Loss of grasp

by Serge Bouchardon

2017

Loss of grasp

by Serge Bouchardon

2017

Web creation

Innovative book

Artist’s book

Science and technology

Web creation

Innovative book

Artist’s book

Science and technology

New Media Writing Prize 2011

Loss of grasp is an online interactive narrative about the notions of grasp and control.
Under which circumstances do we feel we have grasp on our life or not?
Six scenes feature a character who is losing grasp.
At the same time, this play on grasp and loss of grasp mirrors the reader's experience of an interactive digital work.

Computer, Smartphone

Suitable for all audiences

from 6 to 15 minute(s)

Multiple languages

Update : 19/01/2023

Loss of Grasp, interactive narrative

Loss of Grasp, interactive narrative (Exposition ELO Porto, 2016)

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Loss of Grasp is a narrative and interactive experience about the feeling of losing grasp.

The piece requires headphones (or loudspeakers) and a webcam (for the fifth scene).

In the first scene, the reader advances in the story by rolling with the mouse over the sentence which is displayed on the screen, thus allowing the next sentence to appear. The speaking subject – the narrator – talks about the control he has had over his life so far. But after a while, with the sentence Everything escapes me, the mouse pointer disappears. The reader can continue to roll over each sentence to display the following one, but without the help of the mouse pointer on the screen. The reader can start experiencing the loss of grasp through his or her gestures.

In the 6 scenes, the reader is facing a manipulation based on a difference between his/her expectations and the display on the screen. The reader experiences interactively the feeling of loss of grasp of the character. In this interactive narrative, the gesture fully contributes to the construction of meaning.