Forking paths

the interactive cinema by Bruno Mendes da Silva

Abstract

On the sunny afternoon of May 8, 2023, Bruno Mendes da Silva, Professor and Vice-Coordinator of CIAC - Centro de Investigação em Artes e Comunicação, opened the doors of his office at the Escola Superior de Educação e Comunicação, on the Penha Campus of the University of the Algarve, in Faro, for a conversation with the guest researcher Rita Cassitas, a Doctoral student in the Universidade Tuiuti do Paraná. The interview planned together with Denize Correa Araujo, PhD, depicts the cross-cutting nature of interactive cinema in the career of researcher, teacher and director Bruno Mendes da Silva. With practice as the methodological premise, from Faro to Macau, from universities to festivals, the media art practiced by audiovisual directors guide this interview.