๐ Let's think of ask.Alice_ch3n81 as a personalized 'google' for people who love writing. It is imagined as an instrument and a vessel that enriches, inspires, and cultivates writing. Ask.Alice-ch3n81.net is fast and works with plenty of text. Detailed conception, description, and dramatization can be found in a Play Among Books; a book written by Alice_ch3n81 and Miro. If your time is scarce, you can watch a fast prologue to Ask.Alice_ch3n81 and Xenotheka here.
__________ __________ TRAILER: Alice_ch3n81 and Xenotheka
๐ธ Search engine Ask.Alice-ch3n81.net was conceived at the chair for Digital Architectonics at the ETH Zรผrich as a dance between Miro Roman and Xenotheka libraries. Its web implementation was developed with the help of Huskybytes.
Following videos will give you an idea of what ask.Alice_ch3n81 is about and how to write and talk with her. First video is about the mechanics of the Ask.Alice instrument, and the second video is a sugesstion on how to write with it. Below the videos is a desccription of all Ask.Alice functions and abilities.
BRAIN AND BODY
You can ask Alice any question you like. If she has something to say, she will text you back. Her voice is never a single one. She speaks in many tongues; her body is made up of the information found in many books and texts. Every time you change her brain, the library of her body is different. It is a new conversation.
TOPIC OF CONVERSATION
Before starting a conversation with Alice, you should propose a topic for discussion, so Alice can prepare. She will organise her library towards your topic of interest.
SEND ALICE A TEXT to start a conversation
EXPLORE / FIND
There are two possible modes of talking to Alice. โFindโ locates an exact match to your query, while โExploreโ offers a spectrum of contextual answers to your question. Active mode is highlighted.
LIST OF MOST PROBABLE ANSWERS
Alice_ch3n81 will most likely never give you a definitive answer. She will offer a spectrum of most probable answers to your question from the perspective of the topic of conversation and the richness of her brain. Books are arranged according to the relevancy of the book towards a specific topic, while the order of answers in a book is arranged according to their relevancy to the query. Copy button will copy the selected quote to your clipboard.
To be able to organise her books, Alice articulates a galaxy of concepts for each of her libraries. Concepts that are related to one another and like each other come close together. This is her brain, her conceptual alphabet.
FACES OF BOOKS
In a library, every book throws light on a galaxy of concepts in a different way. This is the way in which Alice thinks. You can explore glows of the galaxy by clicking on the maps next to the titles of books. Most relevant concepts for a book are highlighted and coloured, while the rest of the galaxy becomes a context and a background of this specific glows.
๐ธ Timetravel and an adventure with Vitruvius :)
๐ธ Spelling Alice :)
๐ธ Talk about the book ๐ Alice_ch3n81 and I wrote together ๐๐ PLAY AMONG BOOKS :)
Studio Meteora projects are developed with the help of ask.alice_ch3n81. Watch videos here.
โค๏ธ Helen Palmer on Play Among Books Download pdf here.
Alice_ch3n81 for Ms. ๐ Fiume Fantastica Read here.
Alice_ch3n81 in TRANS ๐ธ Read here.
Frano Karlovic, Seer Island ๐ธ Meteora S7 Read here.
Pristine Pilze Polluted Phantasies by Wendy Lin and Michael HoiMing Du ๐ธ Meteora S7 Read here.
Text Alice_ch3n81 ๐, and have fun :)
P.S. The face of Alice_ch3n81 comes from beautifuly pixelated Bikini Girls mosaics from Villa Romana del Casale. Write and excersise with them, their garden is full of orchids. ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ