Soul of Athens: 2010
Ohio University’s School of Visual Communication just launched it’s fourth iteration of their now annual Soul of Athens multimedia storytelling website. Each year the presentation changes and we get a chance to see a lot of good projects in various forms from lots of the overworked, sleepless designers, photographers, writers, coders, producers and more who put this together. This year’s version has a bit of a stripped down aesthetic and utilizes social media in new and exciting ways to include the community whose stories they are telling, including a time-based release for much of the content, with the entire content rolling out over the course of a matter of weeks so that viewers can come back repeatedly and see something fresh throughout the month of June. Besides some interesting stories, a cool little unexpected piece is Phil Walter’s and Andy Eggert’s short film of ink falling.
Disclaimer – I’m an alum of the school.