Lines is the latest project from the Café Society, solidifying an abstract idea in the shape of a functional piece of software, serving as the foundation for further discussion and development. It is a reaction on the forms and frames in which we usually write.
The vertical hierarchy of the page, the blog, the list or the forum, is flipped over. It is a playing field, allowing one or more authors to create a weave of texts and images. By the principle of annotation, each entry is a reaction on another, which is the reaction on yet another, and so on. Every step in the development of an idea or thought, through internal or collaborative discourse, is there and visible.
Lines is medieval glossing, reanimated on a digital surface. It is collaborative writing and contextualised reading. Whether used for storytelling, debates or personal or academic research, Lines opens for new possibilities for creativity and exploration, no matter if you are the author, the reader, or both.
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