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Slipstream

Issue 7 | Stories off the page

In This issue

To be caught in a slipstream is to feel some kind of pull, willingly or otherwise. A current of air driven back by a jet engine, an eddy of water, swirling. A sense of danger permeates the idea. After all, slipstreams can pull us under.

The stories selected for this issue and exhibition offer novel ways of navigating slipstreams. From Cornish waterways to unseen flight paths, from 1980s Beijing to digital worlds, this issue traces the shifting currents of how stories move. Ways of telling stories have changed, as have the ways we share them. In this issue, we consider the shifting ecology of storytelling.

Thanks to CDF Tech, HASS and Venn Creative and OSLH for hosting.

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Credits

  • Hazel Beevers
     Managing Editor
  • Dr Polly Card
     Contributor
  • Dr Richard Carter
     Contributor
  • Dr Anna Kiernan
    Publisher
  • Joskaudė Pakalkaitė
    Contributor and Art Director
  • Venn Creative
     Website creative direction and build
  • Dr Yandi Wang
     Contributor
  • Dr Ellen Wiles
     Contributor
  • Yudi Wu
     Creative Producer

Mires, ears, entrancements: immersive literary audio as eco-activism

“A breeze rustling oak leaves, water trickling down a stream.” Ellen Wiles on audio’s inherent power to animate more-than-human lives.

Slipstream: A short film

A short film exploring grief, Greek myths and bodies of water. Filmed at Respryn Bridge in Cornwall, created by Dr Polly Card in collaboration with Dr Anna Kiernan, with an original score by Inigo Scott.

Don’t Get Carried Away

A set of three monochromatic illustrated narratives from Joskaudė Pakalkaitė’s PhD practice research project, which explores design fiction, speculative user interface innovations, hand-drawn illustration, and the use of literary practice.

Fragments of Beijing

A sensory narrative of childhood in 1970s–80s Beijing, interwoven with original paintings and drawings, by Yandi Wang.

Flight Diaries