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Parallel Worlds
73 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago -World-building is a valuable tool in art and design. The ability to immerse an audience in a complete world is crucial to the framing of TV shows and movies; corporations, nations, political parties, theatrical productions, and futurists all engage in ‘world-building’. What can artists and designers learn from world-building to enhance and augment their own practice? This is the podcast which accompanies the course at parallel.olliepalmer.com
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2021.W9.E2 Bonus: Interview with Abi Palmer (rebroadcast)
May 03, 2021 22:00 - 1 hour - 113 MBNote: this interview is a repeat, having been recorded and interviewed last year. Full show notes at === Abi Palmer is a mixed-media artist and writer. Her work often includes themes of disability, gender and multisensory interaction. Her artworks include: Crip Casino, an interactive gambling arcade parodying the wellness industry and institutionalised spaces, displayed at the Tate Modern and Somerset House; and Alchemy, a multisensory poetry game, which won a Saboteur Award in 2016. She ...
2021.W9.E2 Bonus: Interview with Tim Clare (rebroadcast)
May 02, 2021 22:00 - 1 hour - 55.6 MBToday's episode is a repeat from last year - the interview with poet, fiction writer, performer, and podcaster Tim Clare. Apologies for the low audio quality of my introduction! Full transcript of this episode at parallel.olliepalmer.com. Links Tim’s website Tim Clare’s podcast Death of 1000 Cuts (recommended for anyone who wants to write!) Follow Tim on Twitter @timclarepoet or buy Tim a Coffee --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/olliepalmer/message
2021.W9.E1 Action: Final assignment
April 30, 2021 22:00 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MBThe time has come! It's the last assignment of the course. Today's exercises: Continuous writing, in reflection on your life, thoughts, and feelings at the moment 5 minutes Make a narrative audio work of 6-12 minutes’ length which includes elements of: your real, daily life and/or artistic practice a parallel, fictional world of your choosing The role of this exercise is to enact the learnings of this course – the process of world-building and narrative writing – in one concise audio...
2021.W8.E5 Action: Your worst review
April 26, 2021 19:25 - 24 minutes - 44 MBWhat's your worst review? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/olliepalmer/message
2021.W8.E4 Action: Your best review
April 26, 2021 19:24 - 28 minutes - 52 MBToday we're reflecting on our immediate surroundings, then writing the ideal review of your work. Full show notes at parallel.olliepalmer.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/olliepalmer/message
2021.W8.E3 Action: Synthesis
April 26, 2021 19:20 - 29 minutes - 27.8 MBCombining your ideas! Full show notes, transcription and exercises at parallel.olliepalmer.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/olliepalmer/message
2021.W8.E2 Action: A list of "things"
April 26, 2021 19:08 - 19 minutes - 36 MB<p>This episode contains two exercises: </p> <p>- A 5 minute free write / free-speak / free draw / free something, to record the here and now, or to let your mind wander</p> <p>- A 10 minute exercise to - make a list of ‘things’ which have an underlying concept, from any area of human culture. You could list films, TV shows, books, poems, soap operas, operas, songs, games – whatever they are, make sure you can summarise their key concepts in a sentence or two.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Ful...
2021.W8.E1 Action: Listening to Six House Parties by Ross Sutherland
April 26, 2021 19:04 - 32 minutes - 60.2 MBThis episode we're mixing it up a little, and listening to a story from another podcast! This episode features Ross Sutherland’s story Six House Parties, which is part of his podcast Imaginary Advice. You can also listen to the original story on Soundcloud, but I really recommend you subscribe to Imaginary Advice with your favourite podcast app! Many thanks to Ross for letting us use this segment. A full transcript of Ollie’s part of this episode is available at the Parallel Worlds websit...
2021.W7.E6 Reflection: Elisabet
April 26, 2021 18:53 - 6 minutes - 5.61 MBChick Mate by Elisabet, who interviews Mohammad. Note, this is the same interview as 2021.W7.E1, but edited differently! Elisabet says: This is an interview of Mohammad talking about a story he created, which is based on a lies you would tell to kids. This story is about why chickens can't fly. Full show notes at parallel.olliepalmer.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/olliepalmer/message
2021.W7.E5 Reflection: Vlad
April 26, 2021 18:43 - 7 minutes - 6.67 MBThis weeks' podcasts were made by students in the Parallel Worlds class interviewing each other. This piece is an interview with Niké by Vlad, who says: Attempting to keep the original format of a live podcast, We decided to have a free conversation about a subject that is relevant to everybody, Food<3 including inspirational elements from our own Artistic practices. It's called Parallel Perspectives. Full show notes at parallel.olliepalmer.com --- Send in a voice message: https://pod...
2021.W7.E4 Reflection: Niké
April 26, 2021 18:31 - 8 minutes - 7.73 MBThis weeks' podcasts were made by students in the Parallel Worlds class interviewing each other. This piece is an interview with Vlad by Niké, who says: We focus on food and its relation with art. It's called Parallel Perspectives. Come back tomorrow for the reverse interview! Full show notes at parallel.olliepalmer.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/olliepalmer/message
2021.W7.E3 Reflection: Tracks by Linda
April 26, 2021 18:17 - 3 minutes - 3.22 MBThis weeks' podcasts were made by students in the Parallel Worlds class interviewing each other. Today, Joris describes a sound exploration along the train tracks and the joy of listening with new ears. Full show notes at parallel.olliepalmer.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/olliepalmer/message
2021.W7.E2 Reflection: Interview with Clara by Scienthya
April 26, 2021 11:02 - 4 minutes - 4.24 MBIt's a quick chit chat with Clara, a Situated Design student at MIVC. She explains one of her work for Parallel Worlds module, Tears are the Drool of the Eye. Check it out! Full show notes at parallel.olliepalmer.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/olliepalmer/message
2021.W7.E1 Reflection: A ChitChat by Mohammad
April 26, 2021 11:00 - 6 minutes - 5.66 MBStudent interview between Mohammad and Elisabet. Mohammad says: "I was interviewed by Elisabeth about the last task to do for this module, where we had to write lies to kids and create a narrative story about it" Full show notes at parallel.olliepalmer.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/olliepalmer/message
2021.W6.E5 Action
April 11, 2021 21:16 - 9 minutes - 8.81 MBThe last action podcast of this week, with full show notes as ever at parallel.olliepalmer.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/olliepalmer/message
2021.W6.E4 Action
April 11, 2021 21:15 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MBTranscript and notes and all that stuff at parallel.olliepalmer.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/olliepalmer/message
2021.W6.E3 Action
April 11, 2021 21:14 - 20 minutes - 19.3 MBFull show notes at parallel.olliepalmer.com Exercises Self-reflection freewrite (5 minutes) List as many mystical objects as you can, ranging from the completely mundane to the outlandishly fantastical. We surround ourselves with objects that have special significance to us or others, which may seem irrational to an outsider. Today we’ll be creating a list of real-world and fictional objects which have special significance. Free write about objects that have special significance to you. ...
2021.W6.E2 Action
April 11, 2021 21:12 - 21 minutes - 20.3 MBDo you like notes with your podcast? Because we have them, oh yes we have them indeed, at parallel.olliepalmer.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/olliepalmer/message
2021.W6.E1 Action
April 11, 2021 21:11 - 14 minutes - 13.7 MBFull show notes at parallel.olliepalmer.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/olliepalmer/message
2021.W5.E2 Reflection: Sound design
April 06, 2021 12:28 - 2 minutes - 2.19 MBThis episode is just a link to two other articles on other peoples' podcasts: Rain is sizzling bacon, cars are lions roaring: the art of sound in movies by Jordan Kinsner in the Guardian (audio version here / text version here) Written by Jordan Kisner and read by Christopher Ragland; Produced by Simon Barnard. Sounds natural by 99 Percent Invisible. (listen here) Producer Emmett FitzGerald spoke with film producer Chris Palmer; Foley artist Richard Hinton and sound recordist Chris Wat...
2021.W5.E1 Reflection: The House by Nick Bromann
April 06, 2021 09:28 - 12 minutes - 11.2 MBToday's episode is the short fiction piece The House by Nick Bromann, a current student on the Situated Design course at the Master Institute of Visual Cultures, and was completed during this course in 2020. Nick's other work can be found on Instagram at @bromann.nick. Music in this episode comes from Ketsa and Nctrnm. Episode page on the Parallel Worlds website --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/olliepalmer/message
2021.W4.E5 Action
March 23, 2021 16:59 - 18 minutes - 17.4 MBFull show notes here --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/olliepalmer/message
2021.W4.E4 Action
March 23, 2021 16:59 - 7 minutes - 7.18 MBFull show notes here --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/olliepalmer/message
2021.W4.E3 Action
March 23, 2021 16:59 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MBFull show notes here --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/olliepalmer/message
2021.W4.E2 Action
March 23, 2021 16:59 - 14 minutes - 13 MBFull show notes here --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/olliepalmer/message
2021.W4.E1 Action
March 23, 2021 16:58 - 15 minutes - 14.8 MBFull show notes here --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/olliepalmer/message
2021.W3.E2 Matrix of Salvis by Salvis Slavišens
March 16, 2021 15:36 - 8 minutes - 7.62 MBToday’s episode was made by Salvis Slavišens, a Situated Design student who took this course last year. More information and full credits at https://parallel.olliepalmer.com/2021/podcast/w03e02. Music in this episode by Ketsa (Multiverse) and Daniel Birch (Amber Haze), both used with Creative Commons licenses. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/olliepalmer/message
2021.W3.E2 Reflection: Matrix of Salvis by Salvis Slavišens
March 16, 2021 15:36 - 8 minutes - 7.62 MBToday’s episode was made by Salvis Slavišens, a Situated Design student who took this course last year. More information and full credits at https://parallel.olliepalmer.com/2021/podcast/w03e02. Music in this episode by Ketsa (Multiverse) and Daniel Birch (Amber Haze), both used with Creative Commons licenses. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/olliepalmer/message
2021.W3.E1 Reflection: Counterfactuals
March 16, 2021 15:35 - 28 minutes - 51.5 MBThis episode is about counterfactuals! But really, it might have been about anything else. Full show notes and transcript available at parallel.olliepalmer.com. Note: this episode was originally posted last year. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/olliepalmer/message
2021.W2.E5 Action
March 12, 2021 05:00 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MBFull notes at https://parallel.olliepalmer.com/2021/podcast/w02e05 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/olliepalmer/message
2021.W2.E4 Action
March 11, 2021 05:00 - 14 minutes - 13.1 MBFull notes at https://parallel.olliepalmer.com/2021/podcast/w02e04 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/olliepalmer/message
2021.W2.E3 Action
March 10, 2021 05:00 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MBFull notes at https://parallel.olliepalmer.com/2021/podcast/w02e03 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/olliepalmer/message
2021.W2.E2 Action
March 09, 2021 05:00 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MBFull notes at https://parallel.olliepalmer.com/2021/podcast/w02e02 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/olliepalmer/message
2021.W2.E1 Action
March 08, 2021 16:17 - 14 minutes - 13.7 MBFull notes at https://parallel.olliepalmer.com/2021/podcast/w02e01 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/olliepalmer/message
2021.W1.E4 Reflection: Interview with Amy Butt, part 2
March 04, 2021 14:38 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MBToday we talk to Amy Butt, architect, lecturer, design tutor in architecture, and independent researcher. But today we’re talking about Amy’s other passion – science fiction. This is part two of a two-part podcast! Please listen to the first half first if you haven't already. :) If you want to read up on any of the subjects touched upon here, we talk about: Novels / Short stories: Pamela Zoline (1988) The Heat Death of the Universe JG Ballard (1975) High Rise Moshin Hamid (2017) Exit We...
2021.W1.E3 Reflection: Interview with Amy Butt, part 1
March 04, 2021 14:35 - 34 minutes - 32.3 MBToday we talk to Amy Butt, architect, lecturer, design tutor in architecture, and independent researcher. But today we’re talking about Amy’s other passion – science fiction. This is part one of a two-part podcast! Please listen in again tomorrow for more of our conversation. If you want to read up on any of the subjects touched upon here, we talk about: Novels / Short stories: Pamela Zoline (1988) The Heat Death of the Universe JG Ballard (1975) High Rise Moshin Hamid (2017) Exit West ...
2021.W1.E2 Reflection: Sem Panhuizen’s Identical But Not Identical
March 03, 2021 05:00 - 10 minutes - 10 MBSem Panhuizen’s Identifal But Not Identical --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/olliepalmer/message
2021.W1.E2 Reflection: Sem Panhuizen’s Identifal But Not Identical
March 03, 2021 05:00 - 10 minutes - 10 MBSem Panhuizen’s Identifal But Not Identical --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/olliepalmer/message
2021.W1.E1 Reflection: Ye Xu’s A Foggy Day
March 02, 2021 11:00 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MBToday’s episode was made by Ye Xu, a Situated Design student who took this course last year. More information and full credits at https://parallel.olliepalmer.com/2021/podcast/w01e01. Music in this episode by Ketsa (Multiverse) and Daniel Birch (Amber Haze), both used with Creative Commons licenses. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/olliepalmer/message
2021 Parallel Worlds introduction
March 01, 2021 22:22 - 10 minutes - 9.33 MBWelcome to Parallel Worlds 2021! This episode is an introduction to this 8-week open-access course. For more information and a complete transcript, please go to this episode's page on the Parallel Worlds website: https://parallel.olliepalmer.com/2021/podcast/w01e00 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/olliepalmer/message
Week 5 Episode 5: Interview with Tim Clare
September 07, 2020 15:48 - 1 hour - 63.5 MBToday's episode is an interview with poet, fiction writer, performer, and podcaster Tim Clare. Apologies for the low audio quality of my introduction! Full transcript of this episode at https://parallel.olliepalmer.com/pages/podcast/w05e05-interview-tim-clare.html Links Tim’s website Tim Clare’s podcast Death of 1000 Cuts (recommended for anyone who wants to write!) Follow Tim on Twitter @timclarepoet or buy Tim a Coffee --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/po...
Week 5 Episode 4: Interview with Abi Palmer
September 03, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 113 MBAbi Palmer is a mixed-media artist and writer. Her work often includes themes of disability, gender and multisensory interaction. Her artworks include: Crip Casino, an interactive gambling arcade parodying the wellness industry and institutionalised spaces, displayed at the Tate Modern and Somerset House; and Alchemy, a multisensory poetry game, which won a Saboteur Award in 2016. She has written for BBC Radio, The Guardian and Poetry London. She recently published her first book, Sanatorium...
Week 5 Episode 3: Final exercises
July 13, 2020 18:38 - 15 minutes - 14.8 MBThis is the last exercise episode of this season! Exercises Continuous writing, in reflection on your life, thoughts, and feelings at the moment (5 mins) Make a narrative audio work of 6-12 minutes’ length which includes elements of your real, daily life and/or artistic practice, and a parallel, fictional world of your choosing. The role of this exercise is to enact the learnings of this course – the process of world-building and narrative writing – in one concise audio work. The audio w...
Week 5 Bonus and update
June 08, 2020 11:54 - 4 minutes - 3.88 MBThis is a bonus episode, to update you with the plans for the rest of this podcast. Full transcript available here. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/olliepalmer/message
Week 5 Episode 2: Exercises - your worst review
May 12, 2020 20:00 - 24 minutes - 44 MBToday we're being mean on ourselves, writing the worst review possible for our own work. Full show notes, transcription and exercises at parallel.olliepalmer.com/podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/olliepalmer/message
Week 5 Episode 1: Exercises - your best review
May 12, 2020 19:24 - 28 minutes - 52 MBToday we're reflecting on our immediate surroundings, then writing the ideal review of your work. Full show notes, transcription and exercises at parallel.olliepalmer.com/podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/olliepalmer/message
Week 4 Episode 5: Interview with Amy Butt, part 2
May 08, 2020 04:00 - 28 minutes - 26.8 MBToday we talk to Amy Butt, architect, lecturer, design tutor in architecture, and independent researcher. But today we’re talking about Amy’s other passion – science fiction. This is part two of a two-part podcast! It will make more sense if you've already listened to part 1. 😀️ If you want to read up on any of the subjects touched upon here, we talk about: Novels / Short stories: Pamela Zoline (1988) The Heat Death of the Universe JG Ballard (1975) High Rise Moshin Hamid (2017) Exit We...
Week 4 Episode 4: Interview with Amy Butt, part 1
May 07, 2020 14:12 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MBToday we talk to Amy Butt, architect, lecturer, design tutor in architecture, and independent researcher. But today we’re talking about Amy’s other passion – science fiction. This is part one of a two-part podcast! Please listen in again tomorrow for more of our conversation. If you want to read up on any of the subjects touched upon here, we talk about: Novels / Short stories: Pamela Zoline (1988) The Heat Death of the Universe JG Ballard (1975) High Rise Moshin Hamid (2017) Exit We...
Week 4 Episode 3: Exercises: Synthesis
May 06, 2020 13:20 - 30 minutes - 54.9 MBToday we're synthesising work from Week 2, Episode 5 with the list we made yesterday! Full transcript and exercises available at the Parallel Worlds website. Enjoy! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/olliepalmer/message
Week 3 Episode 3: Exercises: Synthesis
May 06, 2020 13:20 - 30 minutes - 54.9 MBToday we're synthesising work from Week 2, Episode 5 with the list we made yesterday! Full transcript and exercises available at the Parallel Worlds website. Enjoy! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/olliepalmer/message