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1. Conclusion: Whither American Fiction?

   Conclusion: Whither American Fiction?

   Eric Dean Rasmussen - 30.10.2012 - 22:14

2. The Last Vispo Anthology: Visual Poetry 1998-2008

   The Last Vispo Anthology is composed of vispo (a portmanteau of the words “visual” and “poetry") from the years 1998 to 2008, during a burst of creative activity fueled by file sharing and email, which made it possible for the vispo community to establish a more heightened and sophisticated dialogue with one another. The collection extends the dialectic between art and literature that began with ancient “shaped text,” medieval pattern poetry, and dada typography, pushing past the concrete poetics of the 1950s and the subsequent mail art movement of the 1980s to its current incarnation. Rather than settle into predictable, unchallenged patterns, this vibrant poetry seizes new tools to expand the body of work that inhabits the borderlands of visual art and poetic language.

   Scott Rettberg - 07.12.2012 - 15:29

3. Electronic Literature Publishing and Distribution in Europe

   ABSTRACT/ THE ORIGINAL RESEARCH PLAN (Raine Koskimaa)

   In this individual project, an investigation into organized European electronic literature publication and distribution will be undertaken. This means that self-publication by authors will be excluded. However, the investigation will cover all other forms of publication and distribution, including:

   * electronic literature magazines and portals online
   * electronic literature competitions
   * collections
   * online art sites including literary digital works
   * offline presentations in galleries, museums, etc.

   Scott Rettberg - 11.12.2012 - 14:06

4. Poetic Machines: an investigation into the impact of the characteristics of the digital apparatus on poetic expression

   This thesis aims to investigate digital methods of signification in order to examine the impact of the apparatus on poetic expression. This is done through a critical analysis of the translation process from analogue to digital, in the sense that even as we read a page we are in fact translating sight into sound. The resulting effects of this change in form are explored in order to understand their impact on meaning-making in the digital realm. Through this interrogation the comprehension and definition of ePoetry (electronic poetry or digital poetry) is extended, by exposing the unique affordances and specificities of digital expression. Digital poetry theorists such as Loss Pequeño Glazier posit that the emerging field of electronic literature is composed of interweaving strands from the areas of computer science, sociology, and literary studies. This is reflected in the interdisciplinary nature of this thesis, which necessitates an engagement with the broad areas of translation, literature, and digital media studies.

   Scott Rettberg - 07.01.2013 - 14:33

5. Next Generation Literary Machines: The “Dynamic Network Aesthetic” of Contemporary Poetry Generators

   This dissertation investigates the current state of digital poetry generators. The study argues that today’s poetry programs embody a new stage distinct from second- generation digital literature. The new stage projects a “dynamic network aesthetic,” reflective of four trends in Web 2.0 cultural production: the potential for mass aggregation; the adoption of participatory platforms; the instability of textual material; and the unpredictability of individual actors. The chapters interrogate the ways in which the four characteristics emerge in three categories of poetry generators: programs that manipulate user input; programs that manipulate Internet text; and programs that generate autonomous content. Corresponding with the three categories, three theorists of the machine inform the discussion. Donna Haraway, Jean Baudrillard, and Gilles Deleuze each provide apt approaches to twenty-first-century technology. However, each theorist also demonstrates the ways in which recent models of the machine do not yet fully account for the “dynamic network aesthetic” of the Internet era.

   Scott Rettberg - 08.01.2013 - 17:07

6. Creating Interactive Fiction with Inform 7

   CREATING INTERACTIVE FICTION WITH INFORM 7 is a jargon-free, step-by-step guide to mastering the basics of creating dynamic, text-based story worlds. Inform 7 is a free multiplatform interactive fiction authoring environment that uses an intuitive natural language syntax. A tool focused on writers, not programmers, Inform allows users construct complex, rich storytelling worlds by writing sentences as simple as "Tom is a person," or as complicated as "Instead of attacking Tom when something lethal is held, now every nearby watchdog owned by Tom hates the player." No prior programming experience is required. Throughout the book, readers develop a full-length, release-quality example game, exploring the real-world issues involved in authoring participatory narratives and gaining skills that can be applied to the creation of future games and stories.

   (Publisher's copy)

   Scott Rettberg - 09.01.2013 - 00:14

7. Theorizing Digital Narrative: Beginnings, Endings, and Authorship

   [Published under author's previous name, Jennifer Smith] Since its development, critics of electronic literature have touted all that is "new" about the field, commenting on how these works make revolutionary use of non-linear structure, hyperlinks, and user interaction. Scholars of digital narrative have most often focused their critiques within the paradigms of either the text-centric structuralist model of narrativity or post-structuralist models that implicate the text as fundamentally fluid and dependent upon its reader for meaning. But neither of these approaches can account completely for the unique modes in which digital narratives prompt readerly progression, yet still exist as independent creative artifacts marked by purposive design. I argue that, in both practice and theory, we must approach digital-born narratives as belonging to a third, hybrid paradigm. In contrast to standard critical approaches, I interrogate the presumed "newness" of digital narratives to reveal many aspects of these works that hearken to print predecessors and thus confirm classical narratological theories of structure and authorship.

   Jennifer Roudabush - 13.01.2013 - 23:40

8. Interview with Andrew Klobucar

   Andrew is a prof-editor-theorist at NJIT and creator (along with David Ayre) of the GTR Toolkit
   an algorithm OULIPO-style language shredder.

   For more info see: http://web.njit.edu/~newrev/3.0/workbench/Workbench.html
   
   This capta was recorded in Andrew's
   Jersey-side sky library
   on Feb. 7th, 2012.

   Scott Rettberg - 12.02.2013 - 11:14

9. Interview with D. Kimm

   Une interview en français (avec franglais from Jhave).

   Artiste interdisciplinaire, D. Kimm a publié quatre recueils poétiques; elle est en poète de performance au niveau international; et elle dirige Le Festival Voix d’Amériques http://www.fva.ca

   This capta was recorded at Banff Centre
   on Feb. 23rd, 2012.

   (Source: David Jhave Johnston, CAPTA project site)

   Scott Rettberg - 12.02.2013 - 11:23

10. Interview with Amaranth Borsuk

    "A poet and scholar, Amaranth Borsuk’s work focuses on textual materiality—from the surface of the page to the surface of language."

    http://www.amaranthborsuk.com/

    Amaranth combines technical innovation with poetic-prose play that constructs context-content reflective of the mediated experience. Her augmented reality project Between Page and Screen (developed with her partner Brad Bouse) is an elegant austere mutation in poetics.

    This capta was recorded at SUNY U.Buffalo
    on Feb. 2nd, 2012.

    (Source: David Jhave Johnston, CAPTA)

    Scott Rettberg - 12.02.2013 - 11:47

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