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.

Critical writing by this author:

Title Publication Type Publisher Year
The Emergence of Electronic Literature Exhibition Catalogue Exhibition Catalog 2013
"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 Response to Nick Montfort's "Programming for Fun, Together" Conference paper or presentation 2012
Bootstrapping Electronic Literature: An Introduction to the ELMCIP Project Exhibition Catalog 2012
Collective Memory and the Development of a Field: Building the ELMCIP Electronic Literature Knowledge Base Conference paper or presentation, Keynote address 2012
Developing an Identity for the Field of Electronic Literature: Reflections on the Electronic Literature Organization Archives Article in an online journal Dichtung Digital 2012
Documenting Electronic Literature and Digital Art in an Open-Access Online Database Invited lecture 2012
Documenting Your Work: A Workshop on Using the ELMCIP Knowledge Base for Authors, Critics, and Teachers of Electronic Literature Conference paper or presentation 2012
Editorial: Electronic Literature Communities, Part II Article in an online journal Dichtung Digital 2012
ELD & ELMCIP (Interview with Scott Rettberg & Joseph Tabbi) Interview 2012
Electronic Literature Communities, Part I Article in an online journal Dichtung Digital 2012
ELMCIP Research Project Goals, Results, and Impact -- Presentation for the Remediating the Social Conference Conference paper or presentation 2012
Taroko Gorge Remixed: Repetition and Difference in Machine Texts Forum 2012
Å lese med fingrene Article in a print journal Vagant 2011
All Together Now: Hypertext, Collective Narrative, and Online Collective Knowledge Communities Article or chapter in a book 2011
Bokstaver i bevegelse Article in a print journal Vagant 2011
E-Lit. Som Litt.-Vit. Article in a print journal Vagant 2011
Electronic Authorship, Collaboration, Community, and Practice Conference paper or presentation 2011
Finding a Third Space for Electronic Literature: Creative Community, Authorship, Publishing, and Institutional Environments Article in a print journal Journal of Writing in Creative Practice 2011

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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:

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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