diff --git a/irmak/45.png b/irmak/45.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..91f0905 Binary files /dev/null and b/irmak/45.png differ diff --git a/irmak/clickgame.png b/irmak/cg.png similarity index 100% rename from irmak/clickgame.png rename to irmak/cg.png diff --git a/irmak/fictionfriction.png b/irmak/fictionfriction.png deleted file mode 100644 index 474f5ba..0000000 Binary files a/irmak/fictionfriction.png and /dev/null differ diff --git a/irmak/index.md b/irmak/index.md index 990c966..85029e4 100644 --- a/irmak/index.md +++ b/irmak/index.md @@ -4,38 +4,49 @@ author: Irmak --- +--- + # Wink! ### A Prototype for Interactive Children's Literature Wink is a prototype for an interactive picture book platform. This platform aims to make reading into a mindfull and thought provoking process by using interactive and playful elements, multiple stories within one narrative and sound elements. Especially today where consumerism and low attention span is a rising issue especially amongst young readers, this was an important task to tackle. The thought of Wink emerged to find a more sustainable and creative way of reading for elementary school children. -!["a tag made by a participant in the public moment at XPUB studio. Trying to understand different approaches to certain emotions/states for a bee"](../irmak/improv.JPG) {.half-image} +--- + +Working as a children's literature editor for years, I came to a realisation that picture books were turning into another object that kids read and consume on daily basis. At least this is what I observed in Turkey. Teachers and parents were finding it difficult to find new books constantly or were tired of rereading the same book. -!["From the event at Leeszaal West, experimenting with knots and poetry. How can we see movement in text?"](../irmak/leeszaalknotpoems.jpg) {.image-95} +!["The twine map of text based story, reachable from Bee Within."](../irmak/twine.png){.half-image} -!["From the event at Leeszaal West. Some of the results of knotting text"](../irmak/knotpoems2.jpg){.image-95} +!["Click game story of the Queen Bee."](../irmak/cg.png){.half image} + +!["Example page from the print version of the picture book."](../irmak/printp33.jpg){.image-95} -Working as a children's literature editor for years, I came to a realisation that picture books were turning into another object that kids read and consume on daily basis. At least this is what I observed in Turkey. Teachers and parents were finding it difficult to find new books constantly or were tired of rereading the same book. As a young person in the publishing sector, I believe there should be more options for children as there is for adults; such as ebooks, audiobooks etc. But moreover a "book" that can be redefined, reread or be interacted with. So I revisited an old story I wrote, translated to English and named it, "Bee Within". +!["Example page from the print version of the picture book."](../irmak/printp3.jpg){.image-95} -!["Example page from the print version of the picture book."](../irmak/printp22.jpg) {.image-95} +![''](../irmak/printp44.jpg){.image-95} -!["Example page from the print version of the picture book."](../irmak/printp2.jpg) {.image-95} +![''](../irmak/printp4.jpg){.image-95} + +As a young person in the publishing sector, I believe there should be more options for children as there is for adults; such as ebooks, audiobooks etc. But moreover a "book" that can be redefined, reread or be interacted with. So I revisited an old story I wrote, translated to English and named it, "Bee Within". Bee Within, is a story about grief and it is based on my experiences throughout the years. I erased it, rewrote it, edited it, destroyed it multiple times over the past years, simultaneously with new experiences of loss. In the end, I believe the story turned out to be an ode to remembering or might I say an ode to not being able to forget or an ode to the fear of forgetting which I now think is a great and sweet battle between death and life. I think it is an important subject to touch upon, especially for children dealing with trauma in many parts of the world. -!["example page from the picture book"](../irmak/printp1.jpg) {.half-image} +!["example page from the picture book"](../irmak/printp1.jpg){.half-image} -!["example page from the picture book"](../irmak/printp33.jpg) {.image-95} +!["example page from the picture book"](../irmak/printp22.jpg){.image-95} -!["example page from the picture book"](../irmak/printp3.jpg) {.image-95} +!["example page from the picture book"](../irmak/printp2.jpg){.image-95} - Over the past two years, experimenting with storytelling techniques, interactivity options and workshops with children and adults, around reading and doing various exercises on Bee Within, I improved the story to be a more playful and interactive one which can be re-read, re-played and eventually re-formed non digitally to be reachable for all children. -!["The twine map of text based story, reachable from Bee Within by clicking to hear more about Gray the tree."](../irmak/twine.png) {.half-image} +!["a tag made by a participant in the public moment at XPUB studio. Trying to understand different approaches to certain emotions/states for a bee"](../irmak/improv.JPG){.half-image} + +!["From the event at Leeszaal West, experimenting with knots and poetry. How can we see movement in text?"](../irmak/leeszaalknotpoems.jpg){.image-95} + +!["From the event at Leeszaal West. Some of the results of knotting text"](../irmak/knotpoems2.jpg){.image-95} + +!["A small sequence of onclick animation for Bee Within"](../irmak/animationseq.png){.image-95} -!["Click game story of the Queen Bee that is reachable within Maya's main storyline."](clickgame.png) -{.half image} +!["A screenshot from Wink!"](../irmak/45.png){.image-95} -!["A small sequence of onclick animation for Bee Within"](../irmak/animationseq.png) {.image-95} diff --git a/irmak/intstory.png b/irmak/intstory.png deleted file mode 100644 index 855a85a..0000000 Binary files a/irmak/intstory.png and /dev/null differ diff --git a/irmak/printp4.jpg b/irmak/printp4.jpg index f0dab96..248f286 100644 Binary files a/irmak/printp4.jpg and b/irmak/printp4.jpg differ diff --git a/irmak/printp44.jpg b/irmak/printp44.jpg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..08973bb Binary files /dev/null and b/irmak/printp44.jpg differ diff --git a/irmak/thesis.md b/irmak/thesis.md index ee7e9cb..0ad9b1e 100644 --- a/irmak/thesis.md +++ b/irmak/thesis.md @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ author: Irmak ### Fair leads or Fair winds is a saying sailors and knotters use to greet each other. It comes from the working end of a string that will soon be forming a knot. +--- I would like to clarify and introduce some terms for you in order to read this text in the desired way. For a while, we will stay in the bight of this journey as we move into forming loops, theories and ideas on how interactive picture books can be used to foster curiosity for reading and creativity for children. I am building a web platform called Wink that aims to contain a children’s story I wrote and am making into an interactive experience, in relation to my research.
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Bee Within, is a story about grief and it is based on my experiences throughout the years. I erased it, rewrote it, edited it, destroyed it multiple times over the past years, simultaneously with new experiences @@ -2018,27 +2030,61 @@ to the fear of forgetting which I now think is a great and sweet battle between death and life. I think it is an important subject to touch upon, especially for children dealing with trauma in many parts of the world.

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Over the past two years, experimenting with storytelling techniques, interactivity options and workshops with children and adults, around reading and doing various exercises on Bee Within, I improved the story to be a more playful and interactive one which can be re-read, re-played and eventually re-formed non digitally to be reachable for all children.

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I would like to clarify and introduce some terms for you in order to read this text in the desired way. For a while, we will stay in the bight of this journey as we move into forming loops, theories and ideas