INK - Designing for Performative Literary Interactions

Jonas Fritsch; Søren Bro Pold; Lasse Steenbock Vestergaard; Melissa Lucas

doi:10.1007/s00779-014-0767-2

INK - Designing for Performative Literary Interactions

Jonas Fritsch, Søren Bro Pold, Lasse Steenbock Vestergaard, Melissa Lucas

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Abstract

In this article, we present the interactive literary
installation Ink, an experimental installation displayed at
the Roskilde library, and the Roskilde Festival, which is
designed to prompt public reflection on the nature and role
of digital literature. By manipulating three books embedded
with sensors, and watching text visualized on a 55’’
screen, members of the public select from a range of predefined
sentences, previously created by a Danish author,
and stored in a database. Squeezing the books alters each
poetic line by degrees. The final poems print onto a library
receipt for their producers and upload to a blog for public
viewing. We present (1) design challenges to an installation
meant to persuade people to engage affectively with the
ergodic nature of digital literature and (2) an in-depth
analysis of the empirical findings from the installation
studies at the Roskilde Festival. In particular, we highlight
the broad, rich range of performative interactions facilitated
by the interactive setup. This analysis examines the
performative writing and reading achieved by the public
through interaction with Ink and also with the resultant
poems. From this exploration, we discuss general tendencies
when designing affectively engaging literary interactions
at the edge of art and design.
Keywords: Affective engagement, Digital literature, Ergodic reading, Public displays, Performative interaction

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
Vol/bind	18
Nummer	7
Sider (fra-til)	1551-1565
ISSN	1617-4909
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-014-0767-2
Status	Udgivet - 2014

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10.1007/s00779-014-0767-2

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00779-014-0767-2

PIT: Centre for Participatory IT
Halskov, K. (Deltager)
01/08/2012 → …
Projekter: Projekt › Forskning

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