{"id":15230,"date":"2022-05-10T13:21:07","date_gmt":"2022-05-10T17:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=15230"},"modified":"2022-05-10T13:21:23","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T17:21:23","slug":"episode-485-kathe-koja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-485-kathe-koja","title":{"rendered":"Episode 485 – Kathe Koja"},"content":{"rendered":"

Virtual Memories Show 485:
\nKathe Koja<\/a><\/p>\n

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“Making Dark Factory was like trying to put together the puzzle without the picture on the box.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a>Storyteller Kathe Koja<\/a> rejoins the show to celebrate the launch of her new project, Dark Factory<\/a> (Meerkat Press)! We talk about how Dark Factory combines a fantastic new novel<\/a> with immersive fiction elements<\/a> to create a new world, and how \u2014 no matter what the innovation \u2014 it all begins with character. We get into her history of building immersive events and watching what the attendees do with the environment, how the process of writing this book differed from her past ones, the way readers bring their own resonances, what it means to have an immersive experience in the pandemic era, and the resonance of Alexander McQueen’s Inferno<\/a> show. We also discuss the technology & fetishization of print books, the pressure of money, the metaverse & its implications, where identity really<\/em> resides, & more! Give it a listen!<\/a> And go read Dark Factory<\/a> (and experience it<\/a>)!<\/p>\n

(And go listen to our 2015<\/a> and 2020<\/a> conversations)<\/em><\/p>\n

“One of the things that I was so struck by working on Dark Factory in such awful, awful times, is how much the book is about joy.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n