“The Wilderness Downtown”

E397198

“The Wilderness Downtown” is an interactive, browser-based music video experience created for Arcade Fire’s song “We Used to Wait,” notable for its innovative use of HTML5 and personalized Google Maps imagery.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
The Wilderness Downtown 2
“The Wilderness Downtown” canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf HTML5 web application ⓘ
browser-based experience ⓘ
interactive music video ⓘ
associatedWithAlbum The Suburbs ⓘ
basedOnSong We Used to Wait ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Canada ⓘ
United States ⓘ
createdForArtist Arcade Fire ⓘ
genre interactive film ⓘ
music video ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite http://www.thewildernessdowntown.com/ ⓘ
isPersonalized true ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mediaType digital interactive experience ⓘ
musicBy Arcade Fire ⓘ
notableFor innovative use of HTML5 in music video format ⓘ
integration of personalized Google Maps imagery ⓘ
multi-window browser choreography ⓘ
personalizationInput user childhood home address ⓘ
platform web browser ⓘ
producer Google Creative Lab ⓘ
releaseYear 2010 ⓘ
requires internet connection ⓘ
modern HTML5-capable browser ⓘ
theme nostalgia for childhood ⓘ
suburban life ⓘ
waiting in the digital age ⓘ
title The Wilderness Downtown ⓘ
usesService Google Maps ⓘ
Google Street View ⓘ
usesTechnology HTML5 ⓘ
JavaScript ⓘ
visualFeature Street View imagery of user’s neighborhood ⓘ
aerial imagery of user’s neighborhood ⓘ
flocking birds animation ⓘ
handwritten-style text ⓘ
multiple browser windows and tabs ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chris Milk → directedWork → “The Wilderness Downtown” ⓘ
The Wilderness Downtown → title → The Wilderness Downtown ⓘ
subject linked to: “The Wilderness Downtown”
linked to: “The Wilderness Downtown”
We Used to Wait → associatedWork → The Wilderness Downtown ⓘ
linked to: “The Wilderness Downtown”