Obsessão (Obsession) was my thesis project, developed between August and December 2018. The project consists in an ARG (alternate reality game) that retells the story of four classic titles of literature, all with the common theme of obsession.
All of the story retells are accessible through illustrated posters spread all over my university, hidden in plain sight among several other posters about sales, rents and events, each characterized by an unique form of "vandalization" that erases their features, suggesting that anyone could fit that role.
Moby Dick
Top: Original art (left) and poster (right)
Bottom: The twitter account (left) and fake newspaper page (right) that tell the story's events.
Dom Casmurro
Top: Original art (left) and poster (right)
Bottom: The tumblr account (left) and fake newspaper page (right) that tell the story's events.
Macbeth
Top: Original art (left) and poster (right)
Bottom: The archive and phone screenshots that tell the story's events.
The Count of Monte Cristo
Top: Original art (left) and poster (right)
Bottom: The blog of the main character, that could be interacted with by players.
Some of the posters spread on the university's walls and all of them side-by-side at the gallery.
