The LA Flood Project

The LA Flood Project at USC Visions and Voices 10/27 7pm

markcmarino — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 06:58:53 +0000

Welcome to a Sample of the LA Flood Project which will be featured as part of the USC Visions and Voices event: The Mobile Voices of L.A.’s Immigrants, October 27, 7pm, Harris Hall.

The Flood will hit in two waves: in a Twitter Simulation (Oct.20-27) and on the map below. Navigate to locations on this map to read how the flood has hit Los Angeles. Or search for QR Codes on USC’s campus that mark sites where the flood has hit. Also, follow along the Twitter Feed: @LAFloodProject.

Open in Google Maps or Try the browser map here

View The LA Flood Project in a larger map

The Fictional Narrative is made up of two kinds of texts:

Character Monologues at each stage of the flood.
Location Descriptions for each stage of the flood

Click on the map to explore the drafts of the narratives.

LA Flood Project at the Festival of Books

markcmarino — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 18:57:35 +0000

Welcome to a Sample of the LA Flood Project. Navigate to locations on this map to read how the flood has hit USC. Follow along the Twitter Feed: @LAFloodProject.

Open in Google Maps (most browsers, Androids, iPhones with Google Maps app) or
Try the browser map here (iPhone w/o Google Maps)

View The LA Flood Project in a larger map

The Fictional Narrative is made up of two kinds of texts:

Character Monologues at each stage of the flood.
Location Descriptions for each stage of the flood

Click on the map to explore the drafts of the narratives.

The Flood Map

max — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 05:05:23 +0000

Below is the Oral History Google Map for the LA Flood Project. Soon we will be adding links to the audio or video from each pushpin.

Info on the HyperCities map is forthcoming.

LA Flood Project and Hypercities

markcmarino — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 04:40:42 +0000

The LA Flood Project is now working with Hypercities to add the oral histories and fictional monologues to layers of Los Angeles satellite maps.

More details to come!

The Sound Files

markcmarino — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:29:49 +0000

To offer a sample of the dramatic character of the piece, here are the some of the Sound Files from our recent demo at HASTAC II at UCLA’s Perloff Hall. Participants would access these over mobile phone.

Cast: Jim Holmes, Matisha Baldwin, Percival Arcibal

Sound Files
LA Flood Intro with Music (Voice Jim Holmes)

Perloff Hall, UCLA, Westwood, demo
(Voice Jim Holmes)

Characters (in 3 stages of the post)
Here each character at three different moments of the flood.

Austin Grant, wealthy Westside, homeowner (Jim Holmes)

Leticia West, news reporter (Matisha Baldwin)

sonny_barstow, weatherman (Percival Arcibal)

The Flood is coming…

markcmarino — Sun, 18 May 2008 20:14:42 +0000

…to Los Angeles. and you will be able to experience it through your mobile phones.

This blog will be a site of news updates and announcements including details about our first public demo:

1-3pm, Sat. May 24th, UCLA,

Perloff Hall

Room “De Café”

LA Flood poster

admin — Sat, 10 May 2008 07:00:49 +0000