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1. A Sky of Cinders

   A hypertextual prose poem, told in the second person, about a dystopic future summer where the skies are filled with ash due to some environmental disaster. Each brief node offers the reader two links, at first giving what appears to be an almost linear narrative, but eventually returning to the beginning to allow the exploration of new paths. The work describes the sensations of living through such a summer without going into the narrative of how we got there, or suggestions to what may happen next.

   Jill Walker Rettberg - 23.02.2011 - 22:42

2. Reconstructing Mayakovsky

   Inspired by the poet Vladimir Mayakovsky who killed himself in 1930 at the age of thirty-six, this hybrid media novel imagines a dystopia where uncertainty and discord have been eliminated through technology. The text employs storylines derived from lowbrow genre fiction: historical fiction, science fiction, the detective novel, and film. These kitsch narratives are then destabilized by combining idiosyncratic, lyrical poetic language with machine-driven forms of communication: hyperlinks, "cut-and-paste" appropriations, repetitions, and translations (OnewOrd language is English translated into French and back again using the Babelfish program.) In having to re-synthesize a coherent narrative, the reader is obliged to recognize herself as an accomplice in the creation of stories whether these be novels, histories, news accounts, or ideologies. The text is accessed through various mechanisms: a navigable soundscape of pod casts, an archive with real-time Google image search function, a manifesto, an animation and power point video, proposals for theatrical performances, and mechanism b which presents the novel in ten randomly chosen words with their frequencies.

   Scott Rettberg - 15.04.2011 - 15:38

3. Portal

   Portal is a mix between a computer novel and an interactive game. It was published for the Amiga in 1986 byActivision, written by Rob Swigart, produced by Brad Fregger and programmed by Nexa Corporation.

   Jill Walker Rettberg - 27.07.2011 - 16:00

4. Modern Moral Fairy Tales

   Modern Moral Fairy Tales is a tale told in 18 (chai) nodes. The story has two main lines--an upfront fairy tale dealing with greed, isolation, Nigerian scams, and online learning.  The shadow story for this main line concerns a sentient internet cafe and a state run dissemination of information or suppression of information, depending on how you approach it.  MaJe thought this was waaaaay too dark, and hid an Official History of Salmon in Clear Water Ravines, which posits a much better society--under the waves. Her shadow story handles the day to day life of salmon, from financial news to recent literary acquisitions.

   Deena Larsen - 20.06.2012 - 18:59

5. DNA: A Digital Novel

   Taking the concept of identity theft to its logical conclusion, DNA is an interactive, Web-based novel set in the year 2075, in a future where genetic clones are commonplace and the unique identity of any individual is protected only by tacit consent. Detailing a year in the life of a clone who begins plotting to take on the identity of one of his "code partners," the novel includes a series of hyperlinks to real and fictional Wikipedia entries that provide a peek into the dystopic future of economic, agricultural, cultural, social, and political systems. Influenced by a range of electronic and experimental literary works published over the last fifteen years, DNA presents a non-linear narrative that allows each reader to select his or her own narrative path though the novel and to explore the text's connection to other fictional and non-fictional texts published on the Web. The networked architecture of the project enables the reader to not only construct and engage with the narrative world of the novel itself but with other narrative worlds that exist outside of the novel.

   Jill Walker Rettberg - 12.06.2013 - 13:38

6. Redshift & Portalmetal

   Redshift & Portalmetal asks: as climate change forces us to travel to the stars and build new homes and families, how do we build on this land, where we are settlers, while working to undo colonization? The story uses space travel as a lens through which to understand the experience of migration and settlement for a trans woman of color. Redshift & Portalmetal tells the story of Roja, who's planet's environment is failing, so she has to travel to other worlds. The project takes the form of an online, interactive game, including film, performance and poetry.

   Jill Walker Rettberg - 22.10.2015 - 18:40

7. Institute for Southern Contemporary Art

   The Institute for Southern Contemporary Art is a long-term project that aims to
   develop an experimental platform for artists and cultural producers through
   results derived from machine learning and art market data. Drawing from climate
   change disasters and the use of algorithmic analysis, the video portrays a
   dystopian future where the creation of art is tied to its market consumption.
   Although ISCA’s mission seems disconcerting, it also strikes as strangely
   familiar. Is ISCA simply looking to join the likes of existing programs such as
   ArtRank and Art Advisor, or does it rather wish to shed light on the possible
   pitfalls of these endeavours? Doubt is at the core of this proposition.

   (source: Description from the schedule)

   June Hovdenakk - 26.09.2018 - 15:21

8. Alba Cromm

   Vicente Luis Mora escritor Español y crítico literário, escribió Alba Cromm, un libro que toma lugar en un futuro distópico siniestro. Relata la historia de los acontecimientos ocurridos que conducen a la captura del pederasta más buscado por la Policia Nacional, NEMO, por medio de un dossier. Utilizando la forma impresa, Alba Cromm adopta la estructura de una revista a través de una variedad de recursos estilísticos, tal como entradas diario, anuncios de publicidad, y entrevistas. Un tema evidente transcurrido a lo largo de la obra es el lidiar con las pasiones encarnadas en la institución humana, tal como el proteger a los más vulnerables, como los niños. 

   Sailing Tang - 28.11.2018 - 22:58

9. Sabotage Retroexistencial

   Sabotage Retroexistencial is a digital poem generator produced by an algorithmic sequence that pertains to the blog novel series of "Kublai Moon", specifically the blog novel "La tierra nunca comprenderá". This algorithmic poetry generator gives the reader access to an unlimited combination of poems and to an infinite text. In the fictional world of Kublai Moon where the story is set, the generator is the creation of the robot Al-Halim, an artificial intelligence engine who searches for the meaning and limits of poetry. 

   Carolina Cedillo - 01.12.2018 - 02:25

10. Directional Pilgrim

    his poetic experience uses Twine and operates like a hypertext choose-your-own-adventure. The player must navigate a map to unlock clues about the nature of the landscape - a process called "medicating." Throughout this hellish roadtrip, the player's navigation depends on choices in cardinal directions, character interactions and even dictionary definitions.

    This work was created as one half of my graduate thesis. Collectively, the work on the page and the hypertext poem is known as Educational Materials for Mostly Mitigated Maidens. For the full experience, use speakers or headphones. Use the mouse to click and point - no other buttons are required. Google Chrome is recommended browser.

    (Source: ELO 2021 Exhibitions Artist Statement)

    Lene Tøftestuen - 19.05.2021 - 13:57