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"Uncontrollable Semantics" by Jason Nelson

June 30, 2012
This minimalist poem hovers right on the edge of being an art piece, because each of its 50 environments offers a different mouse-driven (aimed?) interface and music. The four words positioned on the screen’s cardinal points create a space amid them that is both conceptual and a canvas. What is the relation between words positioned in opposite spaces? How do they relate to the title to each section? How do the sound and animation relate to the words and title? Clicking on the words lead to another node in this wondrously strange hypertext… This intriguing art poem is highly entertaining, as long as you can abandon thoughts of meaning and simply enjoy playing with the piece.
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Entry by: Leonardo Flores
Categories: 2012, aural, e-poetry, Entries, Flash, Heliozoa.com, hypertext, kinetic, poetry, responsive, static, 2012
Author(s): Jason Nelson

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