Document is an interactive storytelling installation placed in New York's Washington Square Park constructing a polyphonic oral narrative through the assimilation of historical images and stories recorded by individuals in the park.
The installation is a column-like wooden kiosk that plays an uninterrupted stream of stories recorded during the lifetime of the project, accompanied by a real-time “mix” of live video and archival photographs. People can interact with the installation by listening to the stories or use the "Tell a Story" button to record an experience of their own.
The project was developed in collaboration with Charles Earl Love Yust and Karl Mendonca.
Historic images used in the installation were accumulated from archives at the NY Times and the Historical Society.
The design of the kiosk was informed by architectural and contextual clues within the space.
