The BeNowHere Interactive application is an experiment in imbedding a moving video image within a larger static visual context. It is also a protocuMarc for an alternative structure for non-linear cinematic narrative.

As the active video window moves across the screen, it leaves a visual trail which is a trace of the time and space of the cinematic path. The user can manoeuver back and forth through each scene, creating and erasing moments in time, laying down a panoramic still that also represents a captured slice of time, then returning to view the scene unfolding and coming alive.

Any number of shots which share part or all of a common background can be seamlessly integrated into one panorama such that non-linear transitions from one scene to another can be effected through user panning without the need to rely upon “cuts” and “fades,” thus retaining the illusion of spatial and temporal continuity.

Romy Achituv (USA) creates work in both “New” and “Old” Media. Most recent projects include installations and experimental work exhibited at the InterCommunication Center (ICC), Tokyo, Japan, Postmasters Gallery, NYC, European Media Art Festival (EMAF), Osnabrück, and Media City Seoul 2000. Most recent grants and awards include two years’ consecutive project support from the Greenwall Foundation, a grant from The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, an OLB Media Art Prize at European Media Art Festival 2000, and a 2000 I.D. Interactive Media Design Review award.

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