18.8.11

WK05 :: 100 WORDS

THE HYPERTEXTUAL PICTURESQUE:

DIRECTS OUR ATTENTION FROM GRAND IDEA OF VASTNESS TO THE EQUALLY SIGNIFICANT NOTION OF LITTLENESS. AS WITH THE PICTURESQUE, EMPHASIS IS PLACED ON DETAIL, NOT FORM, ON THE POSSIBILITIES OF THE JOURNEY, FREE AND DETACHED FROM ANY SPECIFIC PLACE; "EVERY HORIZON PROMISES SOMETHING NEW". THE HYPERTEXTUAL PICTURESQUE IS A "NEW GAME ON OLD GROUND", A FLICKERING 2D ARCHITECTURE.

SYSTEMIC DELAY:

IS THE TIME ASSOCIATED TO THE PERIOD OF DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN AN INITIAL IDEA AND WHAT EVENTUALLY MATERIALIZES. THE AIM OF THE GAME IS TO DELAY THE URGE TO GENERATE A FORM, IN ORDER TO EXPLORE THE DYNAMIC AND FLUID POTENTIAL THAT EMERGES FROM THIS PROCESS. MORE LIKE AN ANIMATION AS OPPOSED TO A COMIC BOOK, WHERE YOU CAN MORPH FORMS BETWEEN FRAMES AND DISCOVER SOMETHING NEW. 

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