‘Scape the Hood

This image shows how regions are overlayed on a map. Content is then tagged to each region using proprietary Mobile Bristol software.

Overview and introductory movie
‘Scape the Hood was conceived and designed as a locative storytelling project for the Digital Storytelling Initiative at KQED for the opening of the 8th annual Digital Storytelling Festival.  We convened a group of storytellers, artists, and technologists to envision what this project could be. It became a narrative archeology experiment, combining digital storytelling and emerging technology by overlaying a virtual landscape on the physical world. As originally designed, the audience walks the streets and listens to the neighborhood stories, taking in the sights, sounds, and smells from both the physical and the virtual world.

This image shows how regions are overlayed on a map. Content (digital audio or video) is then tagged to each region using proprietary Mobile Bristol software.

Land & History is a location-based project in the Mission district. Land and History peels back the layers of time to evoke a place before the overlay of the city; it presents a place and a time when this land was part of the Indian Canyon Nation.

Mission Village Marketis a location-based project in the Mission district that starts every Saturday with the phrase, “We come to sell our wares.” Started as a community flea market by CELLSpace a community-based artist collective, The Mission Village Flea Market soon became a place of community empowerment.

Project Artaud is a location-based project in the Mission district.  This project brings the stories of the artists and art organizations from inside the building out onto the street, providing a glimpse of what it is like to live and work within a concentrated community of artists.

Technology
iPaq handheld PDA
Mobile Bristol software
Audacity Recording Software
Mics and digital cameras
Laptops and Desktop computers

Partners
Hewlett-Packard and the Mobile Bristol Platform Team
KQED
Digital Storytelling Festival

Script by Mark Petrakis.
Sound Mastering by Max Rosenblum

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