Tamar Schori's fascination with verses from the book 'Three Young Rats and other rhymes' led her to combining them with drawings of imaginary gizmos which consist of entangled parts that can be reassembled. The user is invited to choose from the gizmos, explode them and pick desired beads to comprise a new gizmo and a new rhyme. The newly made gizmo can be submitted into the gallery, where any user can follow the narrative that is built by the participants. In this way, visitors to "Beadgee" can make new combinations of rhymes and drawings which translate the spirit of absurdity and fantasy into a different form of reading.
The "Art of the Narrative" theme explores the different possibilities regarding narrative, storytelling, use of language and the changes that may occur in meaning as they are reshaped by the combination text, image and sound on the internet. The open structure of the internet also encourages the active involvement of the reader. At first the storyteller invited the reader to make certain choices, but soon the reader was also asked to contribute in the story. This enriches the story and can change the conception of narrative.
'The Art of the Narrative' was conceived by Annet Dekker for Impakt Online.
Tamar Schori (Israel) is a new media artist with a BFA from the Bezalel Academy of Art in Jerusalem. She has been showing computer oriented and interactive installations in various museums in Europe and Israel.
http://www.tamar-schori.net
