The Electronic Literature Lab (ELL): For Advanced Inquiry into Born Digital Media

Visit the online catalog of computers and media works; designed and coded by the CMDC technical assistant Greg Philbrook. The new version of the catalog with expanded entries is now on preview.

Upcoming Events!

Click here for the downloadable schedule of all 2017-2018 events!

Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon
A one-day invitation-only event aimed at developing entries for e-lit authors and works in Wikipedia
Friday, October 20, 2017, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Lunch will be served.

FirstGen E-Lit Traversals
A monthly live YouTube and videotaped Traversals of works published by Eastgate System, Inc. between 1990-1995:

• September 29, 12-2 p.m.: Sarah Smith’s King of Space (1994), performed by Amber Strother, Blackburn Fellow, WSU
• October 27, 12-2 p.m., David Kolb’s Socrates in the Labyrinth (1995), performed by the author
• December 1, 12-2 p.m.: Yellowlees Douglas’ I Have Said Nothing (1994), performed by Philippe Brand, Department of French, Lewis & Clark College
• January 26, 12-2 p.m.: Thomas M. Disch’s AMNESIA (1986), performed by Nick Montfort, Department of Comparative Media, MIT
• February 23, 12-2 p.m.: Mary-Kim Arnold’s Lust (1993); performed by TBA
• March 30, 12-2 p.m.: Rob Kendall’s Life Set for Two (1996), performed by John Barber, CMDC, WSUV
• April 27, 12-2 p.m.: Judy Malloy’s its name was Penelope (1989, 1993), performed by Dene Grigar, CMDC, WSUV

Half-day hands-on Workshops on these topics:
“Best Practices for Preserving Apps:” October 7, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
“Working with Legacy Hardware and Software:” April 7, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Past Events

Digital Humanities Summer Institute 2017. “Electronic Literature in the Digital Humanities: Research and Practice.” With Margie Luesebrink & Davin Heckman. University of Victoria. 5-9 June 2017.

Electronic Literature Organization 2016 Conference & Media Art Festival. University of Victoria. 10-12 June 2016.

Digital Humanities Summer Institute 2016. “Electronic Literature in the Digital Humanities: Research and Practice.” With Sandy Baldwin, Margie Luesebrink and Davin Heckman. University of Victoria. 6-10 June 2016.

Digital Humanities Summer Institute 2015. “Electronic Literature in the Digital Humanities: Research and Practice” . With Sandy Baldwin, Margie Luesebrink and Davin Heckman. University of Victoria. 1-5 June 2015.

Digital Humanities Summer Institute 2014. “Electronic Literature in the Digital Humanities: Research and Practice” . With Sandy Baldwin, Margie Luesebrink and Davin Heckman. University of Victoria. 2-6 June 2014.

Pathfinders Traversals
From July 2013 to January 2014 we videotaped artists of early digital literature performing their work, using ELL as the site of these “traversals”:

• July 8-11: Stuart Moulthrop, Victory Garden
• August 7-10: John McDaid, Uncle Buddy’s Phantom Funhouse
• September 6-8: Judy Malloy, Uncle Roger: The Blue Notebook. (Note: This event takes place at Princeton University.)
• October 17-20: Shelley Jackson, Patchwork Girl
• January 28-29: Bill Bly, We Descend

E-Lit Course @ DHSI 2014
We are also planning the curriculum for the course in Electronic Literature we are teaching at the 2014 Digital Humanities Summer Institute that is taking place from June 2-6 at the University of Victoria in Victoria, Canada.

Electronic Literature Organization 2016 Conference & Media Art Festival. University of Victoria. 10-12 June 2016.

New Text: An Exhibit about the Literary and Artistic Explorations into What It Means to Read, Write, and Create"International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA) 2015. Goldcorp Centre for the Arts. Simon Fraser University. 14-19 August 2015.

Moving Words: An Exploration of Kinetic Poetry and Prose, 1984-2014. Illuminations Gallery. University of Ireland Maynooth; March 2014.

Pathfinders: Twenty-Five Years of Experimental Digital Art. With Stuart Moulthrop.
Modern Language Association 2014 Convention. Chicago, IL; 9-11 January 2014.

“Exploring the Electronic Literary Landscape of the Pacific Northwest”. With Brenda Grell. The 2013 Digital Humanities Summer Institute. Victoria, Canada; Opening Thursday, June 6, 2013.

“Electronic Literature & Its Emerging Forms”. With Kathi Inman Berens. Library of Congress, Washington D.C. April 3-5, 2013.

“Avenues of Access: A Juried Exhibit & Online Archive of ‘Born Digital’ Literature". The Modern Language Association 2013 Convention. With Kathi Inman Berens. Boston, MA. January 2013.

“Electrifying Literature”. With Sandy Baldwin. The ELO 2012 Conference. Morgantown, VW. June 2012. Review

“Electronic Literature”. The Modern Language Association 2012 Convention. With Lori Emerson & Kathi Inman Berens. Seattle, WA. January 2012.

“Windows Into Art”. With Karen Madsen. July 2010.

“mediartZ: Art as Experiential, Art as Participatory, Art as Electronic”. October 2009.

“Visionary Landscapes”. The Electronic Literature Organization Media Art Show. North Bank Artists‘ Gallery & Clark College. June 2008.