K-A's Week Five: Kinetic & Interactive Poetry

 Something that really stuck out to me in this chapter was the part when Álvaro Seiça is quoted saying "content and representation prevail". In some of my other English classes, when we inevitably turn to poetry, my teacher have said that just reading the poem losses some of the impact of the piece. It is almost always recommended that you find a recording of the author doing a reading of the piece. The tone and pacing of how the poem is read adds a layer to poems that is generally not as necessary in other literature. This limitation to poetry is almost completely removed in Kinetic poetry. The way and speed at which the lines of the poem appear (and are therefore read) is completely controlled by the designer. The way in which it is delivered is an aspect that cannot be so fine-tuned in traditional literature. 

I decided to check out V: Vniverse this week. I am not a very big fan of poetry, but I had a lot of fun making my way through this piece. I like that it is not just clicking over individual stars. The numbers being connected by constellations makes things more visually engaging and adds another way to approach the piece since you can try to follow the lines. I also liked that the words didn't appear instantly when you moved over a star. You have to stop there for a while to actually read anything, which helps the pacing feel more natural.