Word in Process
| Word in Process | |
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| Creator | Lieven Van Speybroeck, |
| Year | 2012
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Word in Process sprung from a strong interest in the evolution of reading and writing technologies and practices and their relation to the spoken word. A theoretical, comparative study of the continuous technologization of the word from oral through chirographic, print and electronic culture preceded the practical realization of a tool that attempts to effectuate an alternative, activated writing and reading practice that involves the constant interplay of body and mind. Throughout history, our relation to and dealings with text are characterized by a process of gradual internalization, passivation, visual isolation and de-physicalization. By creating an interface that allows for a more bodily and less visually fixated production and consumption of text, Word in Process is an experiment in establishing a kind of literacy in which physical and mental activity relate more harmoniously through the use of voice, time, feet movement and keystroke pressure as forms of expression, much in the same way one would play the piano.
Pictures of the construction process can be found here