

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.....

thanks again.

On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 1:36 PM, isabelle arvers <iarvers at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Dear Johannes,
>
> 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 refered the case to the Conseil d'Etat.
>
> 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.
>
> The idea of mixing interviews and photographies in a game engine began in
> Brazil last june, during Ruralscapes, an art residency in the mountains
> http://www.ruralscapes.net/ 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: http://www.kareron.com/videos/
>
> 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..
>
> 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.
>
> Looking forward your workshop in april,
> Isabelle
>
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> 2016-02-28 17:13 GMT+01:00 Johannes Birringer <
> Johannes.Birringer at brunel.ac.uk>:
>
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>>
>> dear Isabelle
>>
>> just watched your michinima and interview with the soft-spoken and
>> amazing Zimako
>> who built the school in the Jungle refugee camp at Calais
>>
>>
>>
>> http://www.makery.info/en/2016/02/23/heroic-makers-vs-heroic-land-par-isabelle-arvers-dans-la-jungle-de-calais/
>>
>> It was very moving to watch/listen to this interview, the constant subtle
>> sound of the generator (for electricity) in the background
>> as Zimako tells you about the classes that were started (an Afghan
>> refugee teaching the computing) in the background, and the
>> 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
>> method of using machinima is extrardinary and also, at the same time,
>> haunting, to me, as the camp, the way your camera or the
>> 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
>> to do documentaries  - this is all new to me. and I send you regards, and
>> please come and visit our workshop
>> when you are in London in April.
>>
>> Did the French authorities proceed with the bulldozing of one part of the
>> camp?
>>
>> regards
>> Johannes Birringer
>>
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