Welcome to "Avenues of Access: An Exhibit & Online Archive of New 'Born Digital' Literature" at the MLA 2013 Convention, curated by Drs. Dene Grigar & Kathi Inman Berens

"Avenues of Access: An Exhibit & Online Archive of New 'Born Digital' Literature" was a media art exhibit held in conjunction with the MLA 2013 Convention that showcased new works of born digital literature in five categories—Multimodal Narrative, Multimodal Poetry, Literary Games, E-Essay, and Mobile/Locative Works.

Exhibit Location and Time

"Avenues of Access: An Exhibit & Online Archive of New 'Born Digital' Literature" took place in Boston, MA, and was situated in room 312 in the Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center. Exhibit times were:

Thursday, 3 January, 12 Noon to 7:00 p.m.
Friday, 4 January, 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, 5 January, 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

The exhibit closed on Saturday afternoon. It was not open on Sunday of the convention.

Friday Night Performances

In conjunction with the exhibit, the curators hosted a Friday Night Performance by artists featured in the exhibit. This free event took place from 8 p.m.-10 p.m. at Emerson College's Bordy Theatre, 216 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02116, 617-824-8780.

The event was videotaped and will be made accessible from this site. Available currently is Laura Zaylea reading from her work, "Speak2meincode".

For more information about this exhibit or archive, contact Drs. Dene Grigar (dgrigar@vancouver.wsu.edu) & Kathi Inman Berens (inmanber@usc.edu)