Mazes

In contemporary literature, Diana Slattery has created a work called The Maze Game" that brings together the maze as a site of meaningful dance. In her work of electronic literature and attendant novel The Maze Game, Slattery depicts an immortal race enslaved to a dance game by a mortal race of "Death Dancers." The maze becomes a site of a gladiator showdown, but moving through the maze takes grace.

In contemporary literature, Diana Slattery has created a work called The Maze Game" that brings together the maze as a site of meaningful dance. In her work of electronic literature and attendant novel The Maze Game, Slattery depicts an immortal race enslaved to a dance game by a mortal race of "Death Dancers." The maze becomes a site of a gladiator showdown, but moving through the maze takes grace.

Before viewing 10 PRINT as producing a sort of dance, it's worthwhile to note that there are BASIC programs for the Commodore 64 that are explicitly said to dance, or to produce dancing output. One example is "Michael's Dancing Mouse," a 30-line BASIC program included on page 167 of the ''Programmer's Reference Guide'' and which is completely explicated, statement by statement, on the pages that follow. This program "uses three different sprites in a cute animation with sound effects" (PRM p. 166). By considering how this dancing program works, and how exactly it can be said to dance, we will be able to see in what ways 10 PRINT produces dancing output.

Before viewing 10 PRINT as producing a sort of dance, it's worthwhile to note that there are BASIC programs for the Commodore 64 that are explicitly said to dance, or to produce dancing output. One example is "Michael's Dancing Mouse," a 30-line BASIC program included on page 167 of the ''Programmer's Reference Guide'' and which is completely explicated, statement by statement, on the pages that follow. This program "uses three different sprites in a cute animation with sound effects" (PRM p. 166). By considering how this dancing program works, and how exactly it can be said to dance, we will be able to see in what ways 10 PRINT produces dancing output.