Serially Killed [Babel] is an interactive audiovisual installation of collaborative narration. It aims to investigate in which way the narrator's viewpoint, his/her experiences, cultural references, perception of reality and intentions can influence the outcome of a narration. Narration both illuminates and obscures an event, as it requires a retrospective, linguistic construction, a necessary fiction that is product of the narrator's imaginary order.

During the development of the installation various video-authors, coming from different countries were encouraged to film their own interpretation of an initial script, according to their point of view and their imagination. The different versions of the story were saved in a database.

The installation accesses this database and allows the viewer to interact with the projected videos He/she can mix the different versions, creating a real time narration. The current version of the story is projected on the screens and the rest of the versions are placed virtually behind the current video. The viewer pointing at the screens with the light of a torch can discover gradually the hidden versions and thus influence the narration. The version can be changed independently at every screen of the installation, giving the viewer the opportunity to combine different versions and to establish a dialogue between characters coming from different videos.

The narration and the audiovisual output are created in real-time and have the character of a dialogue between the various authors and the audience. The result can be unpredictable and multifaceted, suspending the conventional structure of storytelling and encouraging a collaborative, horizontal, non-centralized model of artistic creation. It's a kind of collage of opinions, viewpoints, cultural references, videographic styles and languages.

More info:: http://creaciodigital.upf.edu/~i58236/seriallykilled/