soft ~sth. that is adaptive, ambiguous, resilient, alive encyclopedia explores the web’s intrinsic network nature as a narrative tool. By claiming hypertext's ~text that is not constrained to be linear, representing complex relations that are linked together through hyperlinks; usually displayed on electronic devices. non-sequential and non-linear structures as an antidote to an alienating, heroic, and causal mode of reasoning dominating Western perception and belief system, soft ~sth. that is adaptive, ambiguous, resilient, alive encyclopedia enables connections between links that initially seemed distant. It fosters associations and opens up new perspectives, constantly (re)linking and (re)shaping truths. As a different kind of narrative, as a container “[...] holding things in a particular, powerful relation to one another and to us.”^{1 1}Ursula K. Le Guin: The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction, Ignota Books, London 2019, p. 41 Conceived as the dawn of a new world order by its creators, the web arises from the same systematic essence inherent to the fabric of existence — as a network of connections and interdependencies.

This hypertext ~text that is not constrained to be linear, representing complex relations that are linked together through hyperlinks; usually displayed on electronic devices. document transforms words into a poem, a story, a lore, a spell, a ritual. Composed by the user’s navigation between hyperlinks, the document’s URL ~Uniform Resource Locator; coll. the address of a resource on the web becomes a carrier of the narrative. The document is displayed on a screen, attached to a triangular metal plate, which is contrasted in its rigid materiality and linear shape by a soft fabric panel on the floor, acting as its shadow.

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