Introduction to Electronic Literature - User contributions [en]

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2017-11-30T05:40:42Z

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"blog"

2017-11-30T05:40:04Z

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During an interview for an article I was writing, my source off-handedly told me that he hiked the Appalachian Trail for five months, and along the way met some interesting people. Most notably, he met a man who called himself Machete Mitch, a frequent hiker on the trail, who many avid hikers mentioned in their online and social media documentation of their travels. I decided to research it myself, and found a truly ‘internet ugly aesthetic’ travel blog, digitally spiral-bound and all, written by Machete Mitch himself in defense of his reputation, which he claims has been defamed through various retellings of encounters with him on the trail in which fellow hikers accuse him of doing things he claims to have not done, such as committing crimes. How I stumbled upon this blog is strange, and an example of the post-digital network being performed. I am planning on producing a book that is framed with the article I will publish about the source that originally told me about Machete Mitch, and perform a post-digital network by aggregating a form of unhindered research of topics that intersect with the Appalachian Trail. Through this aggregation, I will bring in discussions of network ambivalence, and attempt to develop a narrative from various geographic and digital networks related to this geographic space.

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Platforms

2017-11-30T05:39:22Z

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I emailed Xanga to reactivate my old [["blog"]]. I believe I posted snippets of my exciting jr high school life on this account, so it will be hilarious and also embarrassing to look back on them. This might be a good place to start for my final project. I would like to incorporate my golden years somehow - hopefully, Xanga will be able to give me access. Apparently, I had "shutdown" my account quite some time ago! My posts must have been extremely embarrassing, even to myself, otherwise I am sure I would have kept it for fun.

World

2017-11-25T23:52:21Z

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The essay "Network Ambivalence" by Patrick Jagoda made me think about how meanings of certain words have been altered with the advent of the internet: network, share, post, etc. The discussion of networks existing outside of the internet, and furthermore as unstable structures which are "a ubiquitous form of out time, rather than an intrinsic property of the universe" was intriguing (109). The ambivalence of engaging in the network system as the opposite of disengagement, but almost an ultimate form of engagement by passively accepting one's position within network systems highlighted the pervasiveness of the post-digital age.

Present

2017-11-25T23:10:40Z

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I was interested to see one of the works on the CTRL [[ALT]] SYL had to do with fan fiction. There are two sides to fan fiction in my view; amazing extensions to the [[world]] of fantasy or, on the other side, smut. I'm curious to see where the class will go with this topic. I'm living out a fan fic right now actually. It's where I get to write as many words as I want on an assignment, so I don't have to spend any time trying to hit a word count. It's quite arousing actually.

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[https://www.zazzle.com/z/oacud?rf=238005223971449127]

Post-Digital Objects

2017-11-11T09:07:12Z

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Post-Digital Objects

2017-11-11T09:06:34Z

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E-Lit Wiki

2017-11-11T09:05:17Z

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[[File:Elit_web.png|200px|thumb|right|For further reading, refer to [http://www.lulu.com/shop/ucla-elit/e-lit-what-is-it-revised-expanded-ucla-edition-v201-10317-315-345pm/paperback/product-23358123.html]]][[What]] is [[see also: nothing?|not]] [[electronic]] literature today? Rather than introduce electronic literature or “e-lit” as a [[distinct]] literary [[category]], ELIT WIKI wonders if it’s still possible to consider literature [[beyond]] the electronic circuits that characterize the networked present. The [[creation]] and study of literature today is facilitated by a range of [[digital]] formats and networked [[consoles]], each of which introduce [[new]] [[practices]] of production, circulation, [[reception]], and [[reading]]. Alongside these [[transformations]], this wiki explores a range of new literary genres inhabiting, for example, [[computer]] scripts, image [[macros]], flash movies, social media, [[hypertext]] [[bandcamp]] [[releases]], [[interactive]] applications, and print on demand [[Analysis of Diana Hamilton's Dreams|books]]. Thinking through the present, ELIT WIKI examines the history and future of literature through the everyday experience of computers and electronic devices. From the history of digital poetics to recent [[internet publications]], we track the [[development]] of [[literature]] [[under the influence]] of [[computation]] up to works published in the [[present]], as they emerge online. In lockstep, this wiki considers the category of “electronic literature” as a way to [[think]] about historical works remediated to the internet, in a wide range of [[(post-)]]digital formats. The wiki features short pages in an open format, which may be [[critical]] or [[creative]] in form, [[developed]] in [[conversation]] with the editors. No previous experience in [[programming]], [[poetry]], or literature is [[required]] to read these pages.

== Inspiration ==

This wiki surveys the development and current state of electronic literature, from the popularity of hypertext fiction in the [[1980's]] to the present, focusing on a [[range]] of emergent genres. It also discusses the central critical [[issues]] raised by electronic literature, pointing out that there is significant overlap with the print tradition. At the same time, the essay argues that the practices, texts, procedures, and processual nature of electronic literature require new critical models and new ways of playing and [[interpreting]] the works. E-Lit WIki is not a systematic attempt to survey and summarize the [[fast]]-changing field of electronic literature, artists, [[designers]], writers, critics—instead, it imagines itself a [[playful]] [[engagement]] with the forms and platforms of the present. (See [http://eliterature.org/pad/elp.html Hayles, 2007])

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== See Also ==

[[Paragraphs on Conceptual Wiki Posts]]

[[Concept Twitter]]

[[Alt Syllabus]]

[[Poor Bootleg]]

[[Wreading E-Lit]]

[[E-Lit Reddit: WreadIt]]

[[Post-Digital Reading Library]]

[[Post-Digital Objects]]

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2017-11-06T05:56:38Z

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Digital media

2017-11-06T05:56:27Z

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"I cheated YouTube for five months and got caught."

The article discusses a YouTuber that eluded YouTube for months as he purchased artificial clicks and views from a black market site. The user, an employee of the website The Daily Dot, even went as far as contacting site administrators in a vain attempt to "turn himself in." Eventually the video got taken down once he monetized his earnings. This reminded me of all the bots that plague the digital world and how they get worse with time. I have only been using Instagram for less than a year, yet everyday I receive new "likes" and "follows" from obscenely gorgeous models that wouldn't touch me with a ten-foot pole. So a new problem arises. It's no longer a matter of what's real or what's fake; but rather who's real and who's fake. The dangers of fake information snaking through the internet have plagued our digital playground and thought bots have been around for quite some time (my earliest recollection was during the days of AOL Instant Messenger and Yahoo Messenger), bot presence has grown exponentially in social media. With Artificial Intelligence making daily strides in advancement how long will it be until bots can publish fake articles of their own? Or make fake YouTube videos of their own? Big corporations will hire top notch programmers and engineers to create new bots working around the clock to pump out new material, effectively killing the "little guy" and the true source of innovation! Is it only a matter of time before Professor Snelson is replaced by a bot to teach e-lit? Only time will tell.

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"Then, in September of 2014, Ulman revealed that, for the last five months, her social media accounts had been an extended performance project, which she named “Excellences & Perfections.” - Instagram Hoax That Became an Art World Sensation"

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2017-11-06T05:52:57Z

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New forms of literature

2017-11-06T05:52:44Z

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I still think of electronic literature as more of an art than as literature. And again, while I don't feel art and literature are mutually exclusive, I still tend to interpret forms of electronic literature as I would interpret art, instead of doing close readings of passages to find meaning as I do with conventional print literature. Bogost’s argument that “similar principles underlie both contemporary literary analysis and computation thus intrigued me. I must admit I zoned out when he started discussing game theory, as that was never my strong point in the past. As I continued to read part one, I simply became more and more confused, as the different system units scrambled together in my head and began to look like physics so much that my brain immediately dismissed the concept as one incapable of being understood by one such as myself. I skimmed through the rest of the passage with mild disinterest, and moved on to some of the actual games. I didn’t understand them either. I stayed on Nelson’s “nothing you have done deserves such praise” much longer than any of the other games, and only lasted about two minutes on Lialina’s “My Boyfriend Came Back From the War,” even though that one seemed to tell as much of a story as the first – if not more. The latter seemed like more of an interactive novel, but I am more accustomed to having all the words right in front of me when reading literature. This was also the reason I gave up on Nelson’s first game after the fourth chapter; the pace of the character and its journey was too slow for me. In this way, I suppose electronic literature in relation to print literature is the opposite of common perceptions of electronic devices and their usage in relation to more traditional means, as it is often said the Internet has shortened the attention span of our [[generation]] by handing information to us in massive, easily accessible quantities.

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"Videogames rely on a foundation in the industrial arts. " -Bogost

Creation

2017-11-06T05:40:59Z

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To create is to find.
And you have not found.
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To destroy is to find.
Destruction is founded.
when you take it apart and leave it.
to be found by a creator.

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The more you find.
The less created.
Then what is found.
It is unfounded in creation.

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You can create an error.
When you try to find.
When you destroy what's found.
You undo that [[error]].

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AH Courtesy of "Zombie Media" (CTRL_ALT_SYLL) and planned obsolescence.
==See also==

*[[creative]]

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2017-11-06T05:39:37Z

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Creation

2017-11-06T05:38:51Z

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Creation

2017-11-06T05:27:18Z

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Poor Bootleg

2017-11-02T22:54:11Z

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Collective NewHive Bootleg Experiment

Links:

NOT THE BEES[https://newhive.com/auxiliatrix/not-the-bees]

Beach Each[https://newhive.com/bellalee/beach-each]

POOR IMG [http://newhive.com/bleecka/2017_11_02]

ANXIETY [http://newhive.com/fajfnajk/poor-image]

DEFINITELY POOR [http://newhive.com/jchoi1/def-poor]

Shutter [https://newhive.com/ahh/poor-bootleg]

Cater to all audiences

2017-10-31T15:37:10Z

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It is paradoxical that electronic literature is inherently meant to cater to all audiences because of it's digital, and therefore universal, platform, but discussions of translation prove to undermine this notion as the moment the text is translated, it loses original intent. This points to experiential e-lit, and e-lit that is focused on images as opposed to text, becomes universal in a more true sense of the word because interfacing with a program or viewing an image does not need a literal translation. The 'zombie media' and 'artyping' articles from the CTRL_ALT_SYL made me think about art being intentionally created for current audiences, but does not often keep in mind audiences across time and space. I think there may be an interesting connection to forge between notions of translation and the supremacy of English in electronic literature and the notions of 'dead media.'

Playful

2017-10-31T15:31:34Z

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This past lecture (Thursday, October 19th) we spent some time at the end of class playing online games. I really enjoyed playing the different games, but playing various games helped me realize what elements I prefer a game to have. These include: [[fun music]], colorful visuals, and plenty of options to choose from. Fun music is important because it keeps the game entertaining, rather than making it feel boring or monotonous. Colorful visuals are equally important because they add intrigue and appeal to the game, which attracts people like myself. Lastly, I think it is important for a game to have various options to choose from because that way it can [[cater to all audiences]]. In other words, having options for people with different interests, as opposed to only a few options that are rather narrow-minded, enables all audiences to feel included and connected to the game. Therefore, when games had all of those three significant elements, I enjoyed the game a lot more (than when they lacked one or more of those qualities). For example, I was initially attracted to the Kesha game because I heard this game's music from the laptops of my classmates. Upon playing this game, I liked the layout as well as the music, but I felt that the content (the different questions and selections) was a bit lacking and did not cater to many audiences. For this reason, I found the Kesha game [[fun]], but perhaps not one of my absolute favorites.

==See also==
*[[universal]]
*[[Room]]

Alt Syllabus

2017-10-26T22:12:32Z

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'''ALT INTRO TO E-LIT SYLLABUS'''

UCLA 2017
ENGL 116B

Collectively compiled & appended to the "official" syllabus, 10.26.17.

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SB Sultan -
Critical Reading: Gaming the Literary: On Video Games and Literature[[http://www.nymgamer.com/?p=12515]]
Darkness - Chapter 1, Yedda Morrison [[http://littleredleaves.com/ebooks/darkness.pdf]]

LCS ~ Unit: The Role of Social Media in Preserving Poetry

'''Critical Readings:''' Digital Poets: Can Social Media Save Poetry (Natalie Zfat) [[https://iq.intel.com/digital-poets-can-social-media-save-poetry/]]; Hello 'Poetry' [[https://hellopoetry.com/words/socialmedia/]]

'''Creative Works:''' Top 10 Poetic Tweets (LW Lundquist) [[http://www.tweetspeakpoetry.com/2015/11/19/twitter-poems-top-10-poetic-tweets-4/]]; Instagram: @poemsporn_ [[https://www.instagram.com/poemsporn_/?hl=en]]

LR - Textualities and Interactive Fiction
Critical Readings : Nick Montfort "Riddle Machines: The History and Nature of Interactive Fiction" [[http://digitalhumanities.org/companion/view?docId=blackwell/9781405148641/9781405148641.xml&chunk.id=ss1-5-8&toc.id=0&brand=9781405148641_brand]]

Creative Works : Stevens & Montfort [[https://nickm.com/poems/]] Personal Fav: Field of Dreams

QG ~ Writing in Electronic Age

'''Critical Readings:''' The End of Books (Robert Coover) [[http://www.nytimes.com/books/98/09/27/specials/coover-end.html]]

'''Creative Works:''' Screen (Noah Wardrip-Fruin, Josh Carroll, Robert Coover, et. al.) [[http://collection.eliterature.org/2/works/wardrip-fruin_screen.html]]

a.k. – interactive fiction
'''Critical Readings:''' Toward a Theory of Interactive Fiction (Nick Monfort) [[http://nickm.com/if/toward.html]]

'''Creative Works:''' Photopia by Adam Cadre (1998) ( [[http://adamcadre.ac/if/photopia.html]]

.jk. – Consequences of Disappearing Electronic vs. Print Literature

'''Critical Readings:''' One + One = Zero – Vanishing Text in Electronic Literature (Marjorie C. Luesebrink) [[https://conference.eliterature.org/sites/default/files/papers/OnePlusOneEqualsZero_0.docx]]
Vanishing Letters in Text-based Digital Installations (Janez Strehovec) [[http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/6811/5892]]

'''Creative Work:''' Share a secret – One Time [[https://onetimesecret.com/]]

I.B. - Interactive Fiction

'''Critical Work:''' Hyperrhiz: New Media Cultures (JENNIFER S. ROUDABUSH) [[http://hyperrhiz.io/hyperrhiz10/special-feature-e-lit-reviews/electronic-literature-showcase-at-the-library-of-congress.html]]

'''Creative Works:''' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams and Steve Meretzky) [[http://textadventures.co.uk/games/view/3cbedqimquselmanehhzxg/the-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy]] [[http://elit.umwblogs.org/2017/02/10/choose-your-own-youtube-adventure/]]

TC- Fan Fiction
'''Critical Readings:''' Fan fiction, fandoms, and literature: or, why it’s time to pay attention to fan fiction (Christina Yatrakis) [[http://via.library.depaul.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1147&context=etd]]

'''Creative Work:''' HEATHENS (--LJ--) [[https://www.asianfanfics.com/story/view/1156476/heathens-markjin]]

JR - Remediation
"Critical Reading:" Emoji Portrait Art [[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/26/style/emoji-portraits-yung-jake.html]]
"Creative Work" Emoji Ink [[http://emoji.ink]]

SG - Serial Narrative through Social Media
'''Critical Reading''': Seriality and Storytelling in Social Media (Ruth Page) [https://muse.jhu.edu/article/507669/pdf]

'''Creative Works''': Black Box (Jennifer Egan) [https://storify.com/cbcbooks/jennifer-egan-s-black-box] (Tweet Collection), [http://stuyww.weebly.com/uploads/1/4/0/6/14065772/black_box_--_jennifer_egan.pdf] (PDF Format)
Dear David (Adam Ellis) [https://storify.com/moby_dickhead/dear-david] (Tweet Collection), [https://twitter.com/moby_dickhead?lang=en] (Actual Twitter Account)

RT - Twitter Fiction

'''Critical Readings:''' The Great American Twitter Novel (Ian Crouch) [https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/great-american-twitter-novel]
Twitter Fiction: Social Networking and Microfiction in 140 Characters (Carla Raguseo) [http://www.tesl-ej.org/wordpress/issues/volume13/ej52/ej52int/?iframe=true&width=80%&height=80%]
Neil Gaiman sets Twitter ablaze with fan collaboration (Laura Blackwell) [https://www.pcworld.com/article/2030776/neil-gaiman-sets-twitter-ablaze-with-fan-collaboration.html]
Neil Gaiman + Twitter = Interactive Storytelling (Barb Dybwab) [http://mashable.com/2009/10/13/neil-gaiman-twitter-audiobook/#sf42aDR8bSqN]

'''Creative Works:''' THE RIGHT SORT from Sceptre Books on Twitter [https://twitter.com/SceptreBooks/timelines/488586138048004096]
Twitter fiction: 21 authors try their hand at 140-character novels [https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/oct/12/twitter-fiction-140-character-novels]
Hearts, Keys and Puppetry by Neil Gaiman and the Twitterverse [https://www.audible.com/pd/Sci-Fi-Fantasy/Hearts-Keys-and-Puppetry-Audiobook/B0037BODY8?ref_=a_search_c4_1_1_srTtl&qid=1508991209&sr=1-1]
13 Beautiful Pieces of Twitter Fiction Remind Us How Powerful Reading Can Be (Anne Charlton) [https://mic.com/articles/84883/13-beautiful-pieces-of-twitter-fiction-remind-us-how-powerful-reading-can-be#.BuprgLPLI]

BKS - Digital Academia

'''Critical Reading:''' Living in a Digital World: Rethinking Peer Review, Collaboration, and Open Access by Shiela Cavangh [http://journalofdigitalhumanities.org/1-4/living-in-a-digital-world-by-sheila-cavanagh/]

'''Creative Work''': The Knotted Line [http://knottedline.com/]

B.L. - The Transformation of ELit: Different Forms on Social Media

'''Critical Readings:''' Towards a History of Electronic Literature [http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2619&context=clcweb]
Digital poet Jason Nelson urges others to forge new frontiers in electronic literature [http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-02/digital-poet-urges-authors-to-turn-over-new-leaf/5182306]
Has Twitter given birth to a new literary genre? [https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2014/jan/10/twitter-birth-new-literary-genre]

'''Creative Work''': InstagramELiterature [https://instagrameliterature.wordpress.com/]
Real Human Praise [http://directory.eliterature.org/individual-work/4714]

H.A. - Tweet

""Critical Readings:"" A Literature Review On Twitter Data Analysis [http://www.ijcee.org/vol8/931-IT015.pdf]

""Creative Work"": Lonely Tweets :'( [https://lonelytweets.com/]

LM - Snapchat

'''Critical Readings:''' The Oral Paradigm and Snapchat (Oren Soffer) [http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/2056305116666306?rss=1]

'''Creative Works:''' Snap Art (Dasha Battelle) [http://dbatsnap.com/]

HA - Typography/Fonts

'''Critical Readings:''' “Type:Rider” Is The Ultimate Video Game About Typography [https://www.fastcodesign.com/3019584/typerider-is-the-ultimate-video-game-about-typography]

'''Creative Works:''' Type Rider | Part 1 | Let's Play Gameplay Walkthrough Playthrough [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVGK31j9ino]

BL-S - Vaporwave

'''Critical Readings:''' Do You Want Vaporwave, or Do You Want the Truth? [http://capaciousjournal.com/issue/capacious_vol-1_no-1_2017.pdf#page=70]

'''Creative Works:''' ff015 - t e l e p a t h テレパシー能力者 and Silver Richards - 夜遊び tape by freak friendly diy [https://freakfriendlydiy.bandcamp.com/album/ff015-t-e-l-e-p-a-t-h-and-silver-richards-tape]

RS- Materiality

'''Critical Readings:''' The Aesthetics of Materiality in Electronic Literature (Serge Bouchardon) [http://www.utc.fr/~bouchard/articles/Bouchardon-Bergen-materiality-2008.pdf]

'''Creative Works:''' Richard With Hair Doing Things (Richard MacDougall) [https://www.instagram.com/richardwithhairdoingthings/]

J.C. - Hypertext Fiction

'''Critical Readings:''' Reading Hypertext and the Experience of Literature (David S. Miall and Teresa Dobson) [https://journals.tdl.org/jodi/index.php/jodi/article/view/35/37]

'''Creative Works:''' 24 Hours (Philippa J Burne) [http://www.glasswings.com.au/GlassWings/modern/24hours/]
My Body - a Wunderkammer (Shelley Jackson) [http://collection.eliterature.org/1/works/jackson__my_body_a_wunderkammer.html]
Shade (Andrew Plotkin) [http://www.eblong.com/zarf/zweb/shade/]

DK - Interfaces

'''Critical Readings:''' "Race In/For Cyberspace: Identity Tourism and Racial Passing on the Internet" Lisa Nakamura [https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/3531/da9329d2b7158bd697e1aa8ef073f78de6fb.pdf]

'''Creative Works:''' Between Page and Screen by Amarunth Borsuk [http://www.betweenpageandscreen.com]
Bad Nudes [http://badnudes.com]
Laurel Halo and Hatsune Miku [http://www.aft3r.us/still-be-here/]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aap4eLlt2WI]
Solitude by Martine Syms [https://www.canopycanopycanopy.com/contents/solitude/#title-page]
Dissolution of the Sovereign… by Elysia Crampton [https://soundcloud.com/eande/dissolution-of-the-sovereign-a-time-slide-or-a-non-abled-offenders-exercise-in-jurisprudence]
Glass press [http://www.glasspressofthefuture.com/about]

KU- Instagram
'''Critical Readings:''' What is Instagram and Why is it so Popular [https://ischool.syr.edu/infospace/2011/12/15/what-is-instagram-and-why-is-it-so-popular/]
Instagram Influences Creative Work [https://www.warc.com/NewsAndOpinion/News/35288?]
'''Creative Works:''' Instagram-Creative Workshop [https://www.instagram.com/creative_work_shop/] The 20 Most Creative Instagram Pages [http://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/the-20-most-creative-instagram-accounts-that-will-inspire-you.html]

CC

Spirit Surfing, Kevin Bewersdorf [http://veryinteractive.net/content/4-library/1-spirit-surfing/bewersdorf-spiritsurfing.pdf]
Screen. Image. Text., Orit Gat [http://rhizome.org/editorial/2012/may/16/screen-image-text/]
Jodi's Infrastructure, Alexander R. Galloway [http://www.e-flux.com/journal/74/59810/jodi-s-infrastructure/]

Live Simulations, Ian Cheng [http://iancheng.com/#simulations]
When all my friends are on at once [http://allmyfriendsatonce.com/]
Tripod Zoo by my dear friend Gabe Pine! [http://gabepine.com/]

J.K. -Interactive Fiction

Creative: "Choose Your Own Youtube Adventure!" [[http://elit.umwblogs.org/2014/02/01/on-visual-novels-one-in-particular/]]
Critical: "On Visual Novels, One in Particular" [[http://elit.umwblogs.org/2017/02/10/choose-your-own-youtube-adventure/]]

SK - Commenting on Comments

'''Critical''': Why Are YouTube Comments the Worst on the Internet [[https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/internet/2016/10/why-are-youtube-comments-worst-internet]]
'''Creative''': Rooster_86 [[https://www.reddit.com/r/HighQualityGifs/comments/77d9ou/the_predictable_threads_are_driving_me_insane/#bottom-comments]]
We Didn't Start the Flame War [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QyYaPWasos]]
LY- GIFS
'''Critical Readings:''' Fast, Cheap, and Good: Why Animated GIFs Engage Us [http://delivery.acm.org/10.1145/2860000/2858532/p575-bakhshi.pdf?ip=131.179.61.143&id=2858532&acc=ACTIVE%20SERVICE&key=CA367851C7E3CE77%2E79535EF926D6BC05%2E4D4702B0C3E38B35%2E4D4702B0C3E38B35&CFID=999019442&CFTOKEN=72613616&__acm__=1509047554_4015bb14b1cc2a3313309d563bcf7be5]
How GIF Won the Internet [http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170825-how-the-gif-won-the-internet]
'''Creative Works:''' The Story of Gif [http://thestoryofgif.com/]
Being An English Major as told by 'The Office' [https://www.theodysseyonline.com/english-major-told-office-gifs]
Classical Art as Gifs [https://www.boredpanda.com/classic-painting-gifs-kiszkiloszki/]
j.l. – interactive fiction
'''Critical Readings:''' Electronic Literature its Emerging Forms (by Dr. Dene Grigar) [[http://dtc-wsuv.org/elit/elit-loc/denes-curatorial-statement]]

'''Creative Works:''' r/nosleep ( [[https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/78td1x/the_part_of_the_deep_web_that_we_arent_supposed/]]

SS - Critiques of The Internet via the Internet (or, Supreme Hypocrisy)

'''Critical Readings''': A conceptual and methodological critique of internet addiction research: Towards a model of compensatory internet use
[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563213004093], On the Democratizing and De-Democratizing Logics of the Internet, or, toward a Critique of the New
Technological Fetishism [http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/026327640201900110]

'''Creative Readings''': Screen-Free Parenting Facebook Group [https://www.facebook.com/screenfreeparenting/], "Pure Living for Life" Off-the-Grid YouTube personality/info
channel [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChhBsM9K_Bc9a_YTK7UUlnQ/videos], Digital Detox Twitter page [https://twitter.com/_DigitalDetox], Camp Grounded: where adults go to
unplug [http://campgrounded.org/]

H.H. - Interactive fiction
'''Critical Readings:'''Reading from paper versus screens: a critical review of the empirical literature (by Andrew Dillon) [[https://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~adillon/Journals/Reading.htm]]

'''Creative Readings:'''Twine Emoji game [[http://rilarhiv.ru/online/emoji_game/o_O.html]]

AH - Translating Electronic Literature
'''Critical Readings:''' Translating Electronic Literature [[https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/textodigital/article/view/.../0]]

'''Creative Work:''' Amore de Clarice [[http://www.elevenkosmos.net/tallerFlash/amor2/]]

Conversation

2017-10-24T21:08:01Z

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In his essay “Digital Poetry: A Look at Generative, Visual, and Interconnected Possibilities in its First Four Decades," Christopher Funkhouser argues that "Digital poetry is not a fixed object; its circuitry perpetuates a '''conversation'''." He goes on to explain that, "Poetry is a socially constructed art form, always situated within other texts (not limited only to poems) and extended by readers. [[Meaning]] and significance are not completely dependent on the verbal material itself; they are formed in the mind of the reader, who synthesizes various tiers of influence (inputs) and, potentially, extends them (outputs)." Still, Funkhouser's description begs the question: a conversation with whom? Funkhouser’s analysis supports the idea that poetry creates a personal, subjective experience; electronic poetry is particularly so, with interactive components encouraging an intimate relationship between the reader and the content. With electronic literature so oriented around the individual reader, however, I wonder if there’s a point at which the art becomes too insular. Conversation and dialogue require outward engagement. Although Funkhouser contends that electronic poetry achieves collaboration by “building a widely conceived philosophy of text,” it’s unclear how this actually establishes an interaction with others, rather than creating a disjointed amalgamation of singular, detached viewpoints.

Representation is utterly important and the fact that digital poetry allows for greater representation is one of its strongest features, in my opinion. Still, representation is empowered by intercommunication when it comes to [[addressing]] social concerns. I loved the Young Hae Chang piece that was shown in class for this very reason. Because the kinetic form emphasized different perspectives and forced the audience to confront multiple viewpoints, it encouraged greater understanding and contemplation. Even though there is beauty in the responsive freedom that digital poetry affords the individual, it’s also interesting to consider how such a form might also have the capacity to initiate purposeful conversations amongst its greater audience.

==See also==
*[[reception]]
*[[poetry]]

Conversation

2017-10-24T21:07:11Z

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Future

2017-10-21T22:10:59Z

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Development

2017-10-21T21:06:20Z

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Exploration of the Library of Babel and its vast amounts of gibberish solidified my interpretation of N. Katherine Hayle's introduction to "A Context for Electronic Literature." The scenario's Brother Paul was outraged at the spread of print literature because the value of writing would be compromised and any common person could create "commonplace scribbling." At first glance this seemed rather elitist, and my initial response upon completion of the passage was to think of all the amazing works of literature that have come from the common man. I immediately dismissed Brother Paul's outrage, but upon browsing the Library of Babel I began to see his point. If we just let any [[random work]] created on the internet be deemed literature, might not the quality of literature as we know it be lowered just as Brother Paul feared. It was only after reading lines of gibberish from the Library of Babel that I felt Brother Paul's fears regarding the development and [[progression]] of literature, whether in written, print, or electronic forms. However, Hayle's story was also what prevented me from dismissing the Library of Babel altogether. While it is true that mounds of gibberish can be created from allowing programs to create "literature," it is also highly possible for works just as, if not more, amazing that [[current]] works to stem from electronic literature as well. Such was the case for print literature; thus, I have great expectations for the [[future]] and development of e-lit.

How accustomed I am to reading

2017-10-17T06:04:07Z

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Ciento: 100 100-Word Love Poems
by Lorna Dee Cervantes

100 Words To A Pixellated & Pixilated You

If 100 words is all
it takes to write me
back to you, I say,
bring on the fractures, new
fissures, the tiny breaks in
the heart, all the on
and off in the mathematics
of we two--wee bits
of light catching the fold.
I say, say it simple,
keep it close to chest.
One switch puts it all
in play--this television drama
splicing us together or apart.
I say, this spring season
watch all the episodes with
me. Dance across the screen.
Let me knead you to
your final conclusion. Let's laugh,
a fractal imagining, and love.

If 10x10 expressions is all
it takes to inscribe myself,
return to you, I say,
carry forth the rupture, unfamiliar
cracks, infinitesimal schisms in
my nature, total dis-
continuity between our patterns
and figures--minuscule slivers
of luminosity taking the bend.
Declaring, disclose candidly,
retain it near the reliquary.
Single reversal sets it
in motion-- this small screen tragedy
grafting us, intertwined or separate.
Declaring, during this renewal,
absorb all installments together.
Sway beyond the veil.
Allow me to mold you to
your eventual outcome. Allow us to howl,
a curved vision, and devotion.

Reading

2017-10-17T05:41:35Z

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It is quite strange how we develop different styles of reading. You can read fast, slow, word by word, or all at once. You can read and analyze, or just let the words flow right out of your brain. From young on we learn our own specific style of reading. True, it may change as we grow up and dive into more subjects and different forms of writing, but our general style is somehow embedded in us...or at least this was the recent thought that came to me while reading, "The Library of Babel." From the beginning of the story, I read it with the intent of analyzing the words and making connections to other topics. This intent was amplified when I read, "The universe (which others call the Library)..." Of course! The universe is represented by the Library, and therefore the hexagonal galleries must be different dimensions, or planets, or places in the universe, and so, the different books that are uniquely their own and all made up of the same elements must be human beings, and that must mean the Man of the Book must be God, or Jesus...and I realized I was completely wrong and read what I wanted to see or hear (I mean it's both right?). I realized just [[how accustomed I am to reading]] literature in books, and how basic my mind really is. I didn't think to believe that the Library could be a real place, that a place could have all the books and could tell your past, present, and future...or maybe I didn't [[want]] to. It's unnerving to think all the information of the universe could be in some place where, if anyone found it, they'd have all the knowledge equivalent of God. But in reality, the Internet is becoming the Library. With so much information from all around the world, who knows what it'll know in the future. Who knows what we'll know in the future. Maybe we'll become like the librarians-in continuous search for answers and [[meaning]]...or maybe we'll wither away before that happens, [[if we're only lucky]].

Concept Twitter

2017-10-11T03:23:28Z

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@elitconcept | AH | https://twitter.com/elitconcept

Concept Twitter

2017-10-11T03:22:57Z

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E-Lit Wiki

2017-10-11T03:22:26Z

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What is [[see also: nothing?|not]] electronic literature today? Rather than introduce electronic literature or “e-lit” as a [[distinct]] literary [[category]], ELIT WIKI wonders if it’s still possible to consider literature [[beyond]] the electronic circuits that characterize the networked present. The [[creation]] and study of literature today is facilitated by a range of [[digital]] formats and networked [[consoles]], each of which introduce [[new]] [[practices]] of production, circulation, [[reception]], and [[reading]]. Alongside these [[transformations]], this wiki explores a range of new literary genres inhabiting, for example, [[computer]] scripts, image [[macros]], flash movies, social media, [[hypertext]] [[bandcamp]] [[releases]], [[interactive]] applications, and print on demand [[Analysis of Diana Hamilton's Dream]]. Thinking through the present, ELIT WIKI examines the history and future of literature through the everyday experience of computers and electronic devices. From the history of digital poetics to recent internet publications, we track the [[development]] of [[literature]] [[under the influence]] of computation up to works published in the present, as they emerge online. In lockstep, this wiki considers the category of “electronic literature” as a way to [[think]] about historical works remediated to the internet, in a wide range of [[(post-)]]digital formats. The wiki features short pages in an open format, which may be critical or [[creative]] in form, [[developed]] in [[conversation]] with the editors. No previous experience in [[programming]], [[poetry]], or literature is [[required]] to read these pages.

[[Paragraphs on Conceptual Wiki Posts]]

[[Concept Twitter]]

Conceptual Twitter

2017-10-11T03:20:54Z

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E-Lit Wiki

2017-10-11T03:19:30Z

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Think

2017-10-10T06:12:52Z

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Lewitt, it seems like your paragraphs are less of a definition than they are an attempt at creating more concept art. If the “idea or concept is the most important part of the work,” relying on established decisions combined with whimsical execution, how can it be “involved with all types of mental processes” and still be “purposeless?” Doesn’t everything have a purpose? A professor recently told me that all art is propaganda in some way. Even in these exploratory paragraphs the goal is that we as readers should be accepting the definitionless definition of concept art. “Most ideas that are successful are ludicrously simple,” and yet concept art seems to be wrapped up in a series of highly methodical decisions intentionally made to appear complex and haphazard. You brought up a good point: “different people will understand the same thing in a different way,” and once it is out of our hands our work can be interpreted/critiqued/manipulated in any way. But this brings us back to the question of agency- am I empowered as the viewer to find meaning in something, or is the artist who spent so long on the development of an idea and method that is secretly intentional but outwardly haphazard actually disengaged from his or her own idea? Are we stuck in a cycle of conceptual art consumption and production that reduces the system to a capitalist exchange?

E-Lit Wiki

2017-10-10T05:52:22Z

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Paragraphs on Conceptual Wiki Posts

2017-10-10T05:51:27Z

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<nowiki>My inner-monologue has written me that she is in favor of avoiding “creating a cliche ‘paragraphs on wiki posts’ for this week’s reading response”. This should be bad news to both readers and wiki posts. With this assurance I hope to justify her disdain. To use a baseball metaphor (one writer wanted to hit the ball out of the park, another to stay loose at the plate and hit the ball where it was pitched), I am grateful for the opportunity to strike out for myself.</nowiki>

<nowiki>I will refer to the kind of wiki posts in which I am involved as conceptual wiki posts. In conceptual wiki posts the idea or concept is the most important aspect of the work. When an writer uses a conceptual form of wiki posts, it means that all of the planning and decisions are made beforehand and the execution is a perfunctory affair. The idea becomes a machine that makes the wiki posts. This kind of wiki posts is not theoretical or illustrative of theories; it is intuitive, it is involved with all types of mental processes and it is purposeless. It is usually free from the dependence on the skill of the writer as a craftsman. It is the objective of the writer who is concerned with conceptual wiki posts to make her work mentally interesting to the spectator, and therefore usually she would want it to become emotionally dry. There is no reason to suppose, however, that the conceptual writer is out to bore the viewer. It is only the expectation of an emotional kick, to which one conditioned to expressionist wiki posts are accustomed, that would deter the viewer from perceiving this wiki posts.</nowiki>

<nowiki>Conceptual wiki posts is not necessarily logical. The logic of a piece or series of pieces is a device that is used at times, only to be ruined. Logic may be used to camouflage the real intent of the writer, to lull the viewer into the belief that she understands the work, or to infer a paradoxical situation (such as logic vs. illogic). Some ideas are logical in conception and illogical perceptually. The ideas need not be complex. Most ideas that are successful are ludicrously simple. Successful ideas generally have the appearance of simplicity because they seem inevitable. In terms of ideas the writer is free even to surprise himself. Ideas are discovered by intuition. What the work of wiki posts looks like isn’t too important. It has to look like something if it has physical form. No matter what form it may finally have it must begin with an idea. It is the process of conception and realization with which the writer is concerned. Once given physical reality by the writer the work is open to the perception of al, including the writer. (I use the word perception to mean the apprehension of the sense data, the objective understanding of the idea, and simultaneously a subjective interpretation of both). The work of wiki posts can be perceived only after it is completed.</nowiki>

<nowiki> Wiki posts that are meant for the sensation of the eye primarily would be called perceptual rather than conceptual. This would include most optical, kinetic, light, and color wiki posts.</nowiki>

<nowiki>Since the function of conception and perception are contradictory (one pre-, the other post fact) the writer would mitigate her idea by applying subjective judgment to it. If the writer wishes to explore his idea thoroughly, then arbitrary or chance decisions would be kept to a minimum, while caprice, taste and others whimsies would be eliminated from the making of the wiki posts. The work does not necessarily have to be rejected if it does not look well. Sometimes what is initially thought to be awkward will eventually be visually pleasing. </nowiki>

<nowiki>To work with a plan that is preset is one way of avoiding subjectivity. It also obviates the necessity of designing each work in turn. The plan would design the work. Some plans would require millions of variations, and some a limited number, but both are finite. Other plans imply infinity. In each case, however, the writer would select the basic form and rules that would govern the solution of the problem. After that the fewer decisions made in the course of completing the work, the better. This eliminates the arbitrary, the capricious, and the subjective as much as possible. This is the reason for using this method.</nowiki>

<nowiki>When an writer uses a multiple modular method she usually chooses a simple and readily available form. The form itself is of very limited importance; it becomes the grammar for the total work. In fact, it is best that the basic unit be deliberately uninteresting so that it may more easily become an intrinsic part of the entire work. Using complex basic forms only disrupts the unity of the whole. Using a simple form repeatedly narrows the field of the work and concentrates the intensity to the arrangement of the form. This arrangement becomes the end while the form becomes the means. </nowiki>

<nowiki>Conceptual wiki posts doesn’t really have much to do with mathematics, philosophy, or nay other mental discipline. The mathematics used by most writers is simple arithmetic or simple number systems. The philosophy of the work is implicit in the work and it is not an illustration of any system of philosophy. </nowiki>

<nowiki>It doesn’t really matter if the viewer understands the concepts of the writer by seeing the wiki posts. Once it is out of her hand the writer has no control over the way a viewer will perceive the work. Different people will understand the same thing in a different way.</nowiki>

<nowiki> Recently there has been much written about minimal wiki posts, but I have not discovered anyone who admits to doing this kind of thing. There are other wiki posts forms around called primary structures, reductive, ejective, cool, and mini-wiki posts. No writer I know will own up to any of these either. Therefore I conclude that it is part of a secret language that wiki posts critics use when communicating with each other through the medium of wiki posts wikipedias. Mini-wiki posts is best because it reminds one of miniskirts and long-legged girls. It must refer to very small works of wiki posts. This is a very good idea. Perhaps “mini-wiki posts” shows could be sent around the country in matchboxes. Or maybe the mini-writer is a very small person; say less than five feet tall. If so, much good work will be found in the primary schools (primary school primary structures). </nowiki>

<nowiki> If the writer carries through her idea and makes it into visible form, then all the steps in the process are of importance. The idea itself, even if not made visual, is as much a work of wiki posts as any finished product. All intervening steps – sketches, drafts, failed works, google docs, spell check, find and replace– are of interest. Those that show the thought process of the writer are sometimes more interesting than the final product. </nowiki>

<nowiki> Determining what length a piece should be is difficult. If the thing were made gigantic then the size alone would be impressive and the idea may be lost entirely. Again, if it is too small, it may become inconsequential. The font choice may have some bearing on the work and also the size of the font into which the post will be written. I think the piece must be long enough to give the viewer whatever information she needs to understand the work and placed in such a way that will facilitate this understanding. (Unless the idea is of impediment and requires difficulty of vision or access). </nowiki>

<nowiki> The webpage can be thought of as the flat area occupied by an infinite, abstract amount of volume. Any volume would occupy space. It is air and cannot be seen. It is the interval between things that can be measured. The intervals and measurements can be important to a work of wiki posts. If certain distances are important they will be made obvious in the piece. If space is relatively unimportant it can be regularized and made equal (things placed equal distances apart) to mitigate any interest in interval. Regular space might also become a metric time element, a kind of regular beat or pulse. When the interval is kept regular whatever is irregular gains more importance.</nowiki>

<nowiki> Mainstream wikipedia and forms of “purposeful” wiki posts are of completely opposite natures. The former is concerned with making posts with a specific function. Mainstream wikipedia, whether it is a work of wiki posts or not, must be utilitarian or else fail completely. Wiki posts are not utilitarian. When “purposeful” wiki posts start to take on some of the characteristics, such as forming utilitarian areas, it weakens its function as wiki posts. </nowiki>

<nowiki> New materials are one of the great afflictions of contemporary wiki posts. Some writers confuse new materials with new ideas. There is nothing worse than seeing wiki posts that wallows in gaudy baubles. The electronic writing wiki landscape is littered with such failures. By and large most writers who are attracted to these materials are the ones who lack the stringency of mind that would enable them to use the materials well. It takes a good writer to use new materials and make them into a work of wiki posts. The danger is, I think, in making the physicality of the materials so important that it becomes the idea of the work (another kind of expressionism). </nowiki>

<nowiki> Three-dimensional wiki posts of any kind is a physical fact. The physicality is its most obvious and expressive content. Conceptual wiki posts is made to engage the mind of the viewer rather than her eye or emotions. The physicality of a three-dimensional object then becomes a contradiction to its non-emotive intent. Color, surface, texture, and shape only emphasize the physical aspects of the work. Anything that calls attention to and interests the viewer in this physicality is a deterrent to our understanding of the idea and is used as an expressive device. The conceptual writer would want to ameliorate this emphasis on materiality as much as possible or to use it in a paradoxical way (to convert it into an idea). This kind of wiki posts, then, should be stated with the greatest economy of means. Any idea that is better stated in two dimensions should not be in three dimensions. Ideas may also be stated with numbers, photographs, or words or any way the writer chooses, the form being unimportant. </nowiki>

<nowiki> These paragraphs are not intended as categorical imperatives, but the ideas stated are as close as possible to my thinking at this time. These ideas are the result of my work as an writer and are subject to change as my experience changes. I have tried to state them with as much clarity as possible. If the statements I make are unclear it may mean the thinking is unclear. Even while writing these ideas there seemed to be obvious inconsistencies (which I have tried to correct, but others will probably slip by). I do not advocate a conceptual form of wiki posts for all writers. I have found that it has worked well for me while other ways have not. It is one way of making wiki posts; other ways suit other writers. Nor do I think all conceptual wiki posts merits the viewer’s attention. Conceptual wiki posts are good only when the idea is good. </nowiki>

Paragraphs on Conceptual Wiki Posts

2017-10-10T05:50:33Z

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<nowiki>My inner-monologue has written me that she is in favor of avoiding “creating a cliche ‘paragraphs on wiki posts’ for this week’s reading response”. This should be bad news to both readers and wiki posts. With this assurance I hope to justify her disdain. To use a baseball metaphor (one writer wanted to hit the ball out of the park, another to stay loose at the plate and hit the ball where it was pitched), I am grateful for the opportunity to strike out for myself.</nowiki>

<nowiki>I will refer to the kind of wiki posts in which I am involved as conceptual wiki posts. In conceptual wiki posts the idea or [[concept]] is the most important aspect of the work. When an writer uses a conceptual form of wiki posts, it means that all of the planning and decisions are made beforehand and the execution is a perfunctory affair. The idea becomes a machine that makes the wiki posts. This kind of wiki posts is not theoretical or illustrative of theories; it is intuitive, it is involved with all types of mental processes and it is purposeless. It is usually free from the dependence on the skill of the writer as a craftsman. It is the objective of the writer who is concerned with conceptual wiki posts to make her work mentally interesting to the spectator, and therefore usually she would want it to become emotionally dry. There is no reason to suppose, however, that the conceptual writer is out to bore the viewer. It is only the expectation of an emotional kick, to which one conditioned to expressionist wiki posts are accustomed, that would deter the viewer from perceiving this wiki posts.</nowiki>

<nowiki>Conceptual wiki posts is not necessarily logical. The logic of a piece or series of pieces is a device that is used at times, only to be ruined. Logic may be used to camouflage the real intent of the writer, to lull the viewer into the belief that she understands the work, or to infer a paradoxical situation (such as logic vs. illogic). Some ideas are logical in conception and illogical perceptually. The ideas need not be complex. Most ideas that are successful are ludicrously simple. Successful ideas generally have the appearance of simplicity because they seem inevitable. In terms of ideas the writer is free even to surprise himself. Ideas are discovered by intuition. What the work of wiki posts looks like isn’t too important. It has to look like something if it has physical form. No matter what form it may finally have it must begin with an idea. It is the process of conception and realization with which the writer is concerned. Once given physical reality by the writer the work is open to the perception of al, including the writer. (I use the word perception to mean the apprehension of the sense data, the objective understanding of the idea, and simultaneously a subjective interpretation of both). The work of wiki posts can be perceived only after it is completed.</nowiki>

<nowiki> Wiki posts that are meant for the sensation of the eye primarily would be called perceptual rather than conceptual. This would include most optical, kinetic, light, and color wiki posts.</nowiki>

<nowiki>Since the function of conception and perception are contradictory (one pre-, the other post fact) the writer would mitigate her idea by applying subjective judgment to it. If the writer wishes to explore his idea thoroughly, then arbitrary or chance decisions would be kept to a minimum, while caprice, taste and others whimsies would be eliminated from the making of the wiki posts. The work does not necessarily have to be rejected if it does not look well. Sometimes what is initially thought to be awkward will eventually be visually pleasing. </nowiki>

<nowiki>To work with a plan that is preset is one way of avoiding subjectivity. It also obviates the necessity of designing each work in turn. The plan would design the work. Some plans would require millions of variations, and some a limited number, but both are finite. Other plans imply infinity. In each case, however, the writer would select the basic form and rules that would govern the solution of the problem. After that the fewer decisions made in the course of completing the work, the better. This eliminates the arbitrary, the capricious, and the subjective as much as possible. This is the reason for using this method.</nowiki>

<nowiki>When an writer uses a multiple modular method she usually chooses a simple and readily available form. The form itself is of very limited importance; it becomes the grammar for the total work. In fact, it is best that the basic unit be deliberately uninteresting so that it may more easily become an intrinsic part of the entire work. Using complex basic forms only disrupts the unity of the whole. Using a simple form repeatedly narrows the field of the work and concentrates the intensity to the arrangement of the form. This arrangement becomes the end while the form becomes the means. </nowiki>

<nowiki>Conceptual wiki posts doesn’t really have much to do with mathematics, philosophy, or nay other mental discipline. The mathematics used by most writers is simple arithmetic or simple number systems. The philosophy of the work is implicit in the work and it is not an illustration of any system of philosophy. </nowiki>

<nowiki>It doesn’t really matter if the viewer understands the concepts of the writer by seeing the wiki posts. Once it is out of her hand the writer has no control over the way a viewer will perceive the work. Different people will understand the same thing in a different way.</nowiki>

<nowiki> Recently there has been much written about minimal wiki posts, but I have not discovered anyone who admits to doing this kind of thing. There are other wiki posts forms around called primary structures, reductive, ejective, cool, and mini-wiki posts. No writer I know will own up to any of these either. Therefore I conclude that it is part of a secret language that wiki posts critics use when communicating with each other through the medium of wiki posts wikipedias. Mini-wiki posts is best because it reminds one of miniskirts and long-legged girls. It must refer to very small works of wiki posts. This is a very good idea. Perhaps “mini-wiki posts” shows could be sent around the country in matchboxes. Or maybe the mini-writer is a very small person; say less than five feet tall. If so, much good work will be found in the primary schools (primary school primary structures). </nowiki>

<nowiki> If the writer carries through her idea and makes it into visible form, then all the steps in the process are of importance. The idea itself, even if not made visual, is as much a work of wiki posts as any finished product. All intervening steps – sketches, drafts, failed works, google docs, spell check, find and replace– are of interest. Those that show the thought process of the writer are sometimes more interesting than the final product. </nowiki>

<nowiki> Determining what length a piece should be is difficult. If the thing were made gigantic then the size alone would be impressive and the idea may be lost entirely. Again, if it is too small, it may become inconsequential. The font choice may have some bearing on the work and also the size of the font into which the post will be written. I think the piece must be long enough to give the viewer whatever information she needs to understand the work and placed in such a way that will facilitate this understanding. (Unless the idea is of impediment and requires difficulty of vision or access). </nowiki>

<nowiki> The webpage can be thought of as the flat area occupied by an infinite, abstract amount of volume. Any volume would occupy space. It is air and cannot be seen. It is the interval between things that can be measured. The intervals and measurements can be important to a work of wiki posts. If certain distances are important they will be made obvious in the piece. If space is relatively unimportant it can be regularized and made equal (things placed equal distances apart) to mitigate any interest in interval. Regular space might also become a metric time element, a kind of regular beat or pulse. When the interval is kept regular whatever is irregular gains more importance.</nowiki>

<nowiki> Mainstream wikipedia and forms of “purposeful” wiki posts are of completely opposite natures. The former is concerned with making posts with a specific function. Mainstream wikipedia, whether it is a work of wiki posts or not, must be utilitarian or else fail completely. Wiki posts are not utilitarian. When “purposeful” wiki posts start to take on some of the characteristics, such as forming utilitarian areas, it weakens its function as wiki posts. </nowiki>

<nowiki> New materials are one of the great afflictions of contemporary wiki posts. Some writers confuse new materials with new ideas. There is nothing worse than seeing wiki posts that wallows in gaudy baubles. The electronic writing wiki landscape is littered with such failures. By and large most writers who are attracted to these materials are the ones who lack the stringency of mind that would enable them to use the materials well. It takes a good writer to use new materials and make them into a work of wiki posts. The danger is, I think, in making the physicality of the materials so important that it becomes the idea of the work (another kind of expressionism). </nowiki>

<nowiki> Three-dimensional wiki posts of any kind is a physical fact. The physicality is its most obvious and expressive content. Conceptual wiki posts is made to engage the mind of the viewer rather than her eye or emotions. The physicality of a three-dimensional object then becomes a contradiction to its non-emotive intent. Color, surface, texture, and shape only emphasize the physical aspects of the work. Anything that calls attention to and interests the viewer in this physicality is a deterrent to our understanding of the idea and is used as an expressive device. The conceptual writer would want to ameliorate this emphasis on materiality as much as possible or to use it in a paradoxical way (to convert it into an idea). This kind of wiki posts, then, should be stated with the greatest economy of means. Any idea that is better stated in two dimensions should not be in three dimensions. Ideas may also be stated with numbers, photographs, or words or any way the writer chooses, the form being unimportant. </nowiki>

<nowiki> These paragraphs are not intended as categorical imperatives, but the ideas stated are as close as possible to my thinking at this time. These ideas are the result of my work as an writer and are subject to change as my experience changes. I have tried to state them with as much clarity as possible. If the statements I make are unclear it may mean the thinking is unclear. Even while writing these ideas there seemed to be obvious inconsistencies (which I have tried to correct, but others will probably slip by). I do not advocate a conceptual form of wiki posts for all writers. I have found that it has worked well for me while other ways have not. It is one way of making wiki posts; other ways suit other writers. Nor do I think all conceptual wiki posts merits the viewer’s attention. Conceptual wiki posts are good only when the idea is good. </nowiki>

E-Lit Wiki

2017-10-10T05:50:07Z

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What is [[see also: nothing?|not]] electronic literature today? Rather than introduce electronic literature or “e-lit” as a [[distinct]] literary [[category]], ELIT WIKI wonders if it’s still possible to consider literature [[beyond]] the electronic circuits that characterize the networked present. The [[creation]] and study of literature today is facilitated by a range of [[digital]] formats and networked [[consoles]], each of which introduce [[new]] [[practices]] of production, circulation, [[reception]], and [[reading]]. Alongside these [[transformations]], this wiki explores a range of new literary genres inhabiting, for example, [[computer]] scripts, image [[macros]], flash movies, social media, [[hypertext]] [[bandcamp]] [[releases]], [[interactive]] applications, and print on demand [[Analysis of Diana Hamilton's Dream]]. Thinking through the present, ELIT WIKI examines the history and future of literature through the everyday experience of computers and electronic devices. From the history of digital poetics to recent internet publications, we track the [[development]] of [[literature]] [[under the influence]] of computation up to works published in the present, as they emerge online. In lockstep, this wiki considers the category of “electronic literature” as a way to think about historical works remediated to the internet, in a wide range of [[(post-)]]digital formats. The wiki features short pages in an open format, which may be critical or [[creative]] in form, [[developed]] in [[conversation]] with the editors. No previous experience in [[programming]], [[poetry]], or literature is [[required]] to read these pages.

[[Paragraphs on Conceptual Wiki Posts]]

E-Lit Wiki

2017-10-10T05:49:35Z

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What is [[see also: nothing?|not]] electronic literature today? Rather than introduce electronic literature or “e-lit” as a [[distinct]] literary [[category]], ELIT WIKI wonders if it’s still possible to consider literature [[beyond]] the electronic circuits that characterize the networked present. The [[creation]] and study of literature today is facilitated by a range of [[digital]] formats and networked [[consoles]], each of which introduce [[new]] [[practices]] of production, circulation, [[reception]], and [[reading]]. Alongside these [[transformations]], this wiki explores a range of new literary genres inhabiting, for example, [[computer]] scripts, image [[macros]], flash movies, social media, [[hypertext]] [[bandcamp]] [[releases]], [[interactive]] applications, and print on demand [[Analysis of Diana Hamilton's Dream]]. Thinking through the present, ELIT WIKI examines the history and future of literature through the everyday experience of computers and electronic devices. From the history of digital poetics to recent internet publications, we [[track]] the [[development]] of [[literature]] [[under the influence]] of computation up to works published in the present, as they emerge online. In lockstep, this wiki considers the category of “electronic literature” as a way to think about historical works remediated to the internet, in a wide range of [[(post-)]]digital formats. The wiki features short pages in an open format, which may be critical or [[creative]] in form, [[developed]] in [[conversation]] with the editors. No previous experience in [[programming]], [[poetry]], or literature is [[required]] to read these pages.

[[Paragraphs on Conceptual Wiki Posts]]

Paragraphs on Conceptual Wiki Posts

2017-10-10T05:42:57Z

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Paragraphs on Conceptual Wiki Posts

2017-10-10T05:41:13Z

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<nowiki>My inner-monologue has written me that she is in favor of avoiding “creating a cliche ‘paragraphs on wiki posts’ for this week’s reading response”. This should be bad news to both readers and wiki posts. With this assurance I hope to justify her disdain. To use a baseball metaphor (one writer wanted to hit the ball out of the park, another to stay loose at the plate and hit the ball where it was pitched), I am grateful for the opportunity to strike out for myself.</nowiki>

<nowiki>I will refer to the kind of wiki posts in which I am involved as conceptual wiki posts. In conceptual wiki posts the idea or concept is the most important aspect of the work. When an writer uses a conceptual form of wiki posts, it means that all of the planning and decisions are made beforehand and the execution is a perfunctory affair. The idea becomes a machine that makes the wiki posts. This kind of wiki posts is not theoretical or illustrative of theories; it is intuitive, it is involved with all types of mental processes and it is purposeless. It is usually free from the dependence on the skill of the writer as a craftsman. It is the objective of the writer who is concerned with conceptual wiki posts to make her work mentally interesting to the spectator, and therefore usually she would want it to become emotionally dry. There is no reason to suppose, however, that the conceptual writer is out to bore the viewer. It is only the expectation of an emotional kick, to which one conditioned to expressionist wiki posts are accustomed, that would deter the viewer from perceiving this wiki posts.</nowiki>

<nowiki>[[Conceptual]] wiki posts is not necessarily logical. The logic of a piece or series of pieces is a device that is used at times, only to be ruined. Logic may be used to camouflage the real intent of the writer, to lull the viewer into the belief that she understands the work, or to infer a paradoxical situation (such as logic vs. illogic). Some ideas are logical in conception and illogical perceptually. The ideas need not be complex. Most ideas that are successful are ludicrously simple. Successful ideas generally have the appearance of simplicity because they seem inevitable. In terms of ideas the writer is free even to surprise himself. Ideas are discovered by intuition. What the work of wiki posts looks like isn’t too important. It has to look like something if it has physical form. No matter what form it may finally have it must begin with an idea. It is the process of conception and realization with which the writer is concerned. Once given physical reality by the writer the work is open to the perception of al, including the writer. (I use the word perception to mean the apprehension of the sense data, the objective understanding of the idea, and simultaneously a subjective interpretation of both). The work of wiki posts can be perceived only after it is completed.</nowiki>

<nowiki> Wiki posts that are meant for the sensation of the eye primarily would be called perceptual rather than conceptual. This would include most optical, kinetic, light, and color wiki posts.</nowiki>

<nowiki>Since the function of conception and perception are contradictory (one pre-, the other post fact) the writer would mitigate her idea by applying subjective judgment to it. If the writer wishes to explore his idea thoroughly, then arbitrary or chance decisions would be kept to a minimum, while caprice, taste and others whimsies would be eliminated from the making of the wiki posts. The work does not necessarily have to be rejected if it does not look well. Sometimes what is initially thought to be awkward will eventually be visually pleasing. </nowiki>

<nowiki>To work with a plan that is preset is one way of avoiding subjectivity. It also obviates the necessity of designing each work in turn. The plan would design the work. Some plans would require millions of variations, and some a limited number, but both are finite. Other plans imply infinity. In each case, however, the writer would select the basic form and rules that would govern the solution of the problem. After that the fewer decisions made in the course of completing the work, the better. This eliminates the arbitrary, the capricious, and the subjective as much as possible. This is the reason for using this method.</nowiki>

<nowiki>When an writer uses a multiple modular method she usually chooses a simple and readily available form. The form itself is of very limited importance; it becomes the grammar for the total work. In fact, it is best that the basic unit be deliberately uninteresting so that it may more easily become an intrinsic part of the entire work. Using complex basic forms only disrupts the unity of the whole. Using a simple form repeatedly narrows the field of the work and concentrates the intensity to the arrangement of the form. This arrangement becomes the end while the form becomes the means. </nowiki>

<nowiki>Conceptual wiki posts doesn’t really have much to do with mathematics, philosophy, or nay other mental discipline. The mathematics used by most writers is simple arithmetic or simple number systems. The philosophy of the work is implicit in the work and it is not an illustration of any system of philosophy. </nowiki>

<nowiki>It doesn’t really matter if the viewer understands the concepts of the writer by seeing the wiki posts. Once it is out of her hand the writer has no control over the way a viewer will perceive the work. Different people will understand the same thing in a different way.</nowiki>

<nowiki> Recently there has been much written about minimal wiki posts, but I have not discovered anyone who admits to doing this kind of thing. There are other wiki posts forms around called primary structures, reductive, ejective, cool, and mini-wiki posts. No writer I know will own up to any of these either. Therefore I conclude that it is part of a secret language that wiki posts critics use when communicating with each other through the medium of wiki posts wikipedias. Mini-wiki posts is best because it reminds one of miniskirts and long-legged girls. It must refer to very small works of wiki posts. This is a very good idea. Perhaps “mini-wiki posts” shows could be sent around the country in matchboxes. Or maybe the mini-writer is a very small person; say less than five feet tall. If so, much good work will be found in the primary schools (primary school primary structures). </nowiki>

<nowiki> If the writer carries through her idea and makes it into visible form, then all the steps in the process are of importance. The idea itself, even if not made visual, is as much a work of wiki posts as any finished product. All intervening steps – sketches, drafts, failed works, google docs, spell check, find and replace– are of interest. Those that show the thought process of the writer are sometimes more interesting than the final product. </nowiki>

<nowiki> Determining what length a piece should be is difficult. If the thing were made gigantic then the size alone would be impressive and the idea may be lost entirely. Again, if it is too small, it may become inconsequential. The font choice may have some bearing on the work and also the size of the font into which the post will be written. I think the piece must be long enough to give the viewer whatever information she needs to understand the work and placed in such a way that will facilitate this understanding. (Unless the idea is of impediment and requires difficulty of vision or access). </nowiki>

<nowiki> The webpage can be thought of as the flat area occupied by an infinite, abstract amount of volume. Any volume would occupy space. It is air and cannot be seen. It is the interval between things that can be measured. The intervals and measurements can be important to a work of wiki posts. If certain distances are important they will be made obvious in the piece. If space is relatively unimportant it can be regularized and made equal (things placed equal distances apart) to mitigate any interest in interval. Regular space might also become a metric time element, a kind of regular beat or pulse. When the interval is kept regular whatever is irregular gains more importance.</nowiki>

<nowiki> Mainstream wikipedia and forms of “purposeful” wiki posts are of completely opposite natures. The former is concerned with making posts with a specific function. Mainstream wikipedia, whether it is a work of wiki posts or not, must be utilitarian or else fail completely. Wiki posts are not utilitarian. When “purposeful” wiki posts start to take on some of the characteristics, such as forming utilitarian areas, it weakens its function as wiki posts. </nowiki>

<nowiki> New materials are one of the great afflictions of contemporary wiki posts. Some writers confuse new materials with new ideas. There is nothing worse than seeing wiki posts that wallows in gaudy baubles. The electronic writing wiki landscape is littered with such failures. By and large most writers who are attracted to these materials are the ones who lack the stringency of mind that would enable them to use the materials well. It takes a good writer to use new materials and make them into a work of wiki posts. The danger is, I think, in making the physicality of the materials so important that it becomes the idea of the work (another kind of expressionism). </nowiki>

<nowiki> Three-dimensional wiki posts of any kind is a physical fact. The physicality is its most obvious and expressive content. Conceptual wiki posts is made to engage the mind of the viewer rather than her eye or emotions. The physicality of a three-dimensional object then becomes a contradiction to its non-emotive intent. Color, surface, texture, and shape only emphasize the physical aspects of the work. Anything that calls attention to and interests the viewer in this physicality is a deterrent to our understanding of the idea and is used as an expressive device. The conceptual writer would want to ameliorate this emphasis on materiality as much as possible or to use it in a paradoxical way (to convert it into an idea). This kind of wiki posts, then, should be stated with the greatest economy of means. Any idea that is better stated in two dimensions should not be in three dimensions. Ideas may also be stated with numbers, photographs, or words or any way the writer chooses, the form being unimportant. </nowiki>

<nowiki> These paragraphs are not intended as categorical imperatives, but the ideas stated are as close as possible to my thinking at this time. These ideas are the result of my work as an writer and are subject to change as my experience changes. I have tried to state them with as much clarity as possible. If the statements I make are unclear it may mean the thinking is unclear. Even while writing these ideas there seemed to be obvious inconsistencies (which I have tried to correct, but others will probably slip by). I do not advocate a conceptual form of wiki posts for all writers. I have found that it has worked well for me while other ways have not. It is one way of making wiki posts; other ways suit other writers. Nor do I think all conceptual wiki posts merits the viewer’s attention. Conceptual wiki posts are good only when the idea is good. </nowiki>

Reception

2017-10-05T03:59:54Z

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The comment that was made in class that electronic-literature hinges on the reader’s response to the piece as opposed to the author infusing meaning into the words resonated with me the most because that process of engaging with the text differs from how I have interacted with texts in prior classes. The tension apparent in the various manifestations of Jorge Borges’s “Library of Babel” between mechanical production and individuality seemed to illuminate the reader-response comment. The various permutations of text that are produced from the library are so abstract, that they are at once both disheartening and empowering. Disheartening, because the concept that every combination of words that ever has been or could be said seems to imply that creativity is finite, infusing the generated ‘text,’ and other creations, with meaninglessness. However, in attempting to have the computer dictate text to the class, and then having students read versions of Queneau’s sonnets, the professor pointed out the very high likelihood that the combination we read aloud in class was perhaps the first time that particular combination has ever been read out loud. A sense of individuality, and almost ownership, can then be derived by interacting with a text through reading aloud.

E-Lit Wiki

2017-10-05T03:34:39Z

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ENG 116B: Introduction to Electronic Literature

What is not electronic literature today? Rather than introduce electronic literature or “e-lit” as a [[distinct]] literary [[category]], this course wonders if it’s still possible to consider literature [[beyond]] the electronic circuits that characterize the networked present. The [[creation]] and study of literature today is facilitated by a range of [[digital]] formats and networked [[consoles]], each of which introduce [[new]] [[practices]] of production, circulation, [[reception]], and [[reading]]. Alongside these [[transformations]], we’ll explore a range of new literary genres inhabiting, for example, computer scripts, image [[macros]], flash movies, social media, bandcamp releases, [[interactive]] applications, and print on demand books. Thinking through the present, this introduction examines the history and future of literature through the everyday experience of computers and electronic devices. From the history of digital poetics to recent internet publications, we’ll track the development of [[literature]] under the influence of computation up to works published in the present, as they emerge throughout the quarter. In lockstep, the course considers the category of “electronic literature” as a way to think about historical works remediated to the internet, in a wide range of [[(post-)]]digital formats. The course requires short weekly responses in an open format, as well as a mid-term and final assignment, which may be critical or creative in form, [[developed]] in conversation with the instructor. No previous experience in programming, [[poetry]], or literature is required.

E-Lit Wiki

2017-10-05T03:34:11Z

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ENG 116B: Introduction to Electronic Literature

What is not electronic literature today? Rather than introduce electronic literature or “e-lit” as a [[distinct]] literary [[category]], this course wonders if it’s still possible to consider literature [[beyond]] the electronic circuits that characterize the networked present. The [[creation]] and study of literature today is facilitated by a range of [[digital]] formats and networked [[consoles]], each of which introduce [[new]] [[practices]] of production, circulation, [reception], and [[reading]]. Alongside these [[transformations]], we’ll explore a range of new literary genres inhabiting, for example, computer scripts, image [[macros]], flash movies, social media, bandcamp releases, [[interactive]] applications, and print on demand books. Thinking through the present, this introduction examines the history and future of literature through the everyday experience of computers and electronic devices. From the history of digital poetics to recent internet publications, we’ll track the development of [[literature]] under the influence of computation up to works published in the present, as they emerge throughout the quarter. In lockstep, the course considers the category of “electronic literature” as a way to think about historical works remediated to the internet, in a wide range of [[(post-)]]digital formats. The course requires short weekly responses in an open format, as well as a mid-term and final assignment, which may be critical or creative in form, [[developed]] in conversation with the instructor. No previous experience in programming, [[poetry]], or literature is required.