Celebration of the Opening of the New ELL
On Thursday, January 14, from 5-6 p.m. we will host a celebration of the opening of the new ELL. Dr. James O’Sullivan (University of Sheffield, UK) will give a talk about his research into Electronic Literature, and we will unveil the newest vintage Mac––an Apple II. Refreshments will be served. Everyone is welcome. VMMC 211A […]
My newest addition–Rey
What a computer. A Christmas gift from my tech guru Greg Philbrook for ELL. An opaque white iBook G4 laptop, circa early 2004, comes with 1.0 GHz CPU speed and 640 MB of Memory. It runs System 10.4.11, the last OS for Tiger (the OS released in 2005) but the first one to work on […]
ELL is Moving to the Skybox
After three years across the quad in the Classroom building, ELL is moving. As a matter of fact, it is moving to the CMDC’s old office, the beautiful Skybox overlooking our computer classroom. Construction is underway, as you can see from this photo, but by spring we will be moved in and fully functional. We […]
ELL Gets a New Logo
We are very pleased to announce that ELL now sports a new logo. Created by Madeleine Brookman, a student in the CMDC Program and Research Assistant for the Pathfinders project, the logo captures the spirit of the collection.
CMDC’s Fulbright Scholar Gave Research Presentation about E-Lit
Yesterday, the CMDC’s Fulbright Scholar, Ula Pawlicka, gave her formal research presentation to the CMDC community. A video of this presentation was prepared and uploaded to Vimeo by CMDC Alum Amalia Vacca. Since August 2014 Ula has been working in ELL researching the works referenced in her presentation. Her work will be an important contribution […]
Curating “New Text” Exhibit at ISEA 2015
I have been invited to curate an exhibit of electronic literature and media art for a special show at ISEA 2015 entitled “New Text.” Eleven artists or teams of artists have been selected for this exhibit including Astrovandalistas, Silvio Lorusso and Sebastien Schmieg, Simon Groth, Jody Zellen, John Cayley and Daniel Howe, Chris Rodley and Andrew […]
Great Acknowledgement of ELL’s Value
Here is the post by scholar James O’Sullivan, who visited WSUV and ELL last month.
Digital Media Scholar James O’Sullivan Visits ELL
Scholars dream of other scholars finding their life’s work interesting, valuable, or relevant. Most of us toil away at research for years hoping that what we do may benefit others in some way. It is always heartening to give a paper at a conference and notice that the room is full, or to check the analytics […]
James O’Sullivan and Jeneen Naji Will Visit ELL
We are very excited to have our DH colleagues, James O’Sullivan and Jeneen Naji, visit in November. James arrives on November 5th to work with me on the proposal for our book on electronic literature. We are holding a formal reception for James on Thursday at 5 p.m. in ELL. Jeneen visits from November 12-15 […]
Preparing for Visitors of the 25th Anniversary Celebration
ELL was one of a handful of labs open on Saturday, September 6, for WSUV’s 25th Anniversary Celebration. We showed many of the works of electronic literature featured in Pathfinders, like Victory Garden and Uncle Roger, as well as other others we thought the public would enjoy. Among the favorites were Talan Memmott’s Lexia to […]