Dust to Data
Have you ever imagined living forever? What about living forever, digitally?
In Spring 2023, we were commissioned by the Universities of Bath and Bristol to facilitate a three-day creative challenge with twenty researchers in cyber-security. The subject: the burgeoning post-life digital industry.
The researchers were first exposed to our eVRafter design fictions (developed in 2022) and then, after lengthy analysis, nurtured to create four separate scenarios and characters that spoke to them from the future.
Each group worked with a Kilter actor across the three days, who embodied the characters created. Then we took the actors & the scripts and made 4 short films, which premiered at Bath Film Festival in 2023 & went on to the Watershed, Bristol.
Illustrator Sam Church joined us in the room for the duration of the challenge and created some great graphic representations of the 3-days intensive. You can see all of the illustrations below.
Click below to watch the full films
Lines have been blurred - who would you trust to keep your child's memory alive?
You can keep your Lang Langs - what does dead mean anyway?
Who doesn't want to live forever? Your future is in their hands. Forever.
Sebastian - How do you want to be remembered when you've gone.
Credits: Kirsty Cox
Credits: Eamonn Flemming
Credits: Jacob Aldcroft
Credits: Any Vickers.
Dust to Data was commissioned by the University of Bath & University of Bristol.
The 3-day intensive took place with cyber-security researchers and hospice care charity Dorothy House, with Graphic Facilitation by Sam Church.
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Dust to Data is part of Kilter’s work with Responsible Research and Innovation. Find out more.
All films were filmed & edited by Liam Southall & directed & adapted by Caroline Garland & Oliver Langdon.
Illustrations by Sam Church
