Exploration in Digital LiteratureMain MenuIntroduction to Exploration in Digital LiteratureWorks CitedAbout the Student AuthorsLucy Dunlop0f87c154df9d1f5b9c9db43bf755c92458e4029aChristina Dang16f8741b7c1912c88412ac3ecd3d51712dc3f3f0Deena Lang131c436bb0b401aee393cec40c25d6b298e0d091Amelia Tan072c06bdfc7e7ce98f28891a102d135bb24f1261
Fitting the Pattern Introduction
12019-11-10T13:43:29-08:00Christina Dang16f8741b7c1912c88412ac3ecd3d51712dc3f3f03556822Fitting the Patternplain2019-11-14T19:40:36-08:00Christina Dang16f8741b7c1912c88412ac3ecd3d51712dc3f3f0"Fitting the Pattern" was originally published by Christine Wilks on her website in 2008. In this piece of work, readers use various dressmaking tools to cut, stitch, pin, and unpick fragments of cloth until all of the pattern pieces have been tailored. With each cloth fragment that is tailored, a memoir from the narrator in relation to her past and her mother is revealed. Through this interactive work that entails physically maneuvering cloth, readers are able to virtually explore the memories and experiences of the narrator. In this work, the concept of new media appears to be exemplified. Lev Manovich describes new media as "graphics, moving images, sounds, shapes, spaces, and texts that have become computable" ("What is New Media?"). "Fitting the Pattern" demonstrates aspects of new media because it incorporates moving images of cloth and blurbs of text that are exhibited on a computer. By engaging in this new media and exploring the narrator's memoirs, the reader learns about the narrator's mother as well as about their mother-daughter relationship, with the literary work's narrative, design, and mechanics contributing to the reader's understanding of the relationship.
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1media/Intro Pic.pngmedia/Intro Pic.png2019-11-10T13:20:08-08:00Christina Dang16f8741b7c1912c88412ac3ecd3d51712dc3f3f0"Fitting the Pattern" Exhibition by: Christina DangChristina Dang7Fitting the Pattern Introsplash2019-11-14T19:29:20-08:00Christina Dang16f8741b7c1912c88412ac3ecd3d51712dc3f3f0
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12019-11-10T14:49:01-08:00Christina Dang16f8741b7c1912c88412ac3ecd3d51712dc3f3f0Cutting Away at Memories10plain2019-11-14T16:12:12-08:00Christina Dang16f8741b7c1912c88412ac3ecd3d51712dc3f3f0
12019-11-10T14:50:29-08:00Christina Dang16f8741b7c1912c88412ac3ecd3d51712dc3f3f0Stitching the Past Together8plain2019-11-14T13:48:36-08:00Christina Dang16f8741b7c1912c88412ac3ecd3d51712dc3f3f0
12019-11-10T14:51:04-08:00Christina Dang16f8741b7c1912c88412ac3ecd3d51712dc3f3f0Pinning Down Information11plain2019-11-14T13:59:53-08:00Christina Dang16f8741b7c1912c88412ac3ecd3d51712dc3f3f0
12019-11-14T13:58:34-08:00Christina Dang16f8741b7c1912c88412ac3ecd3d51712dc3f3f0Fitting the Pattern Conclusion7plain2019-11-14T19:55:00-08:00Christina Dang16f8741b7c1912c88412ac3ecd3d51712dc3f3f0
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1media/FTP Intro_thumb.png2019-11-10T14:10:56-08:00Fitting the Pattern Introduction Photo3Screenshot from "Fitting the Pattern" by Christine Wilksmedia/FTP Intro.pngplain2019-11-10T14:35:51-08:00