Is the net witchcraft? In his Grammatron, Marc Amerika plays on the polysemy of source code/sorcery code. I recently learned that in Congo the internet is called ‘kindoki’s letter’, kindoki meaning a spirit of witchcraft…?
Considering the many alerts and cries about the wicked influence of the net on our daily lives, one might just wonder if they aren’t right ;)
response () tagged: digital culture filed under: metatexts :: on reading
the interface - the border, the surface, the crosspoints - where I tip into the Other - as in a reading that takes place at the interface of text/reader - the virtual space of reading.
response () tagged: immersion :: reading filed under: metatexts :: on reading :: the new screen
- the cult of the book I relinquish the cult of the author I’ve always detested - the text there is
response () tagged: digital writing filed under: metatexts :: on writing
Speaking From the Other is an essay that is now available on Apple Books and other stores.
Read an excerpt for free here!freewheelin.nu is a site where e-lit, installations, digital art, blogs and other texts are linked in a hyperdimensional space of underpasses, highways, rivers, bridges, tunnels that intersect in the art project Plastic Spaces whenever possible.
And there is more. Image music text and technology intertwined in digital art and textual [dis]pleasures - in the erratic vibrancy, evanescence and intangibility of the text/work - that interfaces with the erotic body [electrified].
