Hiss Pop
Exhibit for Exploratorium After Dark.
At Exploratorium After Dark: Vinyl, Thinfilm Memory™ cards introduced participants to Hiss Pop — a new interactive narrative adventure exploring vinyl music culture. I designed 10 different handmade lathe-cut records with custom screen-printed sleeves, and mixed and mastered the program material for the records.
Produced by noted game developers Ken Eklund and Sara Thacher, Hiss Pop was “an interactive adventure set in the days when vinyl was king and the corner record store beckoned as a musical Shangri-La.” Players discovered game activities throughout the museum via kiosk-style card readers that personalized the experience based on each player’s decisions. Illustrated by Michael Wertz and implemented by Sean Ross, Naveed Alam, and Scott Minneman of Onomy Labs.