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Littérature & Combinatoire

2023 — Website & video

A multimedia exhibition, from the interactive site to installations, on combinatorial literature.

Results

  • A project shown at the Cité des sciences in Paris.
  • An interactive, playful site to discover combinatorial literature, approved by members of the OULIPO literary movement
  • An exhibition projection that visitors control in real time from their phones (Socket.io)

Reference : Creative Engineers Weekend 2023 (Cité des sciences)

Context

Combinatorial literature is the creation of texts by randomly combining other texts. It was the subject of my engineering final-year project, within a group of four. The result: an exhibition, a promotional video and a site to discover different forms of combinatorial literature (generated sonnets, haikus, tales and choose-your-own-adventure stories).

What I did

  • Back end of the site (PHP API with Slim and SQL database)
  • Front end of the site
  • A screen driven from a phone (Socket.io)
  • Working on the mockup
  • Promotional video: shoot and edit

Challenges

  • Making a literary discipline playfulTurning different literary formats into interactive ones.
  • Building a multimodal experienceAn exhibition mixing physical and digital.