Loss of Grasp

“Loss of Grasp” is an interactive narrative about the notions of grasp and control. What happens when one has the impression of losing control in life, of losing control of his/her own life? Six scenes tell the story of a man that is losing himself. “Loss of Grasp” plays with the grasp and the loss of grasp and invites the reader to experiment with these feelings in an interactive work.

Description (in French):

Déprise est une création sur les notions de prise et de contrôle.
Quand a-t-on l’impression d’être en situation de prise ou de perte de prise dans la vie ?
Six scènes racontent l’histoire d’un homme en pleine déprise.
Parallèlement, ce jeu sur prise et déprise permet de mettre en scène la situation du lecteur d’une œuvre interactive.

Electronic Literature Directory entry:

Electronic Literature Directory entry

I ♥ E-Poetry entry:

I ♥ E-Poetry entry

Other language version:

Déprise

Technical notes:

The piece requires headphones (or loudspeakers) and a webcam (for the fifth scene). The interaction with the piece lasts about 10 minutes.

Critical writing that references this work:

Title	Author	Year
Reading and Teaching Gender Issues in Electronic Literature and New Media Art	Maya Zalbidea Paniagua	2011
Reading Digits – Haptic Reading Processes in the Experience of Digital Literary Works	Diogo Marques	2018
Subversive Writing and the Digital Text	Davin Heckman	2011
Technics and Violence in Electronic Literature	Davin Heckman	2011
To Grasp or not to Grasp. A Phenomenological Approach to Serge Bouchardon's E-Literary Pieces	Maja Murnik	2013
‘Grasp All, Lose All’: Raising Awareness Through Loss of Grasp in Seemingly Functional Interfaces	Diogo Marques	2022

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The permanent URL of this page:

https://elmcip.net/node/135

Record posted by:

Serge Bouchardon