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Short speech delivered at BIPVAL

May 25th, 2011 by eabigelow | Filed under -NP-Announcements/News, Alan Bigelow

Recently, I was fortunate enough to win the 2011 BIPVAL international Prix de Poésie Média. I was invited to Paris to receive the prize and, seeing an opportunity to express my thanks and at the same time give a plug for electronic literature, I prepared a few short words. For those who might be interested, here are those words delivered at the MACVAL museum in Val-de-Marne, a suburb of Paris. The English version comes first, followed by the French. On the evening of the presentation, I read the French. (Thanks to Nicole Roche for the translation)

Good evening.

It is my great pleasure to accept this prize.  Because of competitions like this, and the generosity of its organizers, members, and sponsors, digital poetry appears more and more in the public eye. And it is a worthy cause. Electronic literature–and by this I mean not just digital poetry but digital fiction, as well–is an exciting and vibrant part of the literary arts today. It deserves to be encouraged and nurtured because embedded within its multimedia presentation and variety of forms is a vision. This vision is of a new type of literature that does not replace traditional print but works alongside it. This vision recognizes that soon, if not already, people will see poems and stories not simply as the sole domain of text, but the intersection of many disciplines and arts. And this vision opens our eyes to the infinite possibilities within literature itself, and the exciting future offered by technological change.

Again, thank you very much for this prize. It is my honor and pleasure to accept it.

Bonsoir.

C’est un grand plaisir d’accepter ce prix. Grâce aux concours comme celui-ci et grâce à la générosité des coordonnateurs, des membres et des mécènes, la poésie numérique devient de plus en plus accessible au grand public. Alors, c’est un métier valable. La littérature électronique, c’est-à-dire la poésie numérique et les romans numériques, est un genre captivant et émouvant dans les arts littéraires aujourd’hui. Elle mérite d’être encouragée et soutenue car intégrée dans la présentation multimédia et une variété de format est une vision. Cette vision est d’un nouveau type de littérature qui ne remplace pas les oeuvres imprimées, mais qui les accompagne. Cette vision reconnaît que bientôt, et peut-être déjà, le monde verra les poèmes et les histoires pas simplement comme le seul domaine du texte mais comme le mélange de plusieurs disciplines et arts. Aussi, cette vision nous fait ouvrir les yeux aux possibilités illimitées au coeur de la littérature elle-même et l’avenir passionnant offert par l’évolution de la téchnologie.

Enfin, merci beaucoup pour ce prix.  C’est un vrai honneur et un plaisir de l’accepter.

Alan Bigelow
20 Mai 2011

 

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2 Responses to “Short speech delivered at BIPVAL”.

  1. Blimey! Good for you, Alan.

    - Edward

  2. Congratulations Alan!

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