4. Machinations and Manipulations

Machines of Disquiet (2014-), Luís Lucas Pereira
Machines of Disquiet has been developed in the context of an ongoing research project whose goal is to create a Digital Archive of the Book of Disquiet [Livro do Desassossego – LdoD], an unfinished work written by Fernando Pessoa between

Machines of Disquiet (2014-), Luís Lucas Pereira
Machines of Disquiet has been developed in the context of an ongoing research project whose goal is to create a Digital Archive of the Book of Disquiet [Livro do Desassossego – LdoD], an unfinished work written by Fernando Pessoa between

Strange Rain (2011), Erick Loyer
Strange Rain turns your device into a skylight on a rainy day. Raindrops fall and splatter on your screen, shifting as you tilt your device like you’re holding a living window in your hands. The more you interact, the more

Strange Rain (2011), Erick Loyer
Strange Rain turns your device into a skylight on a rainy day. Raindrops fall and splatter on your screen, shifting as you tilt your device like you’re holding a living window in your hands. The more you interact, the more

La Petite Brosse à Dépoussiérer la Fiction (2005-2011), Philippe Bootz
La Petite Brosse à Depoussiérer la Fiction (“the small brush to dust off fiction”) is an “uncomfortable reading fiction”. The reader must brush the dust that sticks on the tong in order to read the narrative. Uncomfortable reading in which

La Petite Brosse à Dépoussiérer la Fiction (2005-2011), Philippe Bootz
La Petite Brosse à Depoussiérer la Fiction (“the small brush to dust off fiction”) is an “uncomfortable reading fiction”. The reader must brush the dust that sticks on the tong in order to read the narrative. Uncomfortable reading in which

Touch / Toucher (2009), Serge Bouchardon, Kevin Carpentier, Stéphanie Spenlé
It may seem paradoxical to propose an artistic web-based creation on touching. One cannot touch directly: touching requires in this case a technical mediation such as a mouse, a microphone or a webcam. This touching experience reveals a lot about

Touch / Toucher (2009), Serge Bouchardon, Kevin Carpentier, Stéphanie Spenlé
It may seem paradoxical to propose an artistic web-based creation on touching. One cannot touch directly: touching requires in this case a technical mediation such as a mouse, a microphone or a webcam. This touching experience reveals a lot about

200 Castles (2014-), Caitlin Fisher
Created in Unity using the Vuforia plug-in, 200 Castles is an augmented reality piece for iPad about time, longing, and magical spaces set in both the domestic spaces of a castle across multiple decades and in the spaces of memory.

200 Castles (2014-), Caitlin Fisher
Created in Unity using the Vuforia plug-in, 200 Castles is an augmented reality piece for iPad about time, longing, and magical spaces set in both the domestic spaces of a castle across multiple decades and in the spaces of memory.

Transient Self-Portrait (2012), María Mencía
Transient Self–Portrait is an interactive work exploring ways of reading in the electronic medium, while investigating concepts of the digital self through coding for interaction aesthetics and poetics. I have taken as the point of departure two pivotal sonnets in Spanish literature

Transient Self-Portrait (2012), María Mencía
Transient Self–Portrait is an interactive work exploring ways of reading in the electronic medium, while investigating concepts of the digital self through coding for interaction aesthetics and poetics. I have taken as the point of departure two pivotal sonnets in Spanish literature