NARRATIVE CONTINGENCIES (1997-2001)
Narrative Contingencies allowed participants to generate their own content (uploading images, texts and sounds) and construct new collaborative narratives using chance operations and linguistic analysis based on the semiotic square.
The semiotic square was developed by Algirdas J. Greimas, a Lithuanian linguist and semiotician. Greimas stated, "The square is a map of logical possibilities. As such, it can be used as a heuristic device, and in fact, attempting to fill it in stimulates the imagination… the theory of the square allows us to see all thinking as a game, with the logical relations as the rules and concepts current in a given language and culture as the pieces."
Narrative Contingencies consisted of six interfaces, each represented by a verb, read, write, give, find, tell and recall, emphasizing participation through these acts.
The images here represent documentation of these interfaces, now archived, and the installation of Narrative Contingencies at the Corcoran Gallery Biennial 2000, Media and Metaphor in Washington, DC.
