Can the subaltern speak?

This exhibit was created for the MIT "Generative Unfoldings" project.

Pre-packaged Bundle

Pre-packaged releases for deployment to a static web server may be found on the releases page.

Developing

First-time Setup

npm install

Autoreload when making changes

npm run start

Generating new font atlas

Command:

    ./msdf-atlas-gen.exe -font Lora-Regular.ttf -type msdf -format png -dimensions 255 255 -imageout Lora_sdf.png -json Lora_layout.json -pxrange 2

Bundling from Source

npm run build

Deploying after Bundling

npm run deploy

License

Code licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE.

Credits

Developed by Behnaz Farahi and Julian Ceipek.

3rd Party Tools and Libraries

• Source text for the Markov text (media/TEXT.txt) is an excerpt from the seminal article “Can The Subaltern Speak?” by the feminist theorist Gayatri Spivak (1985).
• Includes a font atlas generated via Viktor Chlumský's multi-channel signed distance field generator
• Uses three.js for 3d rendering
• Uses stats.js for performance monitoring
• Uses webpack and various extensions for bundling (see package.json)