In class we briefly discussed “Text Rain,” an interactive installation developed by Camile Utterback and Romy Achituv in 1999 (check out Utterback’s website. She has some amazing new projects). The installation allows for users to directly interact with falling text being projected on a screen. Text lands on the bodies of users and can be dynamically toyed with in a…
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Still Standing/Text Rain
Wow, I am absolutely amazed at these two pieces of electronic literature. First off, Still Standing was found through the Electronic Literature Volume 2 page on our website and a direct link can be found here. The information about Still Standing can be found here. From the description, Still Standing invites participants to use their bodies as reading instruments. My mind was…