Each reading of a hypertext is a single performance of the text, not an act of simply filling in the emotions or shading in a little angst here and there, but of creating meaningful sequences and coherent narratives.
"I wanted to write a book that would change every time you read it." (Michael Joyce, personal conversation)
Oracle is a voice recognition and interpretive grammar based interactive performance artwork. The performer's speech, a series of questions posed by the audience, is acquired and presented in a digital projection. The computer system reads the acquired and collective texts, as they are layered upon one another, and generates answers to each question using a word from each of the prior questions.
Oracle requires a Intel based Mac pro computer, video projection and a speech recognition optimised microphone. The software was mainly authored by the artist but also requires Macspeech Dictate to be installed.