Credits Neverending is TV show displayed on Dina TV (Finland) and exhibited at Ars Electronica Campus Exhibition 2006 (Austria).

The sight of movie credits on television is usually taken to signify the ending of one program, and the beginning of another. Credits Neverending subverts this convention by being credits for a movie that never existed, and holding the viewer in suspense for a program that never comes. The credits loop and change, but may scroll over the screen for hours at end.

The names and titles on the list come from the viewers themselves. A viewer with the right mix of attentiveness and time to kill will eventually discover the URL of the website where new credits may be entered. Viewers enjoy nearly total freedom to shape the neverending credits.

Visit the project website.

Result

The project was shown repeatedly on Dina TV (Finland), selected for Ars Electronica Campus Exhibition 2006 (Austria) and blogged on Rhizome.

Context

The project was made in the Boring TV workshop, at Media Lab Helsinki, taught by Teijo Pellinen and Markku Mastomaki. The challenge was to produce TV concepts for the daytime "empty hours" of the TV network DINA. "Credits Neverending" was the contribution of Eirik Fatland and myself.

The neverending credits were projected onto a large screen, above the stairway that connected the second (and largest) floor of the Beta Lounge exhibition to the first. It's prominent position ensured that it would be seen by all visitors, and serve as exhibition credits and guest book for visitors who were leaving.

Detailed view of visitor generated credits

A visitor is entering a credit

The credit entry interface