by Steve Anderson
Design and Programming by Erik Loyer
2008
This project uses the Flash plug-in, which is no longer supported by Adobe. As an alternative, view the project's video documentation below.
Technologies of History explores the dense layers of mediation to which the assassination of John F. Kennedy has been subjected over the years, providing a rich set of opportunities to think about the construction of history itself. Motion-tracked paths from disparate video clips are superimposed to form a palimpsest, through which the user may follow connections suggested by either the video segment or its accompanying text.
A high quality recording of the project as a user might experience it.