Event

The Institute

Oct 18 - Oct 24

(Spencer McCall, United States, 2012, Digital, 92 min)

Seattle premiere!

Friday, Oct 18 at 07:00PM
Friday, Oct 18 at 09:00PM
Saturday, Oct 19 at 07:00PM
Saturday, Oct 19 at 09:00PM
Sunday, Oct 20 at 07:00PM
Sunday, Oct 20 at 09:00PM
Monday, Oct 21 at 09:00PM
Tuesday, Oct 22 at 07:00PM
Tuesday, Oct 22 at 09:00PM
Wednesday, Oct 23 at 07:00PM
Wednesday, Oct 23 at 09:00PM
Thursday, Oct 24 at 07:00PM
Thursday, Oct 24 at 09:00PM

Enigma, wonder and mystery can be yours, courtesy of The Jejune Institute, who created a sprawling urban adventure/role-playing game that spanned not hours, but years. Thousands of participants in a San Francisco-based alternate reality game ended up getting more than they bargained for.

Told from the players' perspectives, The Institute looks over a precipice at an emergent new art form, where real world and fictional narratives merge to create unforeseen and often unsettling consequences. Examining counter-culture, new religious movements and street art, this film takes the viewer on a journey into a secret underground world teeming just beneath the surface of everyday life.