devil's rope journal

This iteration of The Devil’s Rope Journal was created by Randy Adams (aka runran, Can), Chris Joseph (aka babel, Can/UK) and Christine Wilks (aka crissxross, UK). It began as a series of imaginary DVD covers presented as digital images in R3//1X//0RX tongue-in-cheek commentaries on new media in general. In the spring of 2007 we decided to develop a presentation for the Interactive Futures 2007 (The New Screen) conference in Victoria. Certain images and animations, texts, audio, and snippets of code were chosen from the blog (see below). A private blog space was used to work together online, exchanging ideas, discussing theme and presentation. Finally, the material was drawn together during an intensive 2-day fleshmeet in runran’s small house by the sea in Nanaimo, on Vancouver Island.

The result of that collaboration is offered here as a download – an interactive Flash movie in a standalone player. There are two versions: one for PC and one for Mac – unzip the archive and double click on the appropriate player to launch – read the instructions and turn your speakers up.

On-site Archive
[ R3//1X//0RX sources of the devil’s rope content ]

1. _thing
2. [xy]happens[dance] revisited
3. 1george2
4. 22xit
5. 4example4 / 4example 4example
6. becoming mr flic
7. codeman
8. double flame
9. dys-traction
10. ghost gathering
11. grist & muscle
12. headgap
13. IDmix [ still + no more ]
14. la cicciolisa
15. looking for orpheus
16. notes on an imaginary landscape
17. script & crew
18. Starfield effect: jrgraphix
19. Sunflower image: Bernd Lintermann and Oliver Deussen
20. table talk
21. unwritten text
22. what holds the remix together?

For original DVD covers: see comment

Off-site Archive

1. View a video of IF07 presentation.
2. View babel’s flickr set
3. View crissxross’ flickr set

Cover art

[ click in image and key x ( source: cdmix1.fla ) ]