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1. The Experience of the Unique in Reading Digital Literature

   Traditionally in literary criticism, importance has been laid on the uniqueness of the expression (the author says something that nobody else has said before, or, says something in a way that nobody else has done before) and the uniqueness of experience (my reading of a book is always different compared to any other readings). With digital literature we are facing a wholly new situation. Cybertextual literature possesses devices for creating a different textual whole for each reader and reading session. Even though the piece of computer code underlying the work remains the same, the surface level may be different on each and every run. In this situation the reader may truly face a unique text, something that nobody else may ever see.

   I will ponder the consequences of this new textual condition, especially from the perspective of personal reception and interpretation. I will also present some examples of this sort of works, and classify certain main categories, such as truly unique vs. pseudo unique text, and text where uniqueness is created through programming alone, and such where (one or several) reader(s) is partly responsible.

   Patricia Tomaszek - 12.01.2011 - 20:40

2. Kissing the Steak: The Poetry of Text Generators

   Syntext, developed by Pedro Barbosa and Abílio Cavalheiro in the early 90s (later partially re-versioned on the World Wide Web), is a collection of fifteen computer programs from the 70s, 80s, and 90s that automatically generate various styles of poetry in DOS. Though the texts made by each of the programs are thematically unrelated, through these pioneering works by Barbosa, Nanni Balestrini, Marcel Bénabou, and others, each of the predominant fundamental attributes of text-generators is clearly divulged. Syntext, despite being primitive on the surface, powerfully brings to light the expressive possibilities, versatility, and variation within permutation texts, and provides sufficient evidence upon which a typology of computer poems can be established.

   (Source: abstract of conference presentation)

   Eric Dean Rasmussen - 31.01.2011 - 15:28

3. Responsive Environments

   This paper introduces the concept of a responsive environ- ment which perceives human behavior and responds with intelligent auditory and visual feedback. Several exhibits of responsive environments, implemented by the author, com- bining computer graphics, video projection and two-way video communication are described. VIDEOPLACE, an evolving exhibit which defines a conceptual telecommuni- cation environment uniting geographically separated people in a common visual experience, is discussed at some length. Based on these examples a new art form of composed man- machine interaction is defined. Finally, practical applica- tions are suggested for the fields of education, psychology and psychotherapy.

   (Source: Author's abstract)

   Original publication info: From AFPIS 46 National Computer Conference Proceedings, 423-33. Montvale, NJ: AFIPS Press, 1977. Rpt. in The New Media Reader, 2003.

   Scott Rettberg - 18.04.2011 - 14:00

4. Looking Behind the Façade: Playing and Performing an Interactive Drama

   Looking Behind the Façade: Playing and Performing an Interactive Drama

   Jörgen Schäfer - 28.06.2011 - 14:33

5. Six Problems in Search of a Solution: The Challenge of Cybertext Theory and Ludology to Literary Theory

   Six Problems in Search of a Solution: The Challenge of Cybertext Theory and Ludology to Literary Theory

   Jörgen Schäfer - 30.06.2011 - 16:07

6. The Pleasure Principle: Immersion, Engagement, Flow

   While few critics writing on readers and hypertext have focused on the affective pleasures of reading hypertext fiction or interactive narratives like Myst, those who assess the experience of reading them tend to assume interactive texts should be either immersive or engaging. This study uses schema theory to define the characteristics of immersion and engagement in both conventional and new media. After examining how readers' experiences of these two different aesthetics may be enhanced or diminished by interface design, options for navigation, and other features, the essay concludes by looking beyond immersion and engagement to “flow, ” a state in which readers are both immersed and engaged.

   Source: ACM Publication
   Paper presented at the Eleventh ACM on Hypertext and Hypermedia Conference and published in the proceedings.

   Patricia Tomaszek - 25.03.2012 - 14:12

7. Programming for Fun, Together

   Ever since computers have been programmed, people have programmed them together. From almost the first days of programming, people have also programmed them unofficially, for fun, to create literary and artistic works, games, and technically impressive feats that suggest new directions for computing.

   This paper look into how programmers have worked together in the area of creative computing, and provide a brief discussion of three types of creative programming practices.

   Elisabeth Nesheim - 09.08.2012 - 20:01

8. Spatial Remediations

   This paper "Spatial Remediations: Navigating the social constructs of the interactive documentary image in Inside/Outside, The Unknown Territories Project, and Estuary" introduces three original works that use features of interactive documentary arts to explore social constructions of places and their attending narratives. The three interactive projects that are introduced are Inside/Outside, The Unknown Territories Project, and Estuary. The paper asks how tools of layering, compositing and navigation through documentary imagery in photography and film contribute to an understanding of the connection between social relationships and a sense of space.

   Elisabeth Nesheim - 27.08.2012 - 14:54

9. Der Leser als DJ oder was Internetliteratur mit HipHop verbindet

   Der Leser als DJ oder was Internetliteratur mit HipHop verbindet

   Johannes Auer - 05.11.2012 - 14:39

10. 7 Thesen zur Netzliteratur

    Erschienen in: Elektronische Literatur (Fußnoten zur Literatur, 47),
    hrsg. von Timo Kozlowski und Oliver Jahraus, Universität Bamberg 2000, S. 12ff.

    Johannes Auer - 05.11.2012 - 14:47

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