My boyfriend
came back from the war by Olia Lialina
[German] Bodybuilding-Installation
by Frank Fietzek [German] Things Spoken
by Agnes Hegedüs
[German] Verbarium by
Christa Sommerer and Laurent Mignonneau
[German] Same Day Test
by Gavin Inglis [German]
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Olia Lialina's
"My boyfriend came back from the war" (1996) is a
piece of digital literature that has enjoyed
remarkable success. In contrast to other
hyperfictions this example works in a way one never
would have expected from links. Is that because the
story is so short? Or because of the links set in
vertical and horizontal way? Or because Lialina's
English is simply
narrated?
http://www.dichtung-digital.de/2001/06/10-Simanowski
The
disappearing second hand always has been a topic in
discussing how people deal with media. In old
copperplate engravings one can see this hand deep
in the lap, whereas the other holds the book. Now,
Frank Fietzek creates a very new setting of medium
and hands, where the medium calls the hands up in
the air and bases sex on
sport.
http://www.dichtung-digital.de/2001/05/13-Simanowski
Agnes
Hegedüs presents all the things to which she
attaches her memory and lets us read and hear about
them. And since one is connected to the other,
there are links to click. And since things do not
speak but are always spoken by individuals, there
are Hegedüs' friends who can say and write
what they think about theses
things.
http://www.dichtung-digital.de2001/05/08-Simanowski
Did you always
want to know what the word >springs< or
>civil war< looks like as an image? In
Verbarium you will see. Just type in your
word and see what figure comes up, and it will be
added to the ones people have tried before you. A
very special collaborative writing project. As one
soon realizes, one that makes you very lonely.
http://www.dichtung-digital.de/2001/05/06-Simanowski
Gavin
Inglis' Same Day Test could have been an
ideal hypertext. The protagonist has an appointment
for an HIV test; however, he can stop off in the
pub or in a museum on his way. But time is running!
And interesting situation - to bad the text doesn't
change with the decisions, although each link
guides to its own file.
http://www.dichtung-digital.de/2001/Simanowski-24-Maerz