DRIFT is web-based art that tells the story of a walk I took in March, 2020, along the North Shore of Staten Island, NY, just as it was beginning to dawn on people that leisurely strolls might be a bad idea at the present moment. DRIFT was created using basic HTML/CSS coding. The images are shots I took with an iPhone. I have a lot on my mind as I take a final stroll through favorite parts of my neighborhood before sheltering in place – rambling thoughts accompany a rambling walking tour.

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Shanidar, Safe Return is an interactive story that places a young Neanderthal woman named Haizea in the center of a community’s struggle for survival, as the Cro-Magnins (Homo sapiens) migrate to their once-peaceful territories. Haizea and her band of mixed – Neanderthal and Cro-Magnin – travelers must walk the distance from danger in what is now southern France to safety in their old refuge in Iraqi Kurdistan, a place called Shanidar. They meet a group of Denisovans on the way, and receive guidance from the old H. heidelbergensis shaman, Bihotz.

Created in Twine.

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This is a story about human life in pre-history. The direction the story takes is up to you. Play the story like a game. If you want more of the story, use the back and forward arrows to make more choices. The more choices you make, the fuller the story becomes. This story is speculative fiction, so chronological accuracy, archeological exactness, and anthropological certainty may not always be in effect…

Act I:
A group returns from foraging and hunting. 

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