Nanette Wylde: Storyland

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Artist(s):

Nanette Wylde

Title:

Storyland

Exhibition:

SIGGRAPH 2002: Art Gallery

Creation Year:

2002

Medium:

Web Site

Keywords:

Artist Statement:

Storyland is a randomly created Web narrative. Each line is constructed from a pool of possibilities, allowing each reader a unique story. The work is a one-page Web site created with Javascript. Upon entry, the reader presses the “Let me tell you a story” button, and a story is created for that moment in time. It is unlikely that any two stories would be identical.

Storyland exposes its narrative formula, thus mirroring aspects of contemporary cultural production: sampling, appropriation, hybrids, stock content, design templates. It risks discontinuity and the ridiculous, providing opportunities for contemplation beyond the entertainment factor.

Storyland will play from any JavaScript-enabled Web browser. Elements for each line in the story are randomly selected from a series of arrays that hold Storyland elements.

Affiliation Where Artwork Was Created:

California State University