read:
- DTC 101 Textbook: 04 Hypertext & Hypermedia
- Vannevar Bush – As We May Think, 1945 (skim)
- Ted Nelson – Computer Lib/ Dream Machines 1974 (skim, just pay attention to the style of the writing!)
- Program or Be Programmed: 3. Choice
Read at least two of the following digital works:
- My boyfriend came back from the war, by Olia Lialina
- CityFish, by J.R. Carpenter
- How to Rob a Bank, by Alan Bigelow
- With Those We Love Alive, by Porpentine
blog prompt:
Digital technology easily remediates the narrative arts of all other media (radio, movies, tv, fiction), but it also introduces new possibilities that may challenge our very notions of narrative – that a story needs a beginning, middle and end, for example. Which of the above digital texts engage you most and why? Discuss how we can approach new digital works that present stories in unfamiliar and challenging ways. What are your thoughts/experiences of how the digital, hyperlinks and the web are changing the art of storytelling.
video lecture:
no video talk…
zoom class:
Vannevar Bush – the Memex
Ted Nelson – style of writing
Xanadu
Tim Berners Lee – first web page
work with HTML
Hypertext and writing – the hyperlink connects nodes or lexia
Electronic Literature
Discuss works:
- My boyfriend came back from the war, by Olia Lialina
- CityFish, by J.R. Carpenter
- How to Rob a Bank, by Alan Bigelow
- With Those We Love Alive, by Porpentine
Program or Be Programmed – chapter 3. Choice
Mosaic Probes projects…