I wanted to make a creative and immersive project by creating a twine story/game, which I saw an example of in the sample project tab. I thought I might use sirenomelia to develop a type of sci-fi, futuristic mermaid’s day-in-the-life. It would culminate with her exploration of the base, and perhaps a discovery of her/and humanity’s past. Because we know so little about the mermaid, I thought I would create a storyboard that you could follow, exploring who she (you) might be and her process that leads her to explore the abandoned NATO base. I want to incorporate sound in this experience, as I was really drawn to the video’s entrancing use of sound and the exploration of space through sound.

I want to incorporate the little mermaid’s fascination with humanity, and what it might mean to the mermaid to view such a different landscape and environment. I also wanted to explore some of the prompts from Helen M Rodzadowski’s Vast Expanses: A History of the Ocean’s

“The opacity of the ocean
guarantees that we see reflected back from its surface our fears and
desires.”

“The connection forged between people
and oceans has changed both and tied their fates together. Our future
may depend on acknowledging the ocean as part of – not outside of – history”

I want to focus the mermaid’s story on these passages, as well as Rodzadowski acknowledging scientific advancement as a way that humans explored and used the ocean, thus interacting and becoming a part of the ocean’s history. The mermaid in Sirenomelia is our future, calling out to our past selves, telling us that we’ve gone about it all wrong, and that there is a wealth in acknowledging that our relationship with the ocean is not one-sided