The Riding Lab
The Reading Lab was a place devoted to reading, but not in the way one might have expected. The invited artists looked at literature and the written word in light of the changes brought about by the growth of new media.
Updated publishing formats such as audiobooks and e-readers aren’t the only innovations: new, non-linear narrative structures have emerged, along with such fresh forms as digitization and convergence, or the combination of text, sound, and video. The language of the written word is changing, along with the form in which it published (blogs, social media, and online forums). Access to tools such as free software and hardware has made it possible to convey text in completely novel ways, stimulating the imagin ations of technology users. On the other hand, the analog world has been opening up to the concept s explored by digital innovations: the idea of interactivity applies to “unplugged” writing as well.
The program consisted of Modules – literary-related installations, Liberate a Book – ‘liberature’ workshops, Shorthand – twitter workshops, and Comixing – collective creation of comics through post-it notes.
