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Dr Christopher Hales

Chapters in books

In Press-
• ‘The birth and development of interactive cinema’, in Trans-Cinema, ed. K. Maciel, Rio de Janeiro, Contracapa, forthcoming Spring 2008.

• ‘Research in Reverse’, in Emergenc(i)es: practice-based research in media arts. L. Goodman with S. Kozel et al. forthcoming from MIT Press, forthcoming Spring 2008.

In Print-
• ‘Interactive Filmmaking: An Educational Experience’, in Sagasnet Reader: Developing Interactive Narrative Content, ed. B. Bushoff, Hightext Verlag, Munich, 2005, pp 100-126.

• ‘Interactive Movies: Practical Experimentation with Parallel Video Streams’, in Interactive Dramaturgies,  ed. H. Hagebölling, Springer-Verlag, 2004, pp 159-166.

• ‘Is there a future for interactive 'live action' films and tv?’, in Pamietnik Sztuk Pieknych: Strategy of Interaction. ed. M. Jankowska, Torun: Nicolaus Copernicus University, 2005, pp 97-101.

• ‘The Interactive Filmmakers Challenge’, in Moving Images: from Edison to the Webcam, eds. J. Fullerton & A. Widding, John Libbey, 2000. pp 187-192.

• ‘New Paradigms=New Movies: Interactive film and new narrative interfaces’, in Cinema/Art/Narrative, eds. M. Rieser & A. Zapp, BFI/ZKM, 2001. pp 105-119.

 Articles in refereed Journals

In Press-
• Emergent Audience Behaviour: Observations of social interaction within physically co-present audiences attending a live interactive filmshow, in International Journal of Computer Games Technology: special edition on Pervasive Gaming, Hindawi Publishing, forthcoming 2008

In Print-
• C. Hales, T. Pellinen, M. Castrén, ‘A Story Between Storeys: Algorithmic and Audience Control of Video Segments in an Experimental Interactive Television Program’. Digital Creativity. 2006. vol. 17, No 4. pp 54-64.

• ‘Cinematic Interaction: from Kinoautomat to Cause and Effect’. Digital Creativity. 2005 vol. 16, No 1. pp 54-64.

• ‘Cause and Effect: an experimental interactive cinema performance’, in Art Inquiry vol V: Cyberarts, Cybercultures, Cybersocieties. ed. R. Kluszczynski, Lodz 2003. pp 243-250.

Online-
• ‘Luc Courchesne: Persistence of Vision’, in Horizon Zero (Banff Centre online magazine): www.horizonzero.ca Oct 2003. Last accessed 1/12/07 from <http://www.horizonzero.ca/textsite/connect.php?is=11&file=5&tlang=0.>

Conference Proceedings-
In press-
• Gauging user engagement with an in situ interactive artwork, in The Virtual 2007: Interaction, ed. P. Hernwall. M3 Publication Nr.5: 2007, Södertörn University College: Stockholm. Forthcoming 2008

In print-
• ‘Is there a future for live action film and TV?’, Europrix Scholars Conference, Tampere, Finland. Nov 2002.

• ‘The Role of the Audience in Interactive Movies’, in Global/Local Cultures & Sustainable Development, eds. T. Belghazi & L. Haddad, Rabat, Morocco 2001.  pp 291-297.

• ‘An overview of interactive film art’, in Proceedings of the 14th Eurographics Conference, London, 1996.

Exhibition/Event Catalogues-
• ‘One-Person Touchscreen Cinema’, in Future Cinema exhibition catalogue, eds. J. Shaw & P. Weibel, ZKM/MIT Press, 2003. pp. 296-301.

• ‘Do we always need narrative if we have content?’, Catalogue to the ISEA 97 Conference, Chicago, 1997.

• ‘Why make movies Interactive?’, Catalogue of the Oberhausen Kurzfilmtage Film Festival,  Oberhausen, Germany, 1997.

Magazine Articles-
• ‘Intersecting Boundaries’, in Kunst.ee magazine, Estonia. August 2003.

• ‘Review of “CADE97 cdrom’, in Digital Creativity, Vol. 9, No.3. pp 187-188.