collective novel

By Daniele Giampà, 12 November, 2014
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TheCoevas Strumentist di Parole is an group of authors or, as they define themselves, a literary band which created an interactive novel called TheCoevasIo interattivo (TheCoevas I interactive). The novel which was published in 2011 on the blog of the authors is accompanied by a medium-length documentary and is also published in form of printed book. Another characteristic of the novel is the variety of the online versions: iWork Apple, Powerpoint and pdf. As they explain in the interview, the project as a whole is conceived as an experiment of different ways of expressions and the work of writing is similar to the musical composition of a band. The very freedom of creativity is granted to the readers who can choose various audio-visual effects and narrative paths following their emotional and individual choices according to the demands of extemporaneity.

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TheCoevas Strumentisti di Parole è un gruppo di autori o una band letteraria, come si definiscono loro, che ha creato un romanzo interattivo intitolato TheCoevasIo interattivo. Il romanzo che è stato pubblicato nel 2011 sul blog degli autori è accompagnato da un mediometraggio ed è anche stato pubblicato in forma di libro cartaceo. Altra particolarità del romanzo è la varietà delle versioni online: iWork Apple, Powerpoint e pdf. Come spiegano nell’intervista, il progetto nell’insieme è inteso come una sperimentazione di diverse forme espressive e il lavoro di scrittura è simile a una composizione musicale di una band. Questa libertà creativa viene concessa anche ai loro lettori che possono scegliere diversi effetti audio-visivi e percorsi narrativi in base a scelte emotive e individuali secondo le esigenze dell’estemporaneità.

Description (in English)

Seven creative minds get together in the same project. It is a novel written collectively, where seven particular characters present their stories in August 2nd day of the Virgin of Angels, the Patron of Costa Rica (Source: RedCultura.com) (Translated by Maya Zalbidea).

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Siete mentes creativas se unen bajo un mismo proyecto. Se trata de una novela escrita en grupo, donde siete personajes muy particulares nos muestran sus historias en un 2 de Agosto, día de romería a la Virgen de los Angeles, patrona de Costa Rica (Fuente: RedCultura.com).

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in absentia, a web-based art project presented by Dare-Dare, reads as a cross between a map and a novel. When you have lived in a place for long enough, every street corner is inhabited with memories and meaning, and a tour through in absentia feels like exploring a much-loved place with a long-time local.

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By Daniele Giampà, 12 December, 2012
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Beyond the boundaries of the book. The Italian literature in the digital age is the master thesis of Daniele Giampà, a student of Italian and Spanish philology at the university of Zurich. The analysis of the Italian digital literature is articulated in three main parts: history of the electronic literature, predecessors of electronic literature and the analysis of works of Italian digital literature written between 1997-2012. The selection of the works is based on a taxonomy elaborate in the introduction of the thesis.

The central arguments of the thesis are the creation of an analytical instrument for the digital context, that is the matrix composed of the dimension of narratology and the dimension of informatics, the demonstration of the analogies between print literature and electronic/digital literature and the innovations brought by new media to literature.

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Hypermedia novel.

In the collective novel La huella de Cosmos [The Trace of Cosmos] which Domenico Chiappe directed in 2005, we differentiated between the space dedicated to the novelistic work written for the reader, and the zone in which participants discussed and offered their ideas. In the discussion forum every proposal was offered up for debate. And it was from this zone that the hypermedia texts which would be published as chapters of the said novel emerged. In this project, the free participation of all the interested parties was combined with the existence of a director who could suggest the development of certain plot-lines and who edited the definitive texts, seeking to give them a unified style.

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En la novela colectiva La huella de Cosmos, que Domenico Chiappe dirigió en el 2005, se hizo la diferencia entre el espacio dedicado a la obra novelística escrita para el lector y la zona en la que los participantes discutían y aportaban sus ideas. En el foro de discusión cada propuesta se ponía en marcha con un debate. Y de esa zona los texos hipermedia podían ser publicados como capítulos de la novela emergente. En este proyecto, la libertad de participación de todas las partes se combinó con la existencia de un director que sugería el desarrollo de varios argumentos y editó textos definitivos, buscando crear un estilo unificado.

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