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1. The Presumed Literariness of Digital

   This presentation will challenge the current, too quickly determined relationship between
   the ‘literary’ and digital media. The presumed literariness of digital art--these days, anything
   from performance art to virtual sculpture work--muddles the already confused and meandering
   genre of electronic literature, leading away from acts of reading and remarking on text and its location in new media. Electronic literature began as a study of literary writing produced and
   meant to be read on a computer screen, opening up new possibilities for interactive and dynamic
   storytelling, utilizing the new medium’s ability for linking lexias. The literariness of this work
   is manifest: the work was primarily textual, the centrality of reading paramount. Textuality was
   at the heart of the work, thus the term electronic literature was appropriate and uncontested.
   Lately, ‘electronic literature’ is an umbrella-term for all things digital. A spectrum of genres
   and forms are included, among them video games, interactive fiction, digital art, and (virtual)
   

   Eric Dean Rasmussen - 19.06.2012 - 14:41

2. Electronic Literature for All: Performance in Exhibits and Public Readings

   Reaching out to new readers of electronic literature is now easier, thanks to the widespread use
   and accessibility of digital media--computers, smartphones, electronic tablets, gaming consoles.
   The channels are in place, but how do new audiences discover and read electronic literature?
   This paper will present two case studies of two different events whose purpose is to introduce
   readers to electronic literature. Both cases show how managing the performative aspects of electronic literature and its context is essential to engage new readers.

   (Source: Author's abstract, 2012 ELO Conference site)

   Eric Dean Rasmussen - 22.06.2012 - 11:56