Beyond the Complex Surface

Noah Wardrip-Fruin analyzes how the relations between audience experience and underlying processes apply to interactive works. Referring to Cayley’s conception, he focuses on such works that turn the recipient’s attention to the complexity of their “complex surfaces.” While most authoring of electronic lit- erature has so far focused on data and processes, Wardrip-Fruin argues for using innovations at the surface levels to allow for new literary and artistic experiences.

(Source: Beyond the Screen, introduction by Jörgen Schäfer and Peter Gendolla)