Narratives of Enfoldment: Multi-linear and Parafictional Storytelling in Media Art

Narratives have been witnessing a state of enfoldment within the virtual world(s) since proliferation transmedia story worlds and new media art works. The aesthetics are discussed by Laura U. Marks different trends in art. She follows genealogy that has its roots premodern Islamic concepts. Enfoldment is therefore situated as broad framework this paper’s discussion. Since prevalence concept storytelling, coined Henry Jenkins 2007, franchises (be it entertainment others) adopted certain narrative tropes to create presence or universe. One these usage multi-linear storytelling. Multi-linearity one forms storytelling liberates from temporal structure, making consumption open end user. Parafiction, on other hand, denotes instances when lines between fact fiction become blurry creating contemporary artworks where essential for dissemination works themselves. According Lambert-beaty (2009) “the slew recent writings trying describe explain condition ranges philosophical explorations ‘the ethics lie’, moralist warnings about our entry into post-truth era’” (Lambert-beatty, 2009). following article aims at disseminating past scholarship parafictional trans an attempt shaping theoretical my doctoral thesis project; podcast series intended online features conversations fictional character non-fictional historical figures.