{"id":133,"date":"2022-07-27T12:01:37","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T12:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/memora8ilia.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/27\/seances\/"},"modified":"2022-07-27T12:01:37","modified_gmt":"2022-07-27T12:01:37","slug":"seances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/memora8ilia.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/27\/seances\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"npf_row\">\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full\" data-orig-height=\"610\" data-orig-width=\"830\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/765adbc96d63e7135c73635e18fcb93d\/31224a0bacbd9fa0-b0\/s640x960\/707331d3bca2feebbcaf50abe6aa7b1bc0d8a35a.gif\" data-orig-height=\"610\" data-orig-width=\"830\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u275d <b>S\u00e9ances<\/b> is a 2016 interactive project by filmmaker and installation artist Guy Maddin, co-creators Evan and Galen Johnson, and the National Film Board of Canada, combining Maddin\u2019s recreations of lost films with an algorithmic film generator that allows for multiple storytelling permutations. 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