Abstract

This article shows how Wolfram Lotz’s diaristic practice in ›Heilige Schrift I‹ represents an improvised form of writing. To this end, Lotz transfers his dialogic aesthetic for drama to diary writing: All external interruptions are immediately integrated into the text and serve as a welcome affordance for writing the unforeseen. In addition, when transferring loose notes into the overall digital document, the illegibility of his own handwriting becomes a disturbance that forces the author to deviate from what was originally written down. This doubly mediated writing procedure is coupled with a radically inclusive diaristic that aims for immediacy. The result is a complex media installation that proves to be a productive framework for improvised writing.