These are the notes form the fruitful talk with Tassos.

The missing voice (Case Study B) by Janet Cardiff

http://www.artfocus.com/JanetCardiff.html

“It is an audio tour that leaves from the Whitechapel Library, next to the Whitechapel tube stop and snakes its way through London’s East End, weaving fictional narrative with descriptions about the actual landscape. ” (wiki)

• Made in 1999 as a commission, probably still active.

Casablanca the Game

http://casablancathegame.com/

“Casablanca is a social networking game that is played over a period of several days. It’s like a cross between Facebook and the game “Mafia”.”

“The goal for a Resistance player is to create the largest social network that they can, without it being infiltrated by Occupation ’spies’.“

• Using profiles as part of the narrative

Ideas and suggestions

• Physical correlation with sound.
• Add intro to interviews.
• Whats the worst case scenario? get lost?
• Fake locations, blurring of fiction and reality.
• Clear decision points in advance.
• Create a buddy system to make sure everybody is on track.
• Produce a guided oral talk by allowing players to take one earphone off.
• Distribution of knowledge is a great tool for group collaboration.
• Use punctuation marks.
• Tasks should be small and should be taught in advance: collect paper cups.
• Tasks that can only be solved collectively.
• The general structure has to be robust but allow for some space for action and choice.
• In the style of a propaganda broadcast/news cast.
• Giving roles to the players: surveillance, leader.
  
• Secret signals.
  

It was a great talk, they have invited us to one of the games that they designed. Its on the next bank holiday Monday.
As I was writing this I realised that ON TRACK is a great name for the project, better than here go. Are you ON TRACK? means are you in the right way. Also its turn the sound track ON. I know its last minute.com….