Maya Churi

The Promise of an Empty Space

Take the promise of an empty space and an empty screen then fill the space with your own story.

All of the digital storytelling mediums take place on a screen. The promise of the blank screen or the empty space is that a story will unfold before our eyes. We may interact with that screen but for the most part we are being told a story - guided through an alternate space.

What if we flipped the unspoken arrangement between digital storyteller and viewer?

What if the viewer was given an empty room and a blank screen? What if when the viewer began to tell their story the screen(s) would slowly become filled with people (or digital dwellers from familiar stories) listening to the viewer. When the viewer stops talking, or disappears, the digital dwellers would disappear - retreating back to the space just beyond the edges of the screen.

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