Beneath Water
In the year 2119, Hastings America Ground is underwater - forgotten and uninhabited. As a volunteer for the local museum, you have offered to go down and take a look. What will you find? Can you solve the puzzles? How will you want the area to be remembered?
Beneath Water by Kevin Grist of SparkedEcho, is a mobile + audio experience inspired by the 'choose your own adventure' novels of the 1980s. Audiences engage in alternative story paths, unlocking soundscapes and thought-provoking glimpses of the future.
As one of three digital commissions in 2019 for This is for everyone by MSL, the pilot project explored the possibilities of taking over Hastings' town WiFi network. The other digital works were Ordinary Extraordinary by Rosanna Lowe, a collection of audio poems and air time by Judith Ricketts, a location-based AR experience.
The works were programmed as part of the Coastal Currents Festival 2019 and hosted on a virtual map. They were later presented at the Is this for everyone? event at St Mary in the Castle, invoking discussion about how locally-owned digital networks could help build stronger communities.
Beneath Water by Kevin Grist of SparkedEcho, is a mobile + audio experience inspired by the 'choose your own adventure' novels of the 1980s. Audiences engage in alternative story paths, unlocking soundscapes and thought-provoking glimpses of the future.
As one of three digital commissions in 2019 for This is for everyone by MSL, the pilot project explored the possibilities of taking over Hastings' town WiFi network. The other digital works were Ordinary Extraordinary by Rosanna Lowe, a collection of audio poems and air time by Judith Ricketts, a location-based AR experience.
The works were programmed as part of the Coastal Currents Festival 2019 and hosted on a virtual map. They were later presented at the Is this for everyone? event at St Mary in the Castle, invoking discussion about how locally-owned digital networks could help build stronger communities.