Traversal of Sarah Smith’s King of Space
Friday, 9/29, 2017 12 Noon-2 p.m. PDT Live on YouTube and F2F in Electronic Literature Lab, WSUV Campus, VMMC 211A #elitpathfinders Experience a performance––what Stuart Moulthrop and I call a “Traversal”––of the first science fiction hypertext narrative: Sarah Smith’s King of Space (Eastgate Systems, Inc., 1991). This is a live performance streamed on YouTube and also […]
Curatorial Statement for “Beyond GRAMMATRON: 20 Years into the Future”
First, some background . . . This curatorial statement explains the conceptual framework that grounds the exhibit, “Beyond GRAMMATRON: 20 Years into the Future” curated on September 15, 2017 at the British Computer Society, London, England. Sponsors include the Computer Arts Society, Electronic Literature Organization, British Computer Society, Ravensbourne College, UC Boulder, and Washington State University. […]
An Argument for Studying Past Platforms
I’m reading Barbara Tuchman’s Notes from China (Random House 2017) from her years studying in Asia in 1935 and again in 1972. In her introduction she makes a comment that strikes me as applicable to the work that many of us do in media archaeology labs. She says, “I like to suggest that if a historian […]
That Darn USB Format
I had a very simple problem to solve: How can works of e-lit published on USB sticks be stored with other works produced on floppies, diskettes, and CD-ROMs without the sticks getting lost on the shelf? ––I mean, I had already lost a copy of Jackson’s Patchwork Girl purchased when it was first released and […]
ELL History
ELL History The idea of developing a lab for scholars to experience electronic literature on computers for which works were originally produced was born out of my own collection of computers and works begun at my home in the mid-1990s. I expanded the idea with the exhibit, entitled “Early Authors of Electronic Literature: The Eastgate […]
From the MoMA Library
In September 2016 I posted on the Pathfinders blog about my visit to the library at the Museum of Modern Art where works of Judy Malloy are archived. My research uncovered some interesting information about Uncle Roger 3.1, a version I had not yet had the opportunity to see firsthand. I also was able to see […]
Polish Scholar to Speak about the European ZX Spectrum 8-Bit Personal Computer
Piotr Marecki, Ph.D., from Jagiellonian University and the UBU Lab in Kraków, Poland, will speak on the popular 8-bit computer released in 1982 in the UK, the ZX Spectrum. The title of his talk, “The ZX Spectrum Demoscene as Organized Anarchy,” argues that the ZX Spectrum platform is unique as compared to other 8-bit machines and can […]
2017-2018 Research Affiliates
We are pleased to announce ELL’s 2017-2018 Research Affiliates: John Barber, Associate Clinical Professor, Creative Media & Digital Culture, WSUV Philippe Brand, Assistant Professor of French, Lewis & Clark College Ted Fordyce, Adjunct Instructor, Creative Media & Digital Culture, WSUV Brenda Grell, Instructor, Creative Media & Digital Culture, WSUV Davin Heckman, Associate Professor of Mass Communication, Winona […]
Born Digital Preservation Series
We are pleased to announce events and activities planned for the Electronic Literature Lab in the 2017-2018 academic year: 1. Wikipedia-Edit-A-Thon Friday, October 20, 2017, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. A one-day event aimed at developing entries for e-lit authors and works in Wikipedia. 10 people limit. Lunch will be served. 2. Early E-Lit Traversals A monthly Reader […]
Introducing New Staff
Thanks to funding from the Louis E. and Stella G. Buchanan Distinguished Professorship and other outside support, I will be adding new staff positions to ELL starting this fall. Joining me will be Vanessa Rhodes and Mariah Gwinn, both students in the CMDC Program. Vanessa, who plans to pursue an advanced degree in library science, will be […]