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* Watched: 2024-04-25
* Watched: 2024-04-25
* Watch it [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK7myhXVyNU here]
* Watch it [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK7myhXVyNU here]
'The Institute' is a 2012 documentary directed by Spencer McCall on the alternate reality 'Game of Nonchalance' initiated by Jell HHull that was ran from 2008 to 2011 in San Fransisco. This game featured a story centering around the concept of 'socio-reengineering', and focussed on shifting a the participants' perspectives on the everyday cityscape with a 'hidden-in-plain-sight wonderland'. The documentary is told as a retrospective, combining interviews from participants and creators with archival footage and new reconstructions. In particular, just like the game's ambiguous veracity, the film is created in such a way that the viewer can question how truthful its contents are. In fact, not having been part of this experience, the whole documentary could be a fabricated story.


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'''Relevant links:'''
* Wikipedia pages on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jejune_Institute The Jejune Institute] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Institute_(2013_film) the documentary]
* [https://letterboxd.com/film/the-institute/ The Letterboxd page]

Revision as of 11:50, 8 May 2024

Notes and thoughts on scifi docu 'The Institute'

  • Watched: 2024-04-25
  • Watch it here

'The Institute' is a 2012 documentary directed by Spencer McCall on the alternate reality 'Game of Nonchalance' initiated by Jell HHull that was ran from 2008 to 2011 in San Fransisco. This game featured a story centering around the concept of 'socio-reengineering', and focussed on shifting a the participants' perspectives on the everyday cityscape with a 'hidden-in-plain-sight wonderland'. The documentary is told as a retrospective, combining interviews from participants and creators with archival footage and new reconstructions. In particular, just like the game's ambiguous veracity, the film is created in such a way that the viewer can question how truthful its contents are. In fact, not having been part of this experience, the whole documentary could be a fabricated story.

Screenshot from The Institute, at 10:44
Screenshot from the game Viewfinder

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