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#IFM2022 CONFERENCE PROGRAM

12:50-2:10 PM (Dallas)

1:50-3:10 PM (Toronto)

6:50-8:10 PM (Leeds)

7:50-9:10 PM (Bayreuth)

11:00 AM-12:40 PM (Dallas)

12:00-1:40 PM (Toronto)

5:00-6:40 PM (Leeds)

6:00-7:40 PM (Bayreuth)

3:30-4:30 PM (Dallas)

4:30-5:30 PM (Toronto)

9:30-10:30 PM (Leeds)

10:30 PM-11:30 AM (Bayreuth)

2:20-3:20 PM (Dallas)

3:20-4:20 PM (Toronto)

8:20-9:20 PM (Leeds)

9:20-10:20 PM (Bayreuth)

9:30-10:50 PM (Dallas)

10:30-11:50 PM (Toronto)

3:30-4:50 PM (Leeds)

4:30-5:50 PM (Bayreuth)

8:00-9:20 AM (Dallas)

9:00-10:20 AM (Toronto)

2:00-3:20 PM (Leeds)

3:00-4:20 PM (Bayreuth)

7:00-8:00 AM (Dallas)

8:00-9:00 AM (Toronto)

1:00-2:00 PM (Leeds)

2:00-3:00 PM (Bayreuth)

6:00-7:00 AM (Dallas)

7:00-8:00 AM (Toronto)

12:00-1:00 PM (Leeds)

1:00-2:00 PM (Bayreuth)

Opening Session (Duration: 1hr)

Workshop I A

Panel I: Open Spaces Across Media - More than a matter of Access

Panel II: Entangled Ecologies and the More-Than-Human

Panel III: Polyphony and the Art of Listening to Others

Panel IV: Theory, Philosophy & Practice - Notions of the Interactive Revisited

Research-Creation Exhibit I

Workshop II

Virtual conference hosted by Toronto Metropolitan University (Toronto, Canada), The University of Texas at Dallas (USA), Leeds Trinity University (UK), and University of Bayreuth (Germany). https://journals.library.ryerson.ca/index.php/InteractiveFilmMedia/ifm2022

KEYNOTE SPEAKER�

Judith Aston�

Associate Professor and Wallscourt Fellow in Film & Digital Arts, the University of the West of England, Bristol (United Kingdom)

Korsakow Film Workshop (Session 1 - 45-60 min)

�Florian Thalhofer (Korsakow Institut, Germany & Lucerne University, Switzerland) and Anna Wiehl (University of Bayreuth, Germany)

What can listening do? Propositions for expanded documentary

Kim Munro,

University of South Australia

Refugee Storytelling and Interactive Socio-Political Films. From Immersive Technologies Aesthetics to Activism and Social Inclusion.

Hudson Moura,

Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada

An Understanding of First-Person Media with India’s ElseVR platform

Deenaz Raisinghani,

Savitribai Phule Pune University

Patty Zimmermann

Ithaca College, NY, USA

'Images of Ecology' and 'Ecologies of Images'. Multimodal Eco-Literacy and Other Tentative Approaches to Embrace Complex Entanglements and Co-Creatively Engagement

Anna Wiehl,

University of Bayreuth

Listening as an act of response-ability

Monika Jaeckel,

University of Westminster

Evoking Interactivity and Fostering Ecomedia: The Case of Jeta Amata’s Black November

Bassey Nsa Ekpe and Israel Meriomame Wekpe,

Akwa Ibom State University, Nigeria & University of Benin, Nigeria

Heidi Rae Cooley

University of Texas at Dallas

Pleasure, Polyphony and Networking in Agents of Ishq: A Case Study

Sonali Sharma,

Jamia Millia Islamia, India

Receipts: Critical Experiments in Mediated Testimony and Human-Computer Witnessing of Discrimination Against Equity-Seeking Communities in Public Space

Dave Colangelo, Immony Mèn and Patricia Dávila,

Toronto Metropolitan University, OCAD University, York University

Stefano Odorico

Leeds Trinity University

Signs of Life. A Process Philosophy of Audible Semiotics

James Batcho,

Independent Scholar

The Abstract Machine: A framework for creative film editing

Filipe Roque do Vale and Manuel Damásio,

Universidade Lusófona

Diverse Perspective of the Shared History: Transnational Historical Images in the Interactive Documentary

Hui Chen,

Fudan University & Utrecht University

Christine Veras

University of Texas at Dallas

Counter/Public: Towards a Documentary Research Method for Creative Scholars

Daniel Rudin (University of California Merced, USA)

Listening to Passengers, Listening to Stories: Interactive Storytelling

Cansu Nur Simsek and Atanur Andic (The University of Texas at Dallas, USA)

Day 1: Wednesday, June 8

Facilitator & University

Title, Speaker & University

Submitted (Video & Paper)

Polyvocality in Interactive Documentary: Collective Reading and Listening

Fabiola Hanna,

The New School

Panel Facilitator & University

Research-Creation Title, Creator & University

Paper Title, Speaker & University

Workshop Title, Facilitator & University

Complexity in Postmigrant Narratives of I-Docs

Thomas Weber,

University of Hamburg, Germany

KEYNOTE SPEAKER�

Judith Aston

"Interactive Narrative: Re-setting the Field"�

Associate Professor and Wallscourt Fellow in Film & Digital Arts, the University of the West of England, Bristol (United Kingdom)

Korsakow Film Workshop (Session 1 - 45-60 min)

�Florian Thalhofer (Korsakow Institut, Germany & Lucerne University, Switzerland) and Anna Wiehl (University of Bayreuth, Germany)

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#IFM2022 CONFERENCE PROGRAM

12:30-1:50 PM (Dallas)

1:30-2:50 PM (Toronto)

6:30-7:50 PM (Leeds)

7:30-8:50 PM (Bayreuth)

11:00 AM-12:20 PM (Dallas)

12:00-1:20 PM (Toronto)

5:00-6:20 PM (Leeds)

6:00-7:20 PM (Bayreuth)

2:00-3:00 PM (Dallas)

3:00-4:00 PM (Toronto)

8:00-9:00 PM (Leeds)

9:00-10:00 PM (Bayreuth)

9:30-10:50 PM (Dallas)

10:30-11:50 PM (Toronto)

3:30-4:50 PM (Leeds)

4:30-5:50 PM (Bayreuth)

8:00-9:20 AM (Dallas)

9:00-10:20 AM (Toronto)

2:00-3:20 PM (Leeds)

3:00-4:20 PM (Bayreuth)

7:00-8:00 AM (Dallas)

8:00-9:00 AM (Toronto)

1:00-2:00 PM (Leeds)

2:00-3:00 PM (Bayreuth)

6:00-7:00 AM (Dallas)

7:00-8:00 AM (Toronto)

12:00-1:00 PM (Leeds)

1:00-2:00 PM (Bayreuth)

Research-Creation Exhibit II

Research-Creation Exhibit III

Panel V: Hybrid & Augmented - Extended Experiences in Space

Panel VI: Ecocriticism and Beyond

Panel VII: Spaces, Places and the Urban

Panel VIII: Animation, Play and Engaged Listening

Workshop III

De/Globalize

Daniel Fetzner

(Offenburg University)

Mina #Ecosmartphone Films 2021

Max Schleser (Swinburne University of Technology, Australia) and Gerda Cammaer (Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada)

The Epistemics of the Body: User Experience and Self-Perception in Non-Fictional First-Person VR

Florian Mundhenke,

University of Alberta

Paintings Alive: Interactive Films and Video Installations for Young Museum Visitors

Victoria Wetzel and Polina Zioga,

Interactive Filmmaking Lab, University of Stirling

Spatial interaction through interlinked spaces: Hybrid spaces in Shadows from Another Place

Meraj Sharifi,

Practitioner

Max Schleser

Swinburne University of Technology, Australia

Listening to Radiation: Interactive Media and Celebratory Control at Fukushima Commutan Center

Josh Trichilo,

York University

From Real to Virtual: Immersion and Interactivity for Understanding Socio-Environmental Conflicts"

Daniela Zanetti, Julia Salles, Pedro Marra and Ruth Reis,

Federal University of Espírito Santo (Brazil), Université de Montréal, Canada

Augustus Segar

Swinburne University of Technology, Sarawak Campus, Malaysia

Aural Authenticity of Virtual Reality Documentary Made in 3D Virtual Environment

Ruohan Tang and Lai Wei,

University of Southampton

An interactive Territorial Study on Urban Spaces - Leeds.

Stefano Odorico and Ilaria Vecchi,

Leeds Trinity University

Extended Reality Storytelling: Insights From The Salako Community In Sarawak

Augustus Segar,

Swinburne University of Technology, Malaysia

Gabriela Borges

Algarve University, Portugal

Hybridity and Agency in Interactive Comic Books: New Forms of Sequential Storytelling

Ozge Sayılgan,

Istanbul Medeniyet University

Journey to Unknown: Gameplay as a Mode of Listening and as Counter Documentary

Cansu Nur Simsek,

The University of Texas at Dallas

Steve Anderson

UCLA, California, USA

Reconstruction 360 – Interpreting History on a 360° Platform

Betsy Newman and Patrick Hayes (South Carolina ETV SCETV/PBS, USA)

Day 2: Thursday, June 9

Panel Facilitator & University

Research-Creation Title, Creator & University

Paper Title, Speaker & University

Un/interactive Fish in Posthuman Ethical Design

Yueh-Jung Lee,

The University of Texas at Dallas, USA

Cinemanhatta: A Speculative Investigation of Remix, Emergence and Recreative Practice

Sean Michael Landers,

The University of Texas at Dallas

Workshop Title, Facilitator & University

Research-Creation Exhibit IV

Monument Public Address System AR

Meredith Drum (Virginia Tech, USA)

3:10-3:40 PM (Dallas)

4:10-4:40 PM (Toronto)

9:10-9:40 PM (Leeds)

10:10-10:40 PM (Bayreuth)

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#IFM2022 CONFERENCE PROGRAM

1:00-2:20 PM (Dallas)

2:00-3:20 PM (Toronto)

7:00-8:20 PM (Leeds)

8:00-9:20 PM (Bayreuth)

11:30 AM-12:50 PM (Dallas)

12:30-1:50 PM (Toronto)

5:30-6:50 PM (Leeds)

6:30-7:50 PM (Bayreuth)

2:30-3:30 PM (Dallas)

3:30-4:30 PM (Toronto)

8:30-9:30 PM (Leeds)

9:30-10:30 PM (Bayreuth)

10:00-11:20 PM (Dallas)

11:00-12:20 PM (Toronto)

4:00-5:20 PM (Leeds)

5:00-6:20 PM (Bayreuth)

8:30-9:50 AM (Dallas)

9:30-10:50 AM (Toronto)

2:30-3:50 PM (Leeds)

3:30-4:50 PM (Bayreuth)

7:00-7:45 AM (Dallas)

8:00-8:45 AM (Toronto)

1:00-1:45 PM (Leeds)

2:00-2:45 PM (Bayreuth)

6:00-7:00 AM (Dallas)

7:00-8:00 AM (Toronto)

12:00-1:00 PM (Leeds)

1:00-2:00 PM (Bayreuth)

Research-Creation Exhibit V

Research-Creation Exhibit VI and Workshop I B

Panel IX: Visual Ethnography and Notes from the Archive

Panel X: Narratives of Resilience in Times of Distress

Panel XI: Current Methodological Issues in Interactive Media Making

Panel XII: Interactive Epistemologies, The Real and The Hypothetical

The Future of Houses: Designing for a Circular Economy – A single player VR experience.

Kath Dooley (University of South Australia)

Exhibition of a VR Experimental Doc (45 min)

Rossella Schillaci (NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal) and Alexandra D'Onofrio (University of Manchester, England)

Archival Imaginaries: The use and repurpose of archive footage in interactive documentaries

Patricia Nogueira and Ana Almeida,

University of Maia and NOVA University Lisbon

Open, Complex, Messy…Knowledge-Making in Interactive Documentary

Vanessa Zallot,

Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts

Judith Aston

University of the West of England

Corona Haikus: A Case Study of Interactive Factual Narrative that Uses Reflexive and Evolutive Agency as a Strategy for Deep Personal and Community Change

Sandra Gaudenzi,

University of Westminster, England

Democratic Potentials and Social-Communicative Functions of Interactivity on Open Documentary Platforms Addressing Pressing Questions

Jasmin Kermanchi,

University of Hamburg, Germany

Immersive Telejournalistic Narratives in the Covid-19 Pandemic: Reflections On 360-Degree Language on TV and the Web

Carolina Falandes and Denis Renó,

Unesp - São Paulo State University, Brazil

Polina Zioga

Interactive Filmmaking Lab, University of Stirling, Scotland

Learning by Doing: Rebooting Research-Creation in Interactive and Immersive Documentary Practice

Frédéric Dubois and Lena Thiele,

Ifs International Film School Cologne, Germany

But Do They Care? The Effectiveness of Interactive Storytelling

Kathleen M. Ryan, Elizabeth A Skewes and Tammy Rae, Matthews,

University of Colorado Boulder

Towards an Alternative Notion of the Interface

Emeka Ikebude,

The University of Texas at Dallas

Sandra Gaudenzi

University of Westminster, England

Interactive Nature of Social Media’s Comment Feature: An Analysis of Commenters’ Comments during the #EndSARS Protests in Nigeria

Osakue Omoera and Jammy Guanah,

Federal University Otuoke, Bayelsa State, Nigeria; University of Benin, Nigeria

The Drama-Driven Model of Interaction and Optional Thinking typed interactive epistemology in the Interactive Film Turbulence (Ben Shaul, 2009).

Nitzan Ben Shaul,

Tel Aviv University

Mimesis Through Violent Movement: The Affective Allure of Horror in Spectatorial Engagement

Fiona Haborak,

The University of Texas at Dallas

Kristy Kang

Arizona State University

Day 3: Friday, June 10

Korsakow Film Workshop (Session 2 - 30 min)

�Florian Thalhofer (Korsakow Institut, Germany & Lucerne University, Switzerland) and Anna Wiehl (University of Bayreuth, Germany)

Rehearsing Posthumanism: An Ethnographic Analysis of Michel van der Aa’s music theatre Upload (2021)

Lea Luka Sikau,

University of Cambridge

Closing Session

Facilitator & University

Title, Speaker & University

Submitted (Video & Paper)

Immersive Storytelling in Creative Media, Smart Manufacturing and Healthcare

Franziska Bruckner, Georg Vogt, Clemens Baumann,

St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences, Austria

Research-Creation Title, Creator & University

Panel Facilitator & University

Paper Title, Speaker & University

Workshop Title, Facilitator & University

In this last session, we will evaluate the event and highlight the most discussed topics throughout the past days and choose the possible themes for next year. We would love to have your input!

Hudson Moura, Chair (Toronto Metropolitan University) Heidi Rae Cooley (The University of Texas at Dallas) and Stefano Odorico (Leeds Trinity University)

7:50-8:20 AM (Dallas)

8:50-9:20 AM (Toronto)

1:50-2:20 PM (Leeds)

2:50-3:20 PM (Bayreuth)