Scott Rettberg

Person
URL: 
Scott Rettberg
Residency: 
Bergen
Norway
NO
Nationality: 
United States
US
Born: 
1970
Record Status: 
Approved record
Photo of Scott Rettberg by Rune Arntsen, University of Bergen
Short biography: 

A native of the Chicago area, Scott Rettberg is professor of digital culture in the department of linguistic, literary and aesthetic studies at the University of Bergen, Norway. Rettberg is the author or co-author of novel-length works of electronic literature including The Unknown, Kind of Blue, and Implementation. His work has been exhibited online and at art venues, including the Beall Center in Irvine California, the Slought Foundation in Philadelphia, and The Krannert Art Museum at the University of Illinois. Rettberg is the cofounder and served as the first executive director of the non-profit Electronic Literature Organization, where he directed major projects funded by the Ford Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation. Rettberg is currently the Project Leader of the HERA-funded collaborative research project ELMCIP: Electronic Literature as a Model of Creativity and Innovation in Practice.

Works by this author:

Work title Publication Type Year
The Unknown Exhibited at gallery or event, Presented at conference or festival, Published on disc, CD, or DVD, Published on the Web (individual site) 1999

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Critical writing by this author:

Title Publication Type Publisher Yearsort descending
Editorial Process and the Idea of Genre in Electronic Literature in the Electronic Literature Collection, Volume 1 Article in a print journal SPIEL (Siegener Periodicum zur Internationalen Empirischen Literaturwissenschaft), Peter Lang 2010
Old Wine in New Bottles Other 2010
Performative Reading: Attending The Last Performance [dot org] Article in an online journal Dichtung Digital 2010
Jason Nelsons hemmelige teknologi Article in a print journal Vagant 2010
Time and the Machine: Steve Tomasula and Stephen Farrell’s TOC Review 2010
All Tomorrow's Parties Conference paper or presentation 2010
Escaping the Prison House of Language: New Media Essays in the Electronic Literature Collection, Volume 2 Other 2010
Platform 2 Series Vagant 2010
Disasters Natural and Digital: The Secret Technologies of Jason Nelson Other 2010
Digital Media Article or chapter in a book Modern Language Association (MLA) 2010
Gammel vin in nye skinnsekker Article in a print journal Vagant 2010
Flukten fra språkfengselet Article in a print journal Vagant 2010
Developing a Network-Based Creative Community: Electronic Literature as Model of Creativity and Innovation in Practice (ELMCIP) Conference paper or presentation 2010
The ELO and US Electronic Literature in the 2000s Conference paper or presentation 2010
Maskiner og parabler Review Vagant 2010
Bokstaver i bevegelse Article in a print journal Vagant 2011
Electronic Authorship, Collaboration, Community, and Practice Conference paper or presentation 2011
Revisiting Reflexivity: American Metafiction and Hypertext Narratives Conference paper or presentation 2011
E-Lit. Som Litt.-Vit. Article in a print journal Vagant 2011
To Read With Your Fingers: E-Lit for the iPad Other 2011

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Events arranged:

Event City Date Event type Link to edit content
End(s) of Electronic Literature Festival Exhibition Bergen 04.08.2015 Exhibition
GiG 1.0 Chicago 11.12.1999 Festival
Hybridity and Synaesthesia Bergen 06.08.2015 Exhibition
Interactions: Reading & Response Chicago 31.08.2001 Event Series
Kid E-lit Bergen 04.08.2015 Exhibition
Post-Digital: Dialogues and Debates from the Electronic Book Review Book Launch Bergen 17.09.2020 Seminar
The Boston T1 Party at the Boston Public Library Boston 25.04.2001 Reading
The Network as a Space and Medium for Collaborative Interdisciplinary Practice Bergen 08.11.2009 Conference
Visualizing Electronic Literature Seminar Bergen 19.08.2013 Workshop

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Curator of:

Title City Country Date
COVID 19 E-Lit Exhibition April 1, 2021
Digital Arena: Combinatory Cinema — Scott Rettberg Bergen Norway September 2, 2014
Digital Arena: Electronic Literature Reading Series Bergen Norway August 9, 2013 to December 2, 2014
Digital Arena: Ink After Print — Søren Pold Bergen Norway December 2, 2014
Digital Arena: On 'New Directions in Digital Poetry' — Chris Funkhouser Bergen Norway October 14, 2014
Grand Text Auto Exhibition at the Beall Center for Art and Technology Irvine United States October 9, 2007 to December 15, 2007
Grand Text Auto Exhibition at the Krannert Art Museum Champaign United States April 14, 2009 to July 26, 2009
Posthuman Bergen Norway March 4, 2021
START HERE> Chicago United States April 18, 2002 to April 20, 2002
The Emergence of Electronic Literature Bergen Norway August 20, 2013 to September 30, 2013

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Affiliations:

Title
University of Bergen, Program in Digital Culture
University of Bergen, Electronic Literature Research Group
ELMCIP: Electronic Literature as a Model of Creativity and Innovation in Practice
Electronic Literature Organization
Consortium on Electronic Literature (CELL)
University of Bergen

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Full Name: 
Scott Rettberg
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