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==About ''ETERNAL SEPTEMBER''== | ==About ''ETERNAL SEPTEMBER''== | ||
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ETERNAL SEPTEMBER is an alternate reality consisting of an ever-expanding network of audio, video, and hypertext. The project was created by William Brittelle and is brought to life through artistic residencies, recorded music, ritual capture events, and site-specific installations. Content from Eternal September is released in large volumes: | ETERNAL SEPTEMBER is an alternate reality consisting of an ever-expanding network of audio, video, and hypertext. The project was created by William Brittelle and is brought to life through artistic residencies, recorded music, ritual capture events, and site-specific installations. Content from Eternal September is released in large volumes: ''Opening Tour'', a 90-minute feature film, was released in 2020, and the Vol. 1 Drop, a series of six portal videos and four EP's of new music, is being released in 2025. Upon completion, all ETERNAL SEPTEMBER content is extensively documented by its own wiki, a system discrete entirely from the IRL internet, and made available to the general public. Ongoing audience engagement is fostered by the project's private listserv. | ||
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The world of ETERNAL SEPTEMBER is developed collectively by a group of uniquely talented musicians, multimedia artists, and creative technologists from a diverse array of stylistic backgrounds. ETERNAL SEPTEMBER collaborators, either as individuals or in groups, create content as alternate reality versions of themselves, or "morphs" - a process reflective both of the early utopian days of the internet and the process of tulpamancy described in Buddhist mysticism. Morphing allows ETERNAL SEPTEMBER collaborators to freely explore repressed artistic impulses without IRL implications. New artists are brought into the creative process organically via existing relationships with the ETERNAL SEPTEMBER team. | The world of ETERNAL SEPTEMBER is developed collectively by a group of uniquely talented musicians, multimedia artists, and creative technologists from a diverse array of stylistic backgrounds. ETERNAL SEPTEMBER collaborators, either as individuals or in groups, create content as alternate reality versions of themselves, or "morphs" - a process reflective both of the early utopian days of the internet and the process of tulpamancy described in Buddhist mysticism. Morphing allows ETERNAL SEPTEMBER collaborators to freely explore repressed artistic impulses without IRL implications. New artists are brought into the creative process organically via existing relationships with the ETERNAL SEPTEMBER team. | ||
Revision as of 15:59, 16 August 2025
About ETERNAL SEPTEMBER
ETERNAL SEPTEMBER is an alternate reality consisting of an ever-expanding network of audio, video, and hypertext. The project was created by William Brittelle and is brought to life through artistic residencies, recorded music, ritual capture events, and site-specific installations. Content from Eternal September is released in large volumes: Opening Tour, a 90-minute feature film, was released in 2020, and the Vol. 1 Drop, a series of six portal videos and four EP's of new music, is being released in 2025. Upon completion, all ETERNAL SEPTEMBER content is extensively documented by its own wiki, a system discrete entirely from the IRL internet, and made available to the general public. Ongoing audience engagement is fostered by the project's private listserv.
The world of ETERNAL SEPTEMBER is developed collectively by a group of uniquely talented musicians, multimedia artists, and creative technologists from a diverse array of stylistic backgrounds. ETERNAL SEPTEMBER collaborators, either as individuals or in groups, create content as alternate reality versions of themselves, or "morphs" - a process reflective both of the early utopian days of the internet and the process of tulpamancy described in Buddhist mysticism. Morphing allows ETERNAL SEPTEMBER collaborators to freely explore repressed artistic impulses without IRL implications. New artists are brought into the creative process organically via existing relationships with the ETERNAL SEPTEMBER team.