Event description
THE DIAL is an interactive narrative that combines Augmented Reality and Projection Mapping. The mysterious story of a formerly wealthy American family begins with a tragic late-night car crash. A middle aged woman smashes through the stonewall in front of her family home. Told from shifting perspectives, including two young girls snooping from next door, the elderly mother, the police and the omniscient house that sits at its center, the rich visual tale reveals the family’s emotional underbelly and unravels what happened that fateful night.
Projections map a model house on a table at the center of a glowing 14-foot glass cube. The table acts as the clock for the experience. You, the participant, control the story with your body. The more you physically explore, the more details you discover. Move clockwise around the table, time passes in the story. Move backwards, time rewinds. The AR and projections depict the narrative through the four seasons of a year. The repetition in cycles of human behavior blurs time as it unwinds.
The installation is FREE and for ALL AGES. Please note, the story occasionally contains strong language, which may be unsuitable for children.
Tickets are required for all experiences. Please note there will be a MAX CAPACITY of up to three patrons per time slot. The Dial will be open to the public on select dates Oct. 27 - Dec. 1.
Meet The Creator
Peter Flaherty, a director and interactive artist whose work has shown in more than 100 international venues, including theaters, galleries and museums, will be at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts on Oct. 27. His interactive piece, “The Dial,” will be on display at the Carson Center from Oct. 27-Dec. 1.
In addition to giving workshops to emerging media arts students, Flaherty will give a public lecture at IGNITE on Friday, Oct. 27 at 12:30 p.m. in the Carson Center. The event is free and open to the public. “I’m excited to be able to bring ‘The Dial’ to the Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts and to engage with such an advanced group of student creators, the faculty and the local audience,” Flaherty said. “The goal for this project was to make an exciting, accessible project that gives audiences an opportunity to engage with rhizomatic, interactive storytelling in an intuitive way. I want them to have a surprising, fun and thought-provoking ride."
“The Dial,” which originally premiered at Sundance New Frontier in 2019, is a new form of storytelling with an interactive narrative combining augmented reality and projection mapping. Told from shifting perspectives, including the neighbors, the police and the omniscient house that sits at its center, the mystery about a formerly wealthy American family begins with a late-night car crash. The viewer controls time with their body in the rich, visual tale, unraveling what happened that fateful night. Move clockwise, and time passes normally. Move counterclockwise, and time rewinds. To see a video trailer for “The Dial,” visit https://go.unl.edu/thedial.
“We are so excited to have director and interactive artist Peter Flaherty join us at the Carson Center and bring his interactive narrative ‘The Dial’ to share with our community,” said Assistant Professor of Practice in Emerging Media Arts Anna Henson. “Peter’s work is exemplary of the kind of multidisciplinary, boundary-pushing artwork that makes meaningful use of emerging technologies that we teach here at the Carson Center. He works across cinema, interactive narrative, live performance, XR and installation—all areas that resonate with the classes I teach here and the work I do professionally as well.”
Credits
Conceived and Directed by: Peter Flaherty
Created by: Peter Flaherty and NightLight Labs
Produced by: RYOT, Flaherty Pictures, NightLight Labs
Executive Producers: Zeda Stone, Nigel Tierney, Jake Sally
Producers: Peter Flaherty, Ela Topcuoglu, Sal Mannino
Written by: Julia Bembenek and Josh Luxenberg
Creative Technologists: Brian Chasalow and Theotime Vaillant
Composer: Sage Lewis Sound By: Scott Hirsch
2D Artists: Sterling Bartlett and Carlo Maghirang
Cast: Michael Gladis, Beth Grant Azura Skye Lucy DeVito Jackie Hansen, John Ennis Charlie McWade
Installation Information
Title: The Dial
World Premiere: Sundance Film Festival 2019
Country: USA
Language: English
Year: 2019
Format: Augmented Reality
Running time: 15 minutes
For Project Website click: THE DIAL
For Creators' Websites click: Peter Flaherty, NightLight Labs