A Town as a Novel: An Interactive and Generative Literary Installation in Urban Space (Q2379)
scholarly work by Jean-Pierre Balpe
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | A Town as a Novel: An Interactive and Generative Literary Installation in Urban Space |
scholarly work by Jean-Pierre Balpe |
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2010
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What becomes of the narrative now that the novel is transported into an open space not only in one dimension that leads from a beginning to an end, but into all kinds of possibly available dimensions? What becomes of the time of narration? How can “meaning” be created in a text that comes from nowhere and does not go anywhere? (English)
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By way of the concept of generativity, computer technology ascribes a completely new capacity to the text: to be endless. If, however, from the human point of view the world is endless and inexhaustible, language is not; as soon as the world’s text ends, the world itself will reaffirm its presence; as soon as subjectivization wears off, objectivization will take over. (English)
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