Category Archives: Lightness
Network Art for Lightness
While watching Inanimate Alice Episode 1:China by Kate Pullinger for the first time, a specific idea mentioned by Hayles popped into mind. In the first chapter of her book, Hayles began speaking about interactive fiction as a type electronic literature. … Continue reading
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E-Lit for Lightness
For my E-Literature example of lightness, I chose Inanimate Alice Episode 1:China by Kate Pullinger and babel. This piece of E-Literature follows the story of a girl whose family resides in the wild of Northern China. Her father searches for … Continue reading
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Analogy for Lightness
As I pondered what to use for my analogies, I kept being drawn back to Calvino’s use of mythology within his memos. In each instance, I found it very easy to understand his meaning because of my familiarity with the … Continue reading
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Calvino’s Lightness
As Calvino’s first memo, Lightness holds a special place in the work. It is used to establish the method for the entire piece. He does this by approaching the quality of lightness from its binary opposite… weight. In Calvino’s opinion, … Continue reading
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Emblem for Lightness
I may just be strange, but whenever I come across a picture where a bird has been caught mid flight, suspended in the air, poised at the one second where the wings are at full extension, I am entranced. The … Continue reading
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