Scott Rettberg

Person

URL:

Scott Rettberg

Residency:

Bergen

Norway

Nationality:

United States

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
After Parthenope	Exhibited at gallery or event, Published on the Web (individual site)	2011
Det siste utbruddet / The Last Volcano	Exhibited at gallery or event, Published on disc, CD, or DVD, Published on the Web (individual site)	2010
Frequency	Exhibited at gallery or event, Published on the Web (individual site)	2009
Garaż w Tokio	Published on the Web (individual site)	2009
Hearts and Minds: The Interrogations Project	Application, Installation	2014
Implementation	Exhibited at gallery or event, Presented at conference or festival, Print publication, Published on the Web (individual site), Other venue	2004
Katastrofetrilogien	Exhibited at gallery or event, Presented at conference or festival, Published on the Web (individual site)	2011
Kind of Blue	Published on the Web (individual site), Published on the Web (online journal)	2002
Le Dernier Volcan	Exhibited at gallery or event, Published on the Web (social network)	2014
Los Wikiless Timespedia	Published on the Web (online journal)	2008
Penelope	Application, Exhibited at gallery or event, Installation	2018
Rats and Cats :: Katter Og Rotter	Installation, Published on the Web (social network)	2011
Robert Coover Criticism Generator	Published on the Web (individual site)	2010
The Colonization of Memory	Locative narrative	2012
The Meddlesome Passenger	Published on the Web (online journal)	2002
The Misanthrope of Karlskrona	Presented at conference or festival	2011
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
The Unknown: An Anthology	Print publication	2012
Three Rails Live	Exhibited at gallery or event, Presented at conference or festival, Published on the Web (online journal)	2011
Tokyo Garage	Published on the Web (individual site)	2009

Works contributed to:

Work title	Publication Type	Year
"V[R]erses": An XR Story Series	Published on the Web (individual site)	2020

Critical writing by this author:

Title	Publication Type	Publisher	Year
"How It Is in Common Tongues": an interview with John Cayley and Daniel Howe	Interview		2012
"The Final Problem": An Interview with Mark Jeffrey and Judd Morrissey	Interview		2012
A Digital Publishing Model for Publication by Writers (for Writers)	Article in an online journal	Electronic Book Review (ebr)	2017
Å lese med fingrene	Article in a print journal	Vagant	2011
A Response to Nick Montfort's "Programming for Fun, Together"	Conference paper or presentation		2012
Action session day 1	Conference panel or roundtable		2016
Action Session Day 2	Conference panel or roundtable
Addressing Significant Societal Challenges Through Critical Digital Media	Article in an online journal	Electronic Book Review (ebr)	2020
All of the spaces collapsing: an interview with xtine burrough	Interview	Electronic Book Review (ebr)	2022
All Together Now: Collective Knowledge, Collective. Narratives, and Architectures of Participation	Article on the author's website, Conference paper or presentation		2005
All Together Now: Hypertext, Collective Narrative, and Online Collective Knowledge Communities	Article or chapter in a book		2011
All Tomorrow's Parties	Conference paper or presentation		2010
An Emerging Canon? A Case Study in Using Visualization Strategies to Understand a Field as It Develops	Conference paper or presentation		2013
An Emerging Canon? A Preliminary Analysis of All References to Creative Works in Critical Writing Documented in the ELMCIP Electronic Literature Knowledge Base	Article in a print journal, Conference paper or presentation	Electronic Book Review (ebr)	2013
Avant-Gaming: An Interview with Jane McGonigal	Interview	The Iowa Review Web	2006
Bokstaver i bevegelse	Article in a print journal	Vagant	2011
Bootstrapping Electronic Literature: An Introduction to the ELMCIP Project	Exhibition Catalog		2012
Cavewriting	Article in an online journal, Interview	The Iowa Review Web	2004
CELL Project Meeting	Conference panel or roundtable		2018
Collaborative Creativity in New Media (roundtable)	Conference panel or roundtable		2014

Editorial work:

Title	Year	Publisher
Appealing to Your Better Judgement: A Call for Database Criticism	2020	Electronic Book Review (ebr)
Dichtung Digital 41	2012	Dichtung Digital
Dichtung Digital 42	2012	Dichtung Digital
Dichtung Digital 43		Dichtung Digital
Electronic Literature as a Model of Creativity and Innovation in Practice: A Report from the HERA Joint Research Project	2014	ELMCIP: Electronic Literature as a Model of Creativity and Innovation in Practice, Center for Literary Computing, West Virginia University
Electronic Literature as a Model of Creativity and Innovation in Practice: A Report from the HERA Joint Research Project (e-Pub)	2014	ELMCIP: Electronic Literature as a Model of Creativity and Innovation in Practice, Center for Literary Computing, West Virginia University, West Virginia University Press
Electronic Literature as a Model of Creativity and Innovation in Practice: A Report from the HERA Joint Research Project (PDF e-book)	2014	ELMCIP: Electronic Literature as a Model of Creativity and Innovation in Practice, Center for Literary Computing, West Virginia University, West Virginia University Press
Electronic Literature Collection, Volume One	2006	Electronic Literature Organization
Electronic Literature Communities	2015	Center for Literary Computing, West Virginia University
Electronic Literature [Frame]works for the Creative Digital Humanities	2020	Electronic Book Review (ebr)
ELO 2015 Conference Program and Festival Catalog	2015	ELMCIP: Electronic Literature as a Model of Creativity and Innovation in Practice
ELO 2015 Conference Program and Festival Catalog (e-Pub)	2015	ELMCIP: Electronic Literature as a Model of Creativity and Innovation in Practice
ELO 2015 Conference Program and Festival Catalog (PDF)	2015	ELMCIP: Electronic Literature as a Model of Creativity and Innovation in Practice
Hyperrhiz 14: The End(s) of Electronic Literature	2016	Hyperrhiz: New Media Cultures
Lit Mods	2020	Electronic Book Review (ebr)
Reconfiguring Place and Space in New Media Writing	2006	The Iowa Review Web
State of the Arts	2003	Electronic Literature Organization

Events arranged:

Event	City	Date	Event type
Archiving Events and Works in the ELMCIP Electronic Literature Knowledge Base	Bergen	04.08.2015	Workshop
Collaborative Creativity in New Media -- Performance Night	Bergen	07.08.2013	Workshop
Digital Arena: Combinatory Cinema — Scott Rettberg	Bergen	02.09.2014	Performance
Digital Arena: Electronic Literature Reading Series	Bergen	09.08.2013	Event Series
Digital Arena: Ink After Print — Søren Pold	Bergen	02.12.2014	Reading
Digital Arena: On 'New Directions in Digital Poetry' — Chris Funkhouser	Bergen	14.10.2014	Reading
Digital Arena: Stories Beneath Your Feet and Fingertips: Playing Locative Stories — Kathi Inman Berens	Bergen	04.11.2014	Performance
Electronic Literature Collection, Volume 2 Launch	Bergen	02.05.2011	Performance
Electronic Literature in Europe 2008	Bergen	11.09.2008	Conference
Electronic Literature Organization 2002: State of the Arts Symposium	Los Angeles	04.04.2002	Conference
Electronic Literature Organization 2002: State of the Arts Symposium	Los Angeles	04.04.2002	Exhibition
Electronic Literature Organization 2013: Chercher le texte	Paris	23.09.2013	Conference
Electronic Literature Organization 2015: The End(s) of Electronic Literature	Bergen	04.08.2015	Conference
Electronic Literature Organization 2021: Platform (Post?) Pandemic	Aarhus	24.05.2021	Conference
Electronic Literature Organization 2021: Platform (Post?) Pandemic	Bergen	24.05.2021	Conference
ELMCIP Electronic Literature Knowledge Base Symposium 2018	Bergen	26.04.2018	Workshop
ELMCIP Seminar on Electronic Literature Communities	Bergen	20.09.2010	Seminar
ELMCIP Seminar on Electronic Literature Communities	Bergen	20.09.2010	Reading
ELO 2015 Workshops	Bergen	04.08.2015	Workshop
ELO 2021: Platform (Post?) Pandemic		24.05.2021	Conference

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

Teaching Resource created by this person:

Resource	Teaching Resource Type
Digital Humanities in Practice (DIKULT 207, Autumn 2016)	Syllabus
Digital Humanities in Practice (DIKULT 207, Fall 2012)	Syllabus
Digital Humanities in Practice (DIKULT 207, Spring 2015)	Syllabus
Digital Humanities in Practice (DIKULT 207, UiB, Fall 2013)	Syllabus
Digital Humanities in Practice (DIKULT 207, UiB, Fall 2018)	Syllabus
Digital Humanities in Practice (DIKULT 207, UiB, Fall 2019)	Syllabus
Digital Humanities in Practice: Project Work on Developing a Scholarly Database of Electronic Literature (DIKULT 207, Autumn 2013)	Syllabus
Hypertext	Syllabus

Research Collection curated by this researcher:

Title
Electronic Literature, Chapter 1: Genres of Electronic Literature
Electronic Literature, Chapter 2: Combinatory Poetics
Electronic Literature, Chapter 3: Hypertext Fiction
Electronic Literature, Chapter 4: Interactive Fiction and Other Gamelike Forms
Electronic Literature, Chapter 5: Kinetic and Interactive Poetry
Electronic Literature, Chapter 6: Network Writing
Electronic Literature, Chapter 7: Divergent Streams
Extending Digital Narrative (XDN) -- AI
Extending Digital Narrative (XDN) -- Narrative VR Cinema and Virtual Reality Theatre
iPhone and iPad E-Lit
Pandemic E-Lit
Variations on Nick Montfort's Taroko Gorge

Affiliations:

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

Research Collection that references this person:

Title
Electronic Literature, Chapter 1: Genres of Electronic Literature
Electronic Literature, Chapter 2: Combinatory Poetics
Electronic Literature, Chapter 3: Hypertext Fiction
Electronic Literature, Chapter 6: Network Writing
Electronic Literature, Chapter 7: Divergent Streams
Nordic Electronic Literature Research Collection
please combine me combine please me: A Collection of Factorial Literature [l!]
Research Collection of Research on Collections

Full Name:

Scott Rettberg

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