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Participatory Making

You are handed an envelope and instructed to text “READY” to an unknown number. You send the message and look through the envelope. In it is a single loonie, which you pocket. You receive a text and image from the number: “Follow this handrail to the auditorium. Walk slowly. Text me the room number at the end.”
You follow the instructions, guided by a series of texts and images from the unknown number. You are told …


Web Series: Your Place or Minecraft

Gina Hara, has been working in film for a long time, but her latest movie, Your Place or Minecraft, is her first time filming in-game. “I died several times shooting,” she tells me, laughing. “I refused to cut any corners. I didn’t film the flying scenes until my character developed the ability to fly.” 
Your Place or Minecraft is the first Minecraft documentary web series ever made and details one of the world’s most modded Minecraft …