A Complex Transmedia Universe about Myths, Creatures and Traditions

Authors

  • Adelina-Laura Bulibașa Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Keywords:

transmedia, storytelling, myths, creatures, exhibition

Abstract

The In-Between Worlds Transmedia Universe started out as a blank whiteboard. Sixteen students, three coordinators and multiple contributors and collaborators created this Universe together, during one full semester (from October 2022 until February 2023). The project culminated with an exhibition that lasted one week, with the opening on 11 February in the Ethnographical Museum of Transylvania located in the heart of Cluj-Napoca city, Romania. The project revolves around the subject of mythological creatures, myths and traditions from the territory of Romania. The exhibition was meant to showcase the ephemeral parts of this project, such as: several interactive installations, projections, photography exhibition, Virtual Reality experience, but also the more permanent parts of the project, such as: the feature documentary and the card game. It is important to understand what exactly means the domain of the Transmedia, what are the elements and components that build a Transmedia Universe and how exactly this project encompasses each one of those, in order to achieve a complex and complete structure, and to also understand the reasoning behind each artistic product.

Author Biography

Adelina-Laura Bulibașa, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

ADELINA-LAURA BULIBAȘA is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Theatre and Film, Babeș-Bolyai University where she has been teaching the Creative Transmedia Project course since 2020 in the Digital Interactive Arts and Documentary Filmmaking master’s program. Some of the past transmedia works she coordinated are Sequentium and Concrete Nests, which were displayed in multiple international festivals throughout the years

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Published

2023-04-24

How to Cite

Bulibașa, A.-L. (2023). A Complex Transmedia Universe about Myths, Creatures and Traditions. Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai - Dramatica, 68(1), 141–157. Retrieved from https://dramatica.ro/index.php/j/article/view/276