Abstract
This paper presents the textopia project, a locative media design experiment set up to explore the relationship between places and literary texts. The system allows a user to walk through the city of Oslo and listen to texts that talk about the places the user is passing by. A series of texts written for the system through a creative writing competition is analyzed to identify the potential for new, place-bound literary experiences made possible by the locative system.
This is the author’s version of the work. It is posted here by permission of ACM for your personal use. Not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in the proceedings of the 13th International MindTrek Conference: Everyday Life in the Ubiquitous Era