Spanish (Castilian)

El inventor de historias -The Stories Inventor- is a net that articulates texts, images –reproductions and photography, digital audiovisual installations and diverse conferences and seminars. In the Internet we can see Edgardo’s brain-the inventor-in action. Edgardo, tells stories of every kind. This narrative emerges from the random algorithm that moves through a semantic web, recombining words and keeping correct grammar. This net is represented in 3D using visualization, with this the “brain” of Edgardo can be discovered. The complete installation is composed by the brain –digital algorithm-, the face –video- and the body –photography.

This hypertext fiction presents three characters: Sofía, Mara and Carlos. Through a poetical language full of metaphors and philosophical thoughts the reader clicks on links to follow the fragmented and disorganized story. The story is incomplete and open to the reader's interpretation. Why Sofía wants to abandon her life? Mara and Carlos have a relationship but what is the relationship between Sofía and Carlos? Why are they so depressed when they think about the past? The readers must find the answers (Maya Zalbidea Paniagua)

Pentagonal: incluidos tú y yo by Carlos Labbé is a hypertextual short story that starts with newspaper news in which some words are liks to other fragments of the text. With the exception of the first screeen the rest of the interface is text with links. It combines quotations, science (astronomy) and the story with short fragments quite disorganized. It is difficult for the reader to build the structure of the narrative and he/she can lose interest after certain jumps (Félix Rémirez, translated by Maya Zalbidea)

Without inspiration? Use PAC system, following these simple steps, and you will see how the cybernetic muse appears (from your URL bar). This is the way Poesía Asistida por Computadora-Assisted Poetry by Computer- is introduced, a tool for blocked poets that allows them to find new ways in the sense o f the verse. The process of use of the tool is simple: In the first place we introduce a seed verse from which we can change some words by others that the application gives us back simply pushing on them. We can also stir the verse, modify its structure and content. Although the result can be incoherent the grammatical mistakes can be revised. Repeating the process with different verses we will compose little by little the poem.

Hazlo (Do it) is a short interactive hypertext fiction made with Undum, a tool to create hypertext interactive fiction games. The protagonist of the story is the reader, who has to choose between two possible options that will change his/her fate. It is a mystery and horror story in which the tension is increased by the fact of having the possibility of finding two possible endings of the same story. The reader is rewarded if he or she is brave and punished for cowardice (Maya Zalbidea Paniagua).

Mitos muertos y suicidas by Marla Jacarilla is a hypertext story from 2005 in which the text is distributed in three independent columns that can be manipulated by the user freely with the scroll. Besides, certain words are linked to pop-up windows that open showing post-its with new ideas and new texts, sometimes contrasting the idea with a linked sentence (Félix Rémirez, translated by Maya Zalbidea)

Si sólo son libros by Marla Jacarilla, 2009, is a simple hypertext in which the author links 48 books by means of a screen that evokes an image, an illustration or a collage. A paragraph selected from the book completes the presentation. The list of volumes is dynamic and it moves around the screen and therefore, after a while, the access to a particular book is lost (Félix Rémirez, translated into English by Maya Zalbidea).