From: N. “cl[e]ap.s” E

To: ".dirtee codah."
Date: Monday April 7, 2008 8:11pm
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Mezangelle (the language Mez is writing in) forces together human reader codings and computer reader codings and has developed as a language over the last twelve or thirteen years.

While it looks visually interesting, I encourgae one to absolutely experiment with reading Mezangelle aloud.

I should point out that above is an "imitation" of Mezangelle, and that such a rendition of Mezangelle actually takes it out of its original web context, where hypertextual links activate the virtual dimensionality - you can view an example of Mez's work - pro] [tean] [.lapsing.txts. - by clicking here.

Mezangelle exceeds a "restricted economy of meaning".

An endless variety of reading effects and possibilities are created by non-normative usages of punctuation, syntax and word fragmentation. What is interesting about Mez’s work besides its interruption of normative reading processes is that I noticed many different things about my own personal reading procedure and how I usually "work through" any piece of writing. I typcially experience a lot of horizontal backwards-forwards movement during reading (not dissimilar to most reading of normative print books where reader's often flick back and forth between pages). So while Mez interrupts our normative reading procedures, an awareness of what constitutes normative reading procedures is potentiated.

I engaged in multiple re-readings (and re-articulatings) of syntactic flows, creating shifting and mutliple dynamic specificities, concerning namely pace and "meaning" (usually at the level of a word or "sentence"/"line"). These altered depending on what “interruptions” I recognized and how I recognized them, and in what o[h]r.d[e]e[a]r.

The combination of human and computer reader coding creates tension not only betwen processes of writing and reading, but the multiple and diverse processes of reading. Mez evades conventional poetic undertakings by illustrating that poetry itself cannot be contained by normativity. pro] [tean] [.lapsing.txts. for example, displays the process of its own making, that which constitutes it, as a piece of writing. It requires a reader to navigate both the hyperlinks and linguistic irregularities, to engage in "paradgimatic reading". Reading over or past these non-conventional "interuptions" results in flattening linguistic embodiment into mere furnishings or accoutrements.

Be directed to other projects by Mez by clicking here and link to _knott404_ a very interesting blog project.