Project 2 (April 16, 2013)

Waves in the sand is based upon the original poem titled,"Footprints in the Sand". It attempts to define electronic literature from two perspectives. Two parallel stories (1 in blue font as the sky, and the other beige font as the sand) are told as reflective of; blue-metalinguistic/natural flow and beige-practical/satirical. I attempted to expand upon the original recurrent themes of presence/ absence with a sense of natural permanence and continuous flow, despite the absence of tangible/ visible signs. I used prezi as my platform in the hope of adding depth and dimension to the work. Project 1 was very visual and utilized less text, more links and less audio/ video modes. In Project 2, I attempted to evoke a sense of multiple modalities. 2D text meeting 3D slides, still images and audio combined in order to create a personal experience that might trigger memories relating all 5 senses. It is best viewed in full screen and sequential, and with slow clicks of the forward arrow to allow ample time to enjoy the audio clips. Prezi (similar to powerpoint) can be used as a teaching tool in addition to an animation tool due to its ability to convey broad themes and details at the same time by clicking the arrows in varying directions.