Dene Grigar

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Vancouver , WA
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Washington US
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United States
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1954
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Dene Grigar
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Dene Grigar is Professor and Director of The Creative Media & Digital Culture Program at Washington State University Vancouver whose research focuses on the creation, curation, preservation, and criticism of Electronic Literature, specifically building multimedial environments and experiences for live performance, installations, and curated spaces; desktop computers; and mobile media devices. She has authored 14 media works such as “Curlew” (2014), “A Villager’s Tale” (2011), the “24-Hour Micro E-Lit Project” (2009), “When Ghosts Will Die” (2008), and “Fallow Field: A Story in Two Parts" (2005), as well as 54 scholarly articles adn three books. She also curates exhibits of electronic literature and media art, mounting shows at the British Computer Society and the Library of Congress and for the Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA) and the Modern Language Association (MLA), among other venues. With Stuart Moulthrop (U of Wisconsin Milwaukee) she developed the methodology for documenting born digital media, a project that culminated in an open-source, multimedia book, entitled Pathfinders (2015), and book of media art criticism, entitled Traversals (2017), for The MIT Press. She is President of the Electronic Literature Organization, Associate Editor of Leonardo Reviews and Literary Studies in the Digital Age (LSDA), and a series editor for Electronic Literature, with Bloomsbury Press. In 2017 She was awarded the Lewis E. and Stella G. Buchanan Distinguished Professorship by her university. She also directs the Electronic Literature Lab at WSUV.

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Critical writing by this author:

Title Publication Type Publisher Year
Migration as Translation: Moving Figurski to the Web Article (other medium) 2021
On the “Effect(s) of Living Backwards”: A Platform-critical, Collaborative Analysis of Kathryn Cramer’s In Small and Large Pieces Conference panel or roundtable 2021
Salon February 9, 2021: Book Launch Electronic Literature as Digital Humanities 2021
Salon July 13 2021: Structuring Metadata for Born-Digital Literature for The NEXT: What Artists, Editors, Scholars, and Collectors Need to Know 2021
Introduction to Rebooting Electronic Literature Volume 3 Article or chapter in a book Nouspace Publications 2020
Kinepoeia in Animated Poetry Bloomsbury 2020
Mark Bernstein's "Those Trojan Girls": Classical Storyspace Channels a Classic Story Article or chapter in a book Nouspace Publications 2020
Megan Heyward's "of day, of night": A Story of Wanderings Article or chapter in a book Nouspace Publications 2020
Rebooting Electronic Literature Volume 3 Book (collection) Nouspace Publications 2020
Salon 12: December 10, 2020: Building an ELO Repository 2020
The Effect of Migration on Michael Joyce’s "afternoon, a story" Article or chapter in a book Nouspace Publications 2020
The Persistence of Genius: The Case for Stuart Moulthrop's "Victory Garden" Article or chapter in a book Nouspace Publications 2020
The Real Treasure of Califia in M. D. Coverley’s Novel "Califia" Article or chapter in a book Nouspace Publications 2020
A Man and His Shoes: Complexity and Satire in Richard Holeton's Figurski at Findhorn on Acid Article (other medium) Nouspace Publications 2019
Coping with Bits, Part 2 Anthology of creative work or online gallery 2019
Locating Stephanie Strickland's True North Article or chapter in a book Nouspace Publications 2019
Rebooting Electronic Literature: Documenting Pre-Web Born Digital Media Volume 2 Book (collection) Nouspace Publications 2019
The Durability of Love: Background and History of Tim McLaughlin’s Notes Toward Absolute Zero Article or chapter in a book Nouspace Publications 2019
The Origins Of Electronic Literature As Net/Web Art Article or chapter in a book Sage 2019
CELL Project Meeting Conference panel or roundtable 2018

Events arranged:

Event City Datesort descending Event type Link to edit content
Visionary Landscapes Vancouver 29.05.2008 Exhibition
Electronic Literature Organization 2008: Visionary Landscapes Vancouver 29.05.2008 Conference
Electronic Literature Organization 2008 Conference & Media Arts Festival Vancouver 29.05.2008 Conference
Early Authors of Electronic Literature: The Eastgate School, Voyager Artists, and Independent Productions Vancouver 29.05.2008 Exhibition
mediartz: Art as Experiential, Art as Participatory, Art as Electronic Vancouver 02.10.2009 Exhibition
Electronic Literature Seattle 05.01.2012 Exhibition
Electrifying Literature: Affordances and Constraints: The ELO 2012 Media Arts Show Morgantown 20.06.2012 Exhibition
Avenues of Access: An Exhibit & Online Archive of New 'Born Digital' Literature Boston 03.01.2013 Exhibition
Electronic Literature & Its Emerging Forms Washington D.C. 03.04.2013 Exhibition
Exploring the Electronic Literary Landscape of the Pacific Northwest Victoria 06.06.2013 Exhibition
Pathfinders: 25 Years of Experimental Literary Art Chicago 09.01.2014 Exhibition
Electronic Literature in the Digital Humanities: Research and Practice Victoria 02.06.2014 Seminar
Electronic Literature Organization 2016: Next Horizons Victoria 10.06.2016 Conference
Translations - Translating, Transducing, Transcoding Porto 19.07.2017 Exhibition
Affiliations - Remix and Intervene: Computing Sound and Visual Poetry Porto 19.07.2017 Exhibition
Communities - Signs, Actions, Codes Porto 19.07.2017 Exhibition
Electronic Literature Organization 2017: Affiliations, Translations, Communities (ELO 2017) Porto 19.07.2017 Conference
Documenting Born Digital Creative and Scholarly Works for Access and Preservation -- DHSI 2018 12.06.2018 Workshop
An Afternoon with afternoon 15.07.2020 Reading
A Toast to the Flash Generation 31.12.2020 Performance

Curator of:

Titlesort descending City Country Date
3+3 Vancouver United States October 5, 2012 to October 28, 2012
A Toast to the Flash Generation December 31, 2020
afterflash: Showcasing Flash Fiction, Poetry, and Essays from The NEXT May 24, 2021 to August 1, 2021
An Afternoon with afternoon July 15, 2020
Avenues of Access: An Exhibit & Online Archive of New 'Born Digital' Literature Boston United States January 3, 2013 to January 5, 2013
Avenues of Access: An Exhibit & Online Archive of New 'Born Digital' Literature at the MLA 2013 Convention Boston United States January 3, 2013 to January 5, 2013
Early Authors of Electronic Literature: The Eastgate School, Voyager Artists, and Independent Productions Vancouver United States May 29, 2008 to June 1, 2008
Electrifying Literature: Affordances and Constraints: The ELO 2012 Media Arts Show Morgantown United States June 20, 2012 to June 23, 2012
Electronic Literature Seattle United States January 5, 2012 to January 7, 2012
Electronic Literature & Its Emerging Forms Washington, DC United States April 3, 2013 to April 5, 2013
Electronic Literature & Its Emerging Forms Washington D.C. United States April 3, 2013 to April 5, 2013
Electronic Literature Organization 2008 Conference & Media Arts Festival Vancouver United States May 29, 2008 to June 1, 2008
Electronic Literature Organization 2008 Media Arts Show: Visionary Landscapes Vancouver United States May 29, 2008 to June 1, 2008
Electronic Literature Organization 2012 Media Art Show: Electrifying Literature: Affordances and Constraints Morgantown United States June 20, 2012 to June 23, 2012
Electronic Literature Organization 2012 Media Art Show: Electrifying Literature: Affordances and Constraints Morgantown United States June 20, 2012 to June 23, 2012
Electronic Literature Organization 2012 Media Art Show: Electrifying Literature: Affordances and Constraints Morgantown United States June 20, 2012 to June 23, 2012
Electronic Literature Organization 2012 Media Art Show: Electrifying Literature: Affordances and Constraints Morgantown United States June 20, 2012 to June 23, 2012
Electronic Literature Organization 2012 Media Art Show: Electrifying Literature: Affordances and Constraints Morgantown United States June 20, 2012 to June 23, 2012
Exploring the Electronic Literary Landscape of the Pacific Northwest Victoria Canada June 6, 2013
Horizon Insight: A Retrospective of the Art of M. D. Coverley November 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022
mediartz: Art as Experiential, Art as Participatory, Art as Electronic Vancouver United States October 2, 2009 to October 31, 2009
Moving Words: An Exploration of Kinetic Poetry and Prose, 1984-2014 Maynooth Ireland March 13, 2014 to March 31, 2014
Pathfinders: 25 Years of Experimental Literary Art Chicago United States January 9, 2014 to January 11, 2014
Visionary Landscapes Vancouver United States May 29, 2008 to June 1, 2008
You/I: Interfaces & Reader Experiences September 22, 2016 to October 14, 2016

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