Interactive Poem MUSE

Interactive Poem, 1996-98
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“"Interactive poem" is a new type of poem that is created by a participant and a computer agent collaborating in a poetic world full of inspiration, emotion and sensitivity. […] A computer agent called "MUSE", who has been carefully designed with a face suitable for expressing the emotions of a poetic world, appears on the screen. She will utter a short poetic phrase to the participant. Hearing it allows him/her to enter the world of the poem and, at the same time, feel an impulse to respond by uttering one of the optional phrases or by creating his/her own poetic phrase. Exchanging poetic phrases through this interactive process allows the participant and MUSE to become collaborative poets who generate a new poem and a new poetic world” (Naoko Tosa and Ryohei Nakatsu, URL: http://www.tosa.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp/jp/jworks2/muse/muse_thesis/thesis.html, 05.08.2013).

“"MUSE" is a goddess. She has beautiful western looks, is very expressive, has refined manners, is feminine, sensual, and erotic; these are the attractive features of a modern woman” (Naoko Tosa, URL: http://v2.nl/archive/articles/mic-muse, 05.08.2013).