Through the entrance door: presence and visual culture in Entrances & Exits, by Reif Larsen

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14195/2182-8830_8-1_10

Keywords:

digital literature, editions at play, digital presence, Google StreetView

Abstract

The present article aims to introduce and discuss the book Entrances & Exits, by Reif Larsen, published by Visual Editions in collaboration with Google’s Creative Lab Australia, a partnership that has produced nine books up until today. Editions at Play, how the project was named, is described as “an experiment into digital literature”, and was responsible for innovative publications which use exclusively digital resources in reading. The book at issue uses Google StreetView and geographic coordinates to structure and guide the reader throughout the narrative, mobilising elements that can be found while navigating inside the mapping system. The challenges of dealing with such objects and how to put to use all their potentialities are the central topics of this text.

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Author Biography

Larissa Andrioli, Federal University of Juiz de Fora

Formada em Letras - Português pela Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora. Mestranda em Literatura, Cultura e Contemporaneidade na PUC-Rio.

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Published

2020-10-28

How to Cite

Andrioli, Larissa. 2020. “Through the Entrance Door: Presence and Visual Culture in Entrances & Exits, by Reif Larsen”. MATLIT: Materialities of Literature 8 (1):189-207. https://doi.org/10.14195/2182-8830_8-1_10.

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 1 (2020): Teaching Digital Literature

Section

Secção Temática | Thematic Section

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