FUTURE RETELLINGS

The filtering and synthesis of archived material can be used to help build meaning and make information relevant for today. It may be most effective to use these approaches in tandem with other modes of knowledge building to broaden the experience. I would be interested in taking these approaches to museum settings and educational contexts to offer another dimension to more fixed, linear, chronological exhibition approaches.

As we continue to develop new systems for self-generating, collecting and sharing more and more information, the issue becomes how to synthesize this growing archive of data. Recognizing this issue in our culture today—exactly what information we pass down to future generations and how we engage and interact with this material—I would like to see design make more relevant and lasting experiences, that enable us to bridge the past, present and future, in order to design for the continuum of experiences. Retellings addresses new challenges for useful and meaningful personal and public documentation in this age of pervasive archiving: creating excellent opportunities for media designers to think about the future of these systems. This way we will be better equipped to deal with the significant, and sensitive, issues of our time.