Haptic
Author was a research project dealing with the writing and modifying of multi-dimensional
English sentences and sentence fragments purely through touch. The goal was
to discover new ways of presenting and accessing electronic information other
than “link clicking” through static content. Often times these
experiments blurred the line between subject and object and could shift the
narrative voice depending on the user’s input. The project consisted
of dynamic sentences with four or more potential versions “hidden”
behind each other that could be accessed via custom software designed for
a Panasonic touch screen. For this version only binary changes were made at
the word level, though multiple changes could be possible. Shown here is the
‘I want/won’t (to) be(lie)ve’ sentence as part of an installation
at the Parquet Gallery in Iowa City.
