Arras Reloaded
I’ve recently redesigned Arras.net, the first redesign seven years. It’s no longer pretending to be a portal into the world of electronic literature — several other sites, such as the Electronic Literature Organization, do that much better — though I do hope to create a links page of some sort.
I’ve also redesigned the header of Free Space Comix, and started posting more frequently with the hopes of getting some thumbs up from Facebook. But Google has taken me off of their search engine temporarily as one of my other sites got hacked, and Google started treating it (and hence all of Arras) as some sort of two-bit promoter of free logos, pharmaceuticals, etc.
Arras is now pretty much a portfolio and launching pad for my own work in poetry, digital art, publishing, video, and whatever else I’m working on (poster art, software design, etc). The old site wasn’t very effective in terms of launching and promoting new work, and most people who visited didn’t know what work was mine and what by others (I sort of did that on purpose, hence the Reptillian Neolettrist Graphics moniker).
Still a lot of work to be done on the redesign; mostly just been shoveling stuff in there without editing text, resizing images, putting things in chronological order, etc. I’m particularly proud of the web design gallery, as I haven’t done too much web design but a handful of the more recent sites I think are pretty cool.
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2 Responses to “Arras Reloaded”.
Brian,
In the earlier ARRAS you wrote about one of my very first digital poems. It was a terrible work. Well maybe not terrible, but kinda bad. And what I appreciated most, is that you stated on your site…..that the work as poor. Although that comment initially stung…..it drove me to create more and better works. Thanks for that. Seriously.
Hmm… vaguely remember that, but now I can’t find the comment. Oh well, I’m glad you survived my crankiness.
I still think people should be a bit more frank in their assessments of each others’ work, but on the other hand, when it’s on the internet, without the balm of personal contact, it seems to be more hurtful than helpful. I’m not sure the days of folks slugging it out at the Cedar Tavern and creating a revolution on the arts can be accurately reproduced on the web.
But I’m gald you took it well, whatever it was! And I certainly like your work now!
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