Beth Shirrell
On January 14, 2018 Bluecadet’s website, Modern Monsters, was named site of the day on the Awwwards website. Adjunct faculty member Elizabeth Russell was the project manager and led the content development of the experience.Modern Monsters is a digital experiences developed for the Rosenbach Museum exhibition, Frankenstein & Dracula: Gothic Monsters, Modern Science. Created for the 200th anniversary of the publishing of Frankenstein, the exhibition explores the science that inspired the novelists. Original manuscripts and handwritten notes by the authors are paired with scientific works from the 19th century.
The digital experience brings a contemporary perspective to the themes of the two novels. Pairing a projection and computer kiosk, visitors are asked to design a creature or experiment to fight modern monsters like the mosquito that spreads the zika virus, climate change and body snatchers. The exhibition runs through February 11, 2018.
Bluecadet created a web version of Modern Monsters for Arizona State University’s online Frankenstein-themed ARG experience, Life Academy. Through weekly tasks, players help a researcher—the great-granddaughter of Frankenstein—uncover information about her life.
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