Raimo Lång
Module 2: Friday, July 26th through Friday, August 2nd 2002 including Saturday,
July 27th
Curriculum Vitae
Raimo Lang is a writer, developer and dramaturg/producer and lives in Helsinki.
Currently he works as creative director for the internal program developement
unit at the Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE) and prior to that held a professorship
on interactive media & communication at Media Lab, a new media department at University
of Arts and Design Helsinki.
Raimo Lång has done research, professional concept developement and training on
interactive media, particularly about interactive television and social narration
since 1995. His projects include fact and fiction for interactive television and
cross-media platforms and design contribution ranges from character generation
and interaction design to communication strategies and patented narrative database
systems for YLE. A new project involves integration of public journalism to television
through new technologies & designs.
He is the responsible coordinator and workshop leader in EU-funded continued education
for European television professionals. The training is co-produced by BBC, Hilversum
Media Academy (Holland) and Media Lab at UIAH.
Raimo Lång has also written and directed thirteen fiction and documentary films
for audiences in Finland and abroad. Human non-verbal communication and exploration
of narrative structures are emphasized in his documentaries and dramas.
He restores an old farm house and builds wooden furniture among other analog activities.
References
Raimo Lang's recent developments include
"Suburb" and interactive role game for television
Current projects for YLE, first one being a thematically directed and moderated
www-game on morale and latter a television studio show with remotely controlled
technologies involved.
"Aquarium"
A minimalist night time interactive drama, where two real persons act like collective
Tamagotchi. Database-operated narrative system was generating their evolution
of psychological mind and audience was able to send mental impulses to Éira and
Ari. This experimental i-tv production was broadcasted during the nights of one
monts with aired program time of 134 hours.