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
Toxi•City Installation 2014

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Critical writing by this author:

Titlesort descending Publication Type Publisher Year
Collaborative Narrative Article or chapter in a book 2014
Collective Memory and the Development of a Field: Building the ELMCIP Electronic Literature Knowledge Base Conference paper or presentation, Keynote address 2012
Communitizing Electronic Literature Article in an online journal DHQ Digital Humanities Quarterly 2009
Complications of Narrative Time in Electronic Literature Conference paper or presentation 2014
COVID E-Lit: Digital Art During the Pandemic Video essay / documentary 2021
Curating Ambiguity: The Electronic Literature Collection, Volume One Article in an online journal, Article or chapter in a book, Interview 2007
Dada Redux: Elements of Dadaist Practice in Contemporary Electronic Literature Article in an online journal Fibreculture Journal 2008
Destination Unknown: Experiments in the Network Novel Book (Ph.D. dissertation) - online 2003
Developing a Network-Based Creative Community: An Introduction to the ELMCIP Final Report Article or chapter in a book 2013
Developing a Network-Based Creative Community: Electronic Literature as Model of Creativity and Innovation in Practice (ELMCIP) Conference paper or presentation 2010
Developing an Identity for the Field of Electronic Literature: Reflections on the Electronic Literature Organization Archives Article in an online journal Dichtung Digital 2012
Digital Media Article or chapter in a book Modern Language Association (MLA) 2010
Disasters Natural and Digital: The Secret Technologies of Jason Nelson Other 2010
Distant Readings of a Field: Using Macroanalytic Digital Research Methods to Data Mine the ELMCIP Knowledge Base Conference panel or roundtable 2013
Documenting Electronic Literature and Digital Art in an Open-Access Online Database Invited lecture 2012
Documenting Events and Works in the ELMCIP Electronic Literature Knowledge Base Conference paper or presentation 2015
Documenting Your Work: A Workshop on Using the ELMCIP Knowledge Base for Authors, Critics, and Teachers of Electronic Literature Conference paper or presentation 2012
E-lit Pandemics - Roundtable Conference panel or roundtable 2020
E-Lit. Som Litt.-Vit. Article in a print journal Vagant 2011
E-Poetry 2007 Paris Cellfone Documentary Extravaganza (Grand Text Auto) Video essay / documentary, Weblog 2007

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Events arranged:

Eventsort descending 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:

Titlesort descending 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:

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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

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Scott Rettberg
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