Locative Storytelling - On Participation and Space

MIT Docubase Online offers a range of curated examples of different types of documentaries that sit on the periphery of conventional spaces of documentary. This database of material showcases new technologies and modes of engaging with non-fictional content. The post by Sue Ding, a researcher based at MIT Open Documentary Lab, presents a curated selection of projects that have explored the potential of location-based media, based on her research in this field. Her cited examples included the 96 Acres project that focuses upon site responsive pieces where

'artists, educators, activists, formerly and currently incarcerated people, youth, and jail administrators in conversations about space, power, change, and community'

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Another noteworthy example that connects to the themes of the ReSpace project, through its exploration of memorials and site is the sound piece, Invisible Monument made in 2015 that was a collaboration between artists Lara Baladi, Ida Ely Rubin Artist in Residence at MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology (CAST), and Halsey Burgund, sound artist, musician, and MIT Media Lab research affiliate, using the Roundware tool, a location aware audio app that allows you to collect, store, organize audio in a participatory manner.

Image from Roundware site/ on Scapes Installation Project