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1. Blackness for Sale

   Keith Obadike's Blackness for Sale was an eBay page advertising the sale of his blackness. The general format of eBay includes only the basic information about the product necessary to make it desirable for purchase. An item for sale typically includes a title or name of the product, a description of its uses, a starting price, and a photograph. In the case of Blackness for Sale, Obadike abided by this same format but replaces the description with a litany of pros and cons of blackness. Obadike focused on the selling points of blackness but then juxtaposed it with “warnings” of the drawbacks of owning a black identity. Although Obadike’s warnings were legitimate aspects of blackness, they were only issues of concern when inhabiting black flesh. Blackness for Sale Blackness for Sale furthered the notion that black people have been homogenized to the point where their experiences have become indistinguishable; to the outside world and the buyer, there is one black experience. Part of a person is advertised and valued much higher while systematically omitting the other elements that define their personhood.

   Scott Rettberg - 08.12.2020 - 13:06

2. Jetzt? Oder der höchste Augenblick

   This entry has a philosophical impact: "He developed a theory from the observation that when one is young, one thinks mainly of the future, but when one is old one thinks of the past; Namely that there has to be a moment in a persons life when one is completely in the moment and with oneself. Now one is waiting for that moment, and one is afraid it will pass by". So begins a hypertext ("observation", "future", "past", "theory" etc. are links) that then continues in a life-philosophical way. "It is a strongly networked labyrinth with one enterance and without an exit" says Nils Ehlert himself, "the texts on the pages are about the thoughts and experiences of a main character, and are connected to each other by links associatively rather than causally. Pictures (mostly photos) and small animations illustrate and comment the contents of the texts". 

   Simanowski, Roberto (Ed.): Literatur.digital. Formen und Wege einer neuen Literatur. München: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 2002, S. 164 f. Translated by Kine-Lise M. Skjeldal.

   Kine-Lise Madsen Skjeldal - 16.09.2021 - 12:02

3. Er/Sie: ein literarisches Internet-Projekt

   The digital project by Ursula Menzer and Sabine Orth is based on the book Er/Sie Vexus I-VII by Sabine Orth. They address “er” and “sie”, which is the German personal pronouns.

   Heidi Haugsdal Kvinge - 22.09.2021 - 13:16

4. Zwei Tote? Ein digital-literarisches Rätsel

   German description from https://adel.uni-siegen.de/node/6112: 

   Mathias Vetti Olaussen - 23.09.2021 - 09:41

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