{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5fbecd1657c49d7dddb17604/60099e53e8c65f573f542c9d?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 7 - Making Immersive Stories: Reflecting Reality","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5fbecd1657c49d7dddb17604/1611515231931-97e4b9b692a2f3c7efaa72ed274e0f68.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>People often see immersive technology as a way of entering new worlds to experience things that they would never normally get to do in real life. While there is certainly much out there to delight and entertain,&nbsp;immersive stories can also enable a glimpse into someone else's world or provoke&nbsp;new perspectives on social or political issues. This week we look at the issue-based work of two XR makers: Francesca Panetta, who led the Guardian’s VR studio and more recently has been dabbling in deep fake technology; and Karen Palmer, whose body of recent immersive work deals with race, ethics and AI to challenge our own implicit biases.</p><p><br></p><p>With Francesca Panetta and Karen Palmer</p><p><br></p><p>Francesca Panetta, Artist &amp; Journalist</p><p><a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/francesca-panetta-895b457/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.linkedin.com/in/francesca-panetta-895b457/</a></p><p>Karen Palmer, Artist</p><p><a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/storytellerfromthefuture/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.linkedin.com/in/storytellerfromthefuture/</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong><em>Credits:</em></strong></p><p>Presenter: Shehani Fernando</p><p>Producers: Chris Hogg &amp; Shehani Fernando&nbsp;</p><p>Assistant Producer: Max Bower</p><p>Executive Producer: Will Saunders</p><p>Editing and sound design: John Wakefield &amp; Matt McGuinness</p><p>The title track is ‘A Thousand Years’ by David A Molina</p><p>Other music: ‘Allston Night Owl’ by Blue Dot Sessions courtesy of <a href=\"https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/Skittle/Allston_Night_Owl\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Free Music Archive</a></p><p>Additional music by Neil Cullen</p><p>Clips from ‘In Event of Moon Disaster’, courtesy of MIT Centre for Advanced Virtuality&nbsp;</p><p>Clips from ‘6x9’ and ‘Sea Prayer’, Copyright Guardian News &amp; Media Ltd 2020</p><p>Clips from ‘Riot’ courtesy of Karen Palmer.</p><p><br></p><p><strong><em>Resources:&nbsp;</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><em>In Event of Moon Disaster - co-directed by Francesca Panetta &amp; Halsey Bergund, an MIT Centre for Advanced Virtuality Production</em></p><p><a href=\"https://moondisaster.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>https://moondisaster.org/</em></a></p><p><br></p><p><em>6x9: A virtual experience of solitary confinement </em></p><p><a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2016/apr/27/6x9-a-virtual-experience-of-solitary-confinement\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2016/apr/27/6x9-a-virtual-experience-of-solitary-confinement</em></a></p><p><br></p><p><em>Experience all The Guardian’s 360 content</em></p><p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLa_1MA_DEorE_Qwa-4uURxeOvRxYfqA-6\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLa_1MA_DEorE_Qwa-4uURxeOvRxYfqA-6</em></a></p><p><br></p><p><em>Karen Palmer</em></p><p><a href=\"http://karenpalmer.uk/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>http://karenpalmer.uk/</em></a></p><p><br></p><p><em>Thoughtworks Arts</em></p><p><a href=\"https://thoughtworksarts.io/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>https://thoughtworksarts.io/</em></a></p><p><br></p><p><em>Immerse News</em></p><p><em>Creative discussion of emerging non fiction storytelling (and great newsletter)</em></p><p><a href=\"https://immerse.news/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>https://immerse.news/</em></a></p><p><br></p><p><em>MIT’s Docubase of new forms of documentary storytelling</em></p><p><a href=\"https://docubase.mit.edu/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>https://docubase.mit.edu/</em></a></p><p><br></p><p><em>VR Non-fiction - A Mediography</em></p><p><a href=\"http://vrdocumentaryencounters.co.uk/vrmediography/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>http://vrdocumentaryencounters.co.uk/vrmediography/</em></a></p><p><br></p><p><em>Virtual Reality: Immersive Documentary Encounters research project</em></p><p><a href=\"http://vrdocumentaryencounters.co.uk/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>http://vrdocumentaryencounters.co.uk/</em></a></p><p><br></p><p><em>Canny AI</em></p><p><a href=\"https://www.cannyai.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>https://www.cannyai.com/</em></a></p><p><br></p><p><em>Respeecher - Voice cloning</em></p><p><a href=\"https://www.respeecher.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>https://www.respeecher.com/</em></a></p>","author_name":"StoryFutures Academy : National Centre for Immersive Storytelling"}