Ilinx
Ilinx is a browser-based explorable hypertextual space and a patchwork of electronic literature gathering in a continuum different projects and texts on the relation between language and representation, reality and fiction, humans and computers, through the lens of subjective experience. Ilinx represent a personal quest to develop a platform connecting the paths of my research of knowledge and resulting in a conception of software as an hyperstitional zone where new worlds can be designed augmenting consciousness and affecting the physical world.
The projects and texts that will become the nodes of ilinx's language maze, expands beyond the browser into the layers of code (HTML, CSS, JS), and are interwoven through quasi-consistent pieces of narrative, fragments of different stories spanning between history and myth, theory and fiction, fantasy and science-fiction, following the definition of ilinx developed by Roger Callois.
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Main concepts
Ilinx
[ıƖıŋҳ ąཞɛ ɠąɱɛʂ] ცąʂɛɖ ơŋ ɬɧɛ ℘ųཞʂųıɬ ơʄ ۷ɛཞɬıɠơ ąŋɖ ῳɧıƈɧ ƈơŋʂıʂɬ ơʄ ąŋ ąɬɬɛɱ℘ɬ ɬơ ɱơɱɛŋɬąཞıƖყ ɖɛʂɬཞơყ ɬɧɛ ʂɬąცıƖıɬყ ơʄ ℘ɛཞƈɛ℘ɬıơŋ ąŋɖ ıŋʄƖıƈɬ ą ƙıŋɖ ơʄ ۷ơƖų℘ɬųơųʂ ℘ąŋıƈ ų℘ơŋ ąŋ ơɬɧɛཞῳıʂɛ Ɩųƈıɖ ɱıŋɖ. ıŋ ąƖƖ ƈąʂɛʂ, ıɬ ıʂ ą զųɛʂɬıơŋ ơʄ ʂųཞཞɛŋɖɛཞıŋɠ ɬơ ą ƙıŋɖ ơʄ ʂ℘ąʂɱ, ʂɛıʑųཞɛ, ơཞ ʂɧơƈƙ ῳɧıƈɧ ɖɛʂɬཞơყʂ ཞɛąƖıɬყ ῳıɬɧ ʂơ۷ɛཞɛıɠŋ ცཞųʂզųɛŋɛʂʂ.
- ཞơɠɛཞ ƈąıƖƖơıʂ, 'ɱąŋ, ℘Ɩąყ ąŋɖ ɠąɱɛʂ' (1958)
Exercises in Ilinx self-definition
Sprial
Structure
Language Maze
ȶɦɛ ƈօռƈɛքȶ օʄ ʟǟռɢʊǟɢɛ ʍǟʐɛ ɖɛʋɛʟօքɛɖ ɨռ ʍʏ ȶɦɛֆɨֆ, ǟռɖ ʀɛʄɛʀʀɨռɢ ȶօ ɢɨօʀɢɨօ ƈօʟʟɨ ʀɛֆɛǟʀƈɦ օռ ȶɦɛ օʀɨɢɨռ օʄ քɦɨʟօֆօքɦʏ ɨռ ȶɦɛ ʍʏȶɦ օʄ ȶɦɛ ʟǟɮʏʀɨռȶɦ, ɮɛƈօʍɛֆ ȶɦɛ ʄʊռɖǟʍɛռȶǟʟ ֆȶʀʊƈȶʊʀɛ ǟռɖ ɨȶֆ ʀɛʟǟȶɨօռ ȶօ ȶɦɛ ʊֆɛʀֆ ɛӼքʟօʀɨռɢ ɨʟɨռӼ, ɨȶֆ ȶɦɛօʀɛȶɨƈǟʟ ƈօռƈʟʊֆɨօռ.
" ǟ "ʟǟռɢʊǟɢɛ ʍǟʐɛ" ʍǟɖɛ օʄ ʋɛʀɮǟʟ ǟռɖ ռօռ-ʋɛʀɮǟʟ ʟǟռɢʊǟɢɛֆ, ռǟȶʊʀǟʟ ʟǟռɢʊǟɢɛֆ ǟռɖ ʄօʀʍǟʟ ʟǟռɢʊǟɢɛֆ, ƈօʍքʊȶɛʀ'ֆ ƈօɖɛ ǟռɖ ʍǟƈɦɨռɛ ʟǟռɢʊǟɢɛֆ. ǟ ɖɛǟɖǟʟʊֆ' ʟǟɮʏʀɨռȶɦ օʄ ʍǟȶɛʀɨǟʟ, ɨռʄօʀʍǟȶɨօռǟʟ, ǟʟɢօʀɨȶɦʍɨƈ ǟռɖ ʟɨȶɛʀǟʀʏ ɛӼքʟօʀǟɮʟɛ ֆքǟƈɛֆ ɖɛʋɛʟօքɨռɢ ɨռ ȶɦɛ ɦօʀɨʐօռȶǟʟ ǟռɖ ȶɦɛ ʋɛʀȶɨƈǟʟ ɖɨʀɛƈȶɨօռ, ʄʀօʍ ʍɨƈʀօֆƈօքɨƈ ȶօ ʍǟƈʀօֆƈօքɨƈ ȶɛʀʀɨȶօʀɨɛֆ, ɨռȶɛʀռǟʟ ɛӼȶɛʀռǟʟ ǟռɖ ɨռȶɛʀռǟʟ ֆքɦɛʀɛֆ. ǟ քɛռɛʟօքɛ'ֆ աɛɮ ʍǟɖɛ օʄ ʀօօʍֆ ȶɦǟȶ, ǟֆ ɛֆƈɦɛʀɨǟռ քǟɨռȶɨռɢֆ, ɦɨɖɛֆ ʀɛƈʊʀֆɨʋɛ ֆɨʍʊʟǟȶɨօռֆ ǟռɖ ɛʍʊʟǟȶɨօռֆ օʄ օȶɦɛʀ ʀօօʍֆ, օȶɦɛʀ ʍǟʐɛֆ ǟռɖ ɨȶֆɛʟʄ. քɛʀɦǟքֆ, աɦǟȶ ɖɨֆȶɨռɢʊɨֆɦɛֆ ȶɦɛ ɦʊʍǟռ ʄʀօʍ ȶɦɛ ʍǟƈɦɨռɨƈ, ɨֆ ȶɦɛ ʄɛɛʟɨռɢ, ɨʟʟʊֆօʀʏ օʀ ʀɛǟʟ, օʄ ɮɛɨռɢ աɦօʟɛ աɨȶɦ ȶɦɛ "ʟǟռɢʊǟɢɛ ʍǟʐɛ" ǟֆ ǟռ ɨռʄɨռɨȶɛ ֆքǟƈɛ (ʟօɢօֆ) աɦɛʀɛ ȶօ ɮʊɨʟɖ ռɛա աօʀʟɖֆ ʄʀօʍ ֆƈʀǟȶƈɦ." - օʊȶɨֆ
"ȶɦɛ ʟǟɮʏʀɨռȶɦ ɨֆ քʀɛֆɛռȶɛɖ, ȶɦɛռ, ǟֆ ǟ ɦʊʍǟռ ƈʀɛǟȶɨօռ, ǟ ƈʀɛǟȶɨօռ օʄ ȶɦɛ ǟʀȶɨֆȶ ǟռɖ օʄ ȶɦɛ ɨռʋɛռȶօʀ, օʄ ȶɦɛ ʍǟռ օʄ ӄռօաʟɛɖɢɛ, օʄ ȶɦɛ ǟքօʟʟօռɨǟռ ɨռɖɨʋɨɖʊǟʟ, ʏɛȶ ɨռ ȶɦɛ ֆɛʀʋɨƈɛ օʄ ɖɨօռʏֆʊֆ ȶɦɛ ǟռɨʍǟʟ-ɢօɖ." - ɢɨօʀɢɨօ ƈօʟʟɨ, 'ȶɦɛ ɮɨʀȶɦ օʄ քɦɨʟօֆօքɦʏ' (1975)
Islands
- Lemuria
- Thule
- Mu
- Hyperborea
Hystory
References
- Myst
- Colossal Cave Adventure / Zorg
- Rouge-like games
- ELIZA
- Clippy
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