Portable Projections: Analyzing Cocreated Site-Specific Video Walks

The author discusses key findings of a series of video walks developed as part of her practice-based PhD research (2011–-2014). Four video walks were produced for handheld projectors and tested in four different public spaces. The first video walks (The Surface Inside, 2011; I-Walk, 2012) were guided, and only one handheld projector was available. The latter (Walk-itch, 2013; (wh)ere land, 2014) were created for multiple handheld projectors, offering participants a cocreative role. Onsite observations revealed a shift in participant engagement between earlier and later video walks. A threefold method for analyzing audiovisual documentation also emerged during the research.