Archive for November, 2011

MLA 2012 exhibit & Reading of E-literature

November 17th, 2011 by lori.emerson | 3 comments

I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to help organize – alongside Dene Grigar and Kathi Inman Berens – the first ever electronic literature exhibit and reading at the MLA Annual Convention in Seattle, WA January 5th through the 7th. The exhibit in particular, which is formally supported by the MLA, marks an important moment in [...]

Gnoetry Daily collection / poetry generation terminology

November 16th, 2011 by edde addad | 0

Announcing a collection of poetry generated interactively with computer programs: Gnoetry Daily Volume 1! It includes: N-gram generations (word-based and character-based) * Diastic readings * Cut-ups * n+7s * template generations * codework transformations metaphysical speculation, startling juxtapositions, profane ranting, unpopular political perspectives, and moments of great (though possibly incomprehensible) beauty our favorite poems from [...]

two new stories at webyarns.com

November 15th, 2011 by eabigelow | 0

Hi, everyone– After a long hiatus, here are two new digital stories from webyarns.com… “Pangram (The Quick Brown Fox)” plays with the concept of a pangram and provides a hypothetical back-story to the most widely-known example of the form. The second story, the “ABCs of UFOs,” is the purported website of a UFO investigation team. [...]

Rememori

November 9th, 2011 by Christine Wilks | 3 comments

Rememori is a degenerative memory game and playable poem that grapples with the effects of dementia on an intimate circle of characters. Play-read or read-play, however you approach it and whoever you identify with, you’ll become entangled in a struggle for accurate recall, attention and the search for meaning. Inevitably, it’s a contrary game – [...]

New on Netartery

November 7th, 2011 by Jim Andrews | 0

Chapter 2: Clement Greenberg, Modernism, The Theory of Computation and Computer Art by Jim Andrews Godel’s and Turing’s work as the culmination of Greenberg’s modernism of self-referentiality or consciousness of the art itself within the art itself. Chapter 1: Computer Art and the Theory of Computation by Jim Andrews I’m posting the chapters of a [...]