"Ottar Ormstad (poetry, photos, production) was born and is based as an independent artist in Oslo, Norway." "This videopoem from a Norwegian concrete poet Ottar Ormstad takes on the subject of vehicular waste and its impact on nature. The images of abandoned cars in a forest and a dramatic musical score set an anxious tone, against which Ormstad sequences, juxtaposes, and superposes static, scheduled, and kinetic texts. In true verbivocovisual tradition, the letter-carpets he layers on the video are legible in multiple languages, but also pictorial, creating meaningful images, animations, and textures. For best appreciation, we recommend experiencing When as an immersive experience." -- From Electronic Literature Collection, Volume 3
Experiencing the Work
This videopoem is displayed via the HTML5 video player, and visitors have access to standard video controls via cursor movement and click or keyboard (and similar) controls. The piece incorporates sans-serif fonts throughout, rasterized and so unavailable to screen reading software or similar tools. Parts of this work are low contrast, specifically the yellow textual graphics against the white background (at a contrast ration of 1.31 to 1). Visitors should be aware that the instrumental music accompanying this piece features frequent sudden sounds, and its volume level varies widely.
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The Electronic Literature Collection Volume 3
Published in 2016 by Electronic Literature Organization.
The ELO gave this copy of the work to the Electronic Literature Lab in 2018.
PUBLICATION TYPE
Anthology
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Web