Category Archives: Electronic Literature

MLA 17 // Boundary Play

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Feminism in Augmented Reality, Videogames and Electronic Literature Thursday, 5 January, 5:15–6:30 p.m., 401-403, Philadelphia Marriott #s151 #MLA17 Speakers: Profs. Jessica Pressman, Kathi Inman Berens, Anastasia Salter Respondent: Prof. Caitlin Fisher Our panel presents research about the role of feminism in … Continue reading

Review of Virtual Reality Film Festival

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Yesterday I attended the one-day Kaleidoscope VR Film Festival [KVRFF], which kicked off its 10-stop North American tour in Portland, Oregon. It presented 20 featured “films” or experiences, plus some business applications such as “social VR”–which entailed meeting in a … Continue reading

My Digital Eco-Poem Installed in Bergen, Norway

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“RestOration: Kalfarlien 18” Installed in Bergen, Norway at “Ends of Electronic Literature” Media Arts Show August 5-28 2015 What does an e-waste sculpture have to do with a 100 year old villa on Bergen’s Kalfarlien street on the slope of … Continue reading

What I’m Doing As a Fulbright Scholar

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I’m the 2014-2015 U.S. Fulbright Scholar of Digital Culture at the University in Bergen. Here’s what I’ve been up to. Essays published or submitted fall 2014 –“Judy Malloy’s seat at the (database) table: a feminist reception history of early hypertext.” … Continue reading

Electronic Literature at UiB!

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This post conveys information for DIKULT 203, Electronic Literature. You’ll find here a course description, our reading schedule, assignments, grading rubrics, and links to electronic literature collections and coding resources. I’m Professor Kathi Inman Berens, a Fulbright Scholar visiting UiB … Continue reading

Vote Kathi Inman Berens for MLA Executive Council

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In 2011, I rejoined the MLA after a twelve-year hiatus. I was working full time as an Associate Professor (Teaching) of Writing at the University of Southern California (which means: NTT, 3/3, 3-yr renewable contract, stable employment, no sabbatical or … Continue reading

Support new Creative Writing Forum at MLA by June 15!

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Many e-lit artists belong to the Modern Language Association, the largest advocacy group for scholars and teachers of literature and languages in higher education. We in electronic literature have a rare opportunity to form with other creative writers an official … Continue reading

Disperse the Light

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Disperse the Light ELO 2014 Media Arts Show June 19-21, 2014 in Milwaukee, WI Kathi Inman Berens, Curator Now, when almost all writing is done digitally and when easy-to-use tools empower anybody with a socket to “make stuff,” the Electronic … Continue reading

Want to work a Media Arts Show? Here’s How!

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Join a team installing a Media Arts show at Univ. Wisconsin-Milwaukeee June 17-21! The Electronic Literature Organization’s 2014 Media Arts Show, running in conjunction with ELO’s HOLD THE LIGHT conference, will feature 48 new works of multimodal interactive art. The … Continue reading

Authenticity in Distributed Networks: a #MLA15 Proposal

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“Authenticity in Distributed Networks” is a deep dive into how humans and machines collaborate to make or adjudicate authenticity. Machines “authenticate” information, but without consciousness. Humans derive authenticity from cognitive and embodied processes; consciousness is a gatekeeper, confirming or disconfirming … Continue reading