Ambient Literature


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This book considers how a combination of place-based writing and location responsive technologies produce new kinds of literary experiences. Building on the work done in the Ambient Literature Project (2016–2018), this books argues that these encounters constitute new literary forms, in which the authored text lies at the heart of an embodied and mediated experience. The visual, sonic, social and historic resources of place become the elements of a live and emergent mise-en-scène. Specific techniques of narration, including hallucination, memory, history, place based writing, and drama, as well as reworking of traditional storytelling forms combine with the work of app and user experience design, interaction, software authoring, and GIS (geographical information systems) to produce ambient experiences where the user reads a textual and sonic literary space. These experiences are temporary, ambiguous, and unpredictable in their meaning but unlike the theatre, the gallery, or the cinema they take place in the everyday shared world. The book explores the potentiality of a new literary form produced by the exchange between location-aware cultural objects, writers and readers. This book, and the work it explores, lays the ground for a new poetics of situated writing and reading practices.







The British Printer


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The American Printer


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The Printer Club


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Welcome to the Printer Club, a gathering of unlikely souls bound by their love for the art of printing. Our story unfolds in a world where the rhythmic click of a dot matrix printer is music to the ears, where ink cartridges are treasured relics, and where a good printer jam can be a source of both frustration and amusement. Meet Arthur, the club's president, a man whose love for vintage technology knows no bounds. He can tell you the history of every printer ever made and could probably assemble one blindfolded (though he'd prefer you didn't ask him to). There's Eleanor, a freelance graphic designer who yearns for a simpler time. She's got a thing for vintage typewriters and can tap out a sonnet faster than you can say "Courier New." Brian, the struggling novelist, finds solace in the precision of laser printers. He believes that a well-formatted document is the key to unlocking the secrets of the universe. And then there's Janice, the retired schoolteacher with a knack for troubleshooting even the most baffling printing issues. If your printer is acting up, Janice is your woman. But their lives are thrown into disarray when Alistair joins the club. Alistair is a man shrouded in mystery. He arrives with a sleek, state-of-the-art printer that seems to have a mind of its own. He boasts of an encyclopedic knowledge of printing technology that makes even Arthur raise an eyebrow. Is Alistair a genuine printing enthusiast, or is he harboring a secret? Join us as we delve into the quirky world of the Printer Club, where every meeting is a comedic adventure, where the line between reality and absurdity blurs, and where the bonds of friendship are forged in the shared passion for the art of printing.




The Look-out


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The Inland Printer


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The Printing Art


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Printers' pie


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