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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Episodes
Week 04 Episode 02: Exercises (a list of things)
May 05, 2020 04:00 - 19 minutes - 36 MBThis episode contains two exercises: - A 5 minute free write / free-speak / free draw / free something, to record the here and now, or to let your mind wander - 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. Full show notes, exercise and a transcript av...
Week 4 Episode 2: Exercises (a list of things)
May 05, 2020 04:00 - 19 minutes - 36 MBThis episode contains two exercises: - A 5 minute free write / free-speak / free draw / free something, to record the here and now, or to let your mind wander - 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. Full show notes, exercise and a transcript av...
Week 4 Episode 1: Listening to Six House Parties by Ross Sutherland
May 04, 2020 16:35 - 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...
Week 3 Episode 6: Conversation with Sarah Lugthart
April 16, 2020 18:00 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MBThis week, I speak to Sarah Lugthart from the Master Institute of Visual Cultures about her work on the Immersive Storytelling minor, techniques from the world of immersive theatre and audio, and some general ideas about prototyping experiences. For notes including references to the works we discuss, and a (not-quite-perfect) transcript, visit the Parallel Worlds site at parallel.olliepalmer.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/olliepalmer/message
Week 3 Episode 5: Exercises
April 16, 2020 16:34 - 9 minutes - 8.77 MBFull transcript and exercises available at the Parallel Worlds website! Today's exercises: - Self-reflection free write (5 minutes) - Foley exercise. You are going to do the same exercise as yesterday – trying to recreate the sound you chose in multi-track audio – but today you’re going to use other objects to do it. You can’t use the original object, or anything like it. But you can choose anything else that you have to hand. Try to recreate the sound using the most opposite objects you can!...
Week 3 Episode 4: Exercises
April 16, 2020 04:00 - 11 minutes - 10.6 MBFull transcript and exercises available at the course website, parallel.olliepalmer.com Exercises: - Self-reflection (5 minutes) - This exercise requires a computer, or a multitrack audio editing programme on a smartphone or tablet: - Part one: Over the past few weeks you’ve been recording sounds from everyday life. Your task today is to find one or more of those sounds – ideally something more than a few seconds long – and listen to it very carefully. What are the identifiable parts of th...
Week 3 Episode 3: Exercises
April 15, 2020 04:00 - 20 minutes - 19.4 MBFull show notes and transcript 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 si...
Week 3 Episode 2: Exercises
April 14, 2020 10:38 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MBFull transcript and exercises available at the Parallel Worlds website! Today's exercises: - Self-reflection (5 minutes) - Artist origin stories - brainstorm. Bob Dylan was famous for telling everyone he met a different story about his background when he first arrived in New York City in the early 1960s. These built a mystique around a young man who was really the middle-class son of an electrical appliance store owner. Today we’re going to write origin stories! In 5 minutes, write as many i...
Week 3 Episode 1: Exercises
April 13, 2020 05:00 - 14 minutes - 13.7 MBFull show notes at the Parallel Worlds website at https://parallel.olliepalmer.com/pages/podcast/w03e01-exercises.html Today's exercises: - Self-reflection freewrite (5 minutes) - One of the best things about small children is that they’re gullible. As a grown-up, you can tell them anything. I used to lie to my smaller siblings: “Don’t leave any toys out in the garden, they’ll be stolen by cats. Cats are always stealing things.” and “You always have a friend in the moon; if there’s a full...
Week 3 Bonus episode: recording, feedback
April 13, 2020 04:00 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MBThis is a bonus episode! 🤠️For full show notes, including a *transcript* and 📚️more things to read, look at, and listen to, go to parallel.olliepalmer.com. For all sort of bonus fun stuff, see the resources page of the website. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/olliepalmer/message
Week 2 Episode 5: Exercises
April 03, 2020 06:00 - 18 minutes - 17.4 MBMore exercises! A full transcript and all episode notes, including the exercises and resources, are available at parallel.olliepalmer.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/olliepalmer/message
Week 2 Episode 4: Exercises
April 02, 2020 06:00 - 7 minutes - 7.2 MBMore exercises! A full transcript and all episode notes, including the exercises and resources, are available at parallel.olliepalmer.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/olliepalmer/message
Week 2 Episode 3: Exercises
April 01, 2020 06:00 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MBMore exercises! A full transcript and all episode notes, including the exercises and resources, are available at parallel.olliepalmer.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/olliepalmer/message
Week 2 Episode 2: Exercises
March 31, 2020 11:24 - 14 minutes - 13.1 MBMore exercises! A full transcript and all episode notes, including the exercises and resources, are available at parallel.olliepalmer.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/olliepalmer/message
Week 2 Episode 1: Exercises
March 30, 2020 13:09 - 15 minutes - 14.8 MBThis week we're progressing from writing exercises to audio exercises. A full transcript of this episode is available on the course website at parallel.olliepalmer.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/olliepalmer/message
Counterfactuals
March 26, 2020 21:07 - 28 minutes - 51.5 MBThis episode is about counterfactuals! Full show notes and transcript coming soon (bear with me!) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/olliepalmer/message
Week 1 Episode 6: Counterfactuals
March 26, 2020 21:07 - 28 minutes - 51.5 MBThis episode is about counterfactuals! Full show notes and transcript available at parallel.olliepalmer.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/olliepalmer/message
Week 1 Episode 5: Freewriting
March 26, 2020 12:00 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MBThis is the fifth of the freewriting exercises this week. Well done for making it this far! The subjects to write about today are: Your current situation A change you would have made Enjoy! :) Let me know what you thought of the exercise, or any outcomes, via the 'messages' link below. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/olliepalmer/message
Week 1 Episode 4: Freewriting
March 26, 2020 08:00 - 14 minutes - 13.1 MBThis is the third of the freewriting exercises. Well done for making it this far! The subjects to write about today are: - Your current situation - "What could have been" Enjoy! Let me know what you thought of the exercise, or any outcomes, via the 'messages' link here. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/olliepalmer/message
Week 1 Episode 3: Freewriting
March 25, 2020 08:00 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MBThis is the third of the freewriting exercises. Well done for making it this far! The subjects to write about today are: Your current situation What could have been Enjoy! Let me know what you thought of the exercise, or any outcomes, via the 'messages' link here. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/olliepalmer/message
Week 1 Episode 2: Freewriting
March 24, 2020 08:00 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MBThis is the second of the freewriting exercises. The subjects to write about today are: Your current situation What could have been Enjoy! Let me know what you thought of the exercise, or any outcomes, via the 'messages' link here. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/olliepalmer/message
Week 1 Episode 1: Freewriting
March 23, 2020 09:00 - 14 minutes - 13.6 MBThis is the first of the freewriting exercises, introducing the concept of freewriting and two exercises to follow. The subjects to write about today are: Stuck Free Enjoy! Let me know what you thought of the exercise, or any outcomes, via the 'messages' link here. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/olliepalmer/message
Introduction
March 23, 2020 08:00 - 5 minutes - 10.1 MBThis is the introduction to Parallel Worlds. The podcast is supplemented by our website at parallel.olliepalmer.com, where you'll find transcripts of every episode, as well as exercises and further reading. I refer to Tim Clare's podcast Death of 1000 Cuts in this podcast – you can find it here. It's a great introduction to writing and editing your work, I highly recommend it if you're even slightly inclined towards writing. 😀️ Welcome to the course, and enjoy! 🌍️🌍️🌍️🌍️🌍️ --- Send in ...