About this iDoc

This interactive documentary was made as a methodological experiment. It forms part of the thinking I undertook towards my PhD thesis entitled “Re-Imagining Space-Time in the Temporary City”. The thesis explores ways in which space-time is imagined and (re)produced by pop-up culture in contemporary London and interrogates the politics of those imaginaries. For me, the ‘nonlinear’ architecture of interactive documentary makes it a great medium through which to think about pop-up’s own ‘nonlinear’ imaginations of space-time as immersive, flexible, interstitial, secret and surprising.

My academic publications on pop-up and interactive documentary are listed here

Other, journalistic, publications and social media outputs about interactive documentary and pop-up by (and co-produced by) me include:

http://i-docs.org/2016/05/19/precarious-times-and-nonlinear-thinking-using-i-docs-to-explore-contemporary-structures-of-feeling/

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/jul/20/cult-temporary-pop-up-phenomenon-cities

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Making of the iDoc

The footage and images in this i-Doc were shot and edited by myself as part of my PhD research. The ‘architecture’ of the i-Doc was designed and developed alongside my written thinking as a way to understand and communicate pop-up space-time. The creation of the interface was made possible by Michael Skelly who coded the i-Doc from scratch and helped me to turn my take on the temporary city into a ‘playable’ experience.