Fernando Lobina
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Episode 18, Penelope

Fernando Lobina

Ulysses is a modernist novel by James Joyce. It is considered both a literary masterpiece and one of the hardest pieces of English literature to read. The novel owns the number 1 spot on the most difficult novels to read list by Good Reads. The final chapter in the novel consists of a 4,391-word single sentence, a sentence that deploys a variety of progressive and bewildering literary techniques to communicate an unfiltered stream of consciousness of the character Molly Bloom. 

Rethinking the novel format for this literary concept by James Joyce -  A modified dot matrix printer was developed to allow for the stream of consciousness of Molly Bloom to be perpetually printed over several hours, resulting in a single 17-meter-long print.

Fernando Lobina
Fernando Lobina

Example of distortion to digital files produced by the modified dot matrix printer, visual communicating the hazy nature of human thought. 

A pre printed version of the 17meter print was also created, cased In a letter-pressed jacket 

A pre printed version of the 17meter print was also created, cased In a letter-pressed jacket 

A pre printed version of the 17meter print was also created, cased In a letter-pressed jacket 

A pre printed version of the 17meter print was also created, cased In a letter-pressed jacket 

A pre printed version of the 17meter print was also created, cased In a letter-pressed jacket 

A project that pays homage to James Joyce's experimental use of the English language. Manifested in both installation and publication formats.