The International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling (ICIDS) has released the 2022 Art Exhibition's call for work.
This year's curators are Clara Fernández-Vara and Nick Montfort, and the deadline is July 31.
This year's theme is "Hops Ahead: The Art of Alternate Histories, Presents, and Futures." It is inspired by the 60th anniversary of Julio Cortázar's novel Rayuela (in English, Hopscotch), which connected a well-known game with the novel in February 1963, inviting readers to encounter the text in more than one order. We welcome submissions that explore the potential of interactive narrative to envision alternate and future realities in the following themes
- Alternate histories, presents, and futures
- Social connection and disconnection
- Cultural universals and differences
- Working across languages
- Playful words and languages
Artworks are welcome in (at least) the following forms and formats:
- Browser-based interactive digital art
- Electronic literature
- Parser-based interactive fiction
- Narrative-driven games
- Twine games/"Twines"
- Visual novels
- HTML5 narratives / games
- Bitsy games
- Art installations
- AR, VR, and XR works
