********************** The title of the work: Reconstructing Mayakovsky ********************** ********************** The names and email addresses of all authors and contributors of the work: Author, Art director for manifesto and animation. Illya Szilak janthesvg@yahoo.com Web Design and Development: Cloudred Cyril Tsiboulski ct@cloudred.com Art for animation and graphic design for manifesto: Pelin Kirca / pelinkirca@yahoo.com Original music for animation: Itir Saran / itirsaran@gmail.com ********************** ********************** The URL of the .zip file available for download: http://www.reconstructingmayakovsky.com/download/rm.zip ********************** ********************** A short description of the work: www.reconstructingmayakovsky.com presents a novel-length work of literary fiction in various multi-media formats. Inspired by Vladimir Mayakovsky, the Russian Futurist poet, the novel imagines a dystopia where uncertainty and tragedy have been eliminated through technology. As readers discover Mayakovsky’s biography (prison at age 15, lifelong affair with his editor’s wife, fame, revolution, suicide, posthumous resurrection by Joseph Stalin), they explore their own fears and fantasies about the future. Mayakovsky’s life and poetry enact a conflict between a dominant, fixed narrative (the “utopian” end of history propounded by the Soviet State) and a revolutionary, iconoclastic artistic vision. Both the written novel and the website function as metalogues: drawing out, challenging, and, partially satisfying the reader/viewer’s desire for a coherent story while offering an anarchic multiplicity of meanings. In the “Audiopodcast” section, downloadable, chapter-length recordings of the novel are displayed in a navigable “soundscape” of found audio clips. In “Mechanism B,” viewers can read the novel through ten randomly selected words, presented along with their frequency. The “Archive” relates themes and references in the novel to video, text, image and website links. It can be searched randomly or by tags (see “all tags.”) Clicking on word-bearing tile performs a real-time Google image search for that word. The rest of the sections are self-explanatory. I am also including a printed version of the manifesto, also available for download on the site. ********************** ********************** Instructions required to operate the work: NOTE: This project requires a live internet connection to function properly. Double click a "run_on_PC.exe" file if you're using a PC Double click a "run_on_MAC.hqx" file if you're using a MAC! ********************** ********************** The date the work was first distributed or published: June 2008 **********************