Published in Overland Issue Photonic Overland · Uncategorized P[a]ra[pra]xis Josh Mei-Ling Dubrau and Mark Havryliv Author note: This version of the P[a]ra[pra]xis app for iPad is one facet of a continually evolving generative text work in collaboration with Mark Havryliv. Other iterations include standalone and networked generation and sonification of text in realtime. The object is always to call into question the ‘permanence’ and thus the authority with which print and screen inscribe the written word. Josh Mei-Ling Dubrau Joshua Mei-Ling Dubrau holds a PhD in Creative Writing from UNSW. Her work has appeared in Poetry and the Trace (Puncher & Wattman, 2013) Southerly, Cordite, Sydney Morning Herald, the Australian, The Night Road (Newcastle Poetry Prize judges’ anthology 2009) and Computer Music Journal. More by Josh Mei-Ling Dubrau › Mark Havryliv Mark Havryliv is a composer, programmer and interaction designer with a PhD in Mechatronics. He is interested in the musical possibilities of integrating realtime sonification with other disciplines like game design and creative writing and has developed several software packages for doing so. He has presented and published original research on haptics, mobile phone music, and computer music. More by Mark Havryliv › Overland is a not-for-profit magazine with a proud history of supporting writers, and publishing ideas and voices often excluded from other places. If you like this piece, or support Overland’s work in general, please subscribe or donate. Related articles & Essays 5 June 20265 June 2026 · Friday Fiction Hobo portraits: Treadly Tim & the falling star Patrick Holland We crossed the half-buried railway line and the crazy man known as Treadly Tim turned a corner around the van park on Simeon Street and came toward us on his Malvern Star bicycle. 3 June 20263 June 2026 · Reviews The past in the object: Vanessa Berry’s Calendar Courtney Powell In her latest book, Calendar, Vanessa Berry explores the relationships that are formed between people and material culture, both fleeting and sentimental, and how they can come to represent us.
