multimodal mel @ matx

ELO conference at Brown University

2009-11-01T09:11:00.002-05:00

Hurray! June 3-6. Featuring Robert Coover. Submission date is December 15th.

there is hope

2009-10-10T17:59:00.002-04:00

#3 top job: college professor

CNN says so...

HTLit.com

2009-10-07T18:21:00.007-04:00

HTLit at Eastgate

Mark Bernstein says:

"We hope this site will create a community in which hypertext
creators, scholars, and critics can share new hypertext works,
research, and teaching methods.  We'll follow technological trends,
emerging artists, and issues involving publishing, writing, and
digital media.

HTLit takes a broad view of hypertext, and will cover all electronic
literature and narrative new media as well as game theory, nonfiction
hypertexts, electronic poetry, and inventive real-world applications
of hypertext. We seek inspiration wherever we can."

reflections for a new semester

2009-08-12T10:07:00.007-04:00

had a great summer semester teaching English 200 to some great students. and now, look, it is fall already and I haven't updated this blog since March! So in between moving and teaching I've been working on the elevator book (still working on...). Now I'm looking forward to a semester of teaching hypertext, taking art history, and writing my dissertation prospectus. oh and my second comp. exam... there's that. I'm determined to remain calm and zen-like through the whole thing. wish me luck. :)

*This is an Otis hydraulic elevator from NYC now living at the Tobacco Co. in Richmond.

writing is DJing...

2009-03-09T10:36:00.005-04:00

I really enjoyed Rhythm Science and thought this looked interesting (relevant for some of us, perhaps spring break pleasure reading for others...):

Paul Miller's (aka DJ Spooky) Sound Unbound: Sampling Digital Music and Culture

An edited collection. Mostly audio stuff, but applicable to other kinds of electronic media of course.

"Paul Miller is one of the best cultural radars in the world today. He always picks out the most relevant people working today and reveals previously unseen connections. If you want situational awareness about the world of sound, music, performance, computers, and ideas, read this book." —Lev Manovich

Born Digital

2009-02-25T08:42:00.001-05:00

Born Digital by Stephanie Strickland at Poetry Foundation

teaspoons & things

2009-01-19T11:07:00.004-05:00

thinking (and writing) about silverware...

new year new course

2009-01-04T10:24:00.008-05:00

new course as in teaching. postmodern literature with a focus on materiality and structure. while constructing the syllabus I came upon some interesting ideas on mapping lit. here is one.

Stefanie Posavec "On the Map"

(this is fun too, although not related: literature map)

now any brilliant ideas on discussion or assignment structuring for 37 students would be most welcome. :)

poe poe poe

2008-12-16T10:04:00.005-05:00

and done done done! what a semester! this is my final project for Poe & the new media, taught by Dr. Harrison.

"The Masque of the Red Death": Remediation in three parts

and thank you PSV for the most amazing soundtrack!

really big dover elevator at Purdue

2008-12-05T15:21:00.000-05:00

ok, now it's definitely procrastination...

elevators on YouTube

2008-12-05T14:59:00.001-05:00

is this procrastination or research???

this one is an Otis.

elevator photo album

2008-12-04T21:37:00.006-05:00

Some elevators for the documentary book (coming soon). More photos also coming soon. Seattle elevators by Heather Robison. :)

flash-back or back-then flash

2008-11-29T15:44:00.006-05:00

Writing about elevators and Bruce Nauman's Going Around the Corner Piece has me thinking about where we're going (technology-wise) and where we've been (also, admittedly, procrastinating). I stumbled upon this--my very first Flash piece EVER and also the artist statement I wrote to go with it (3 years ago!), back when I was first discovering hypertext. What's interesting is that it's very similar (though not as good) to some of the final projects my students are currently composing. The Flash work is obviously not fantastic but, for me, there's still something charming (and nostalgic) about it. What's funny, too, is that what's crammed into this little poem are bits and pieces of what's still inspiring me today.

So here's a little end-of-semester flashback to Subatomic Love Song (there are rollovers!)

friends in cool places

2008-11-15T16:54:00.003-05:00

Thank you heather heather!

My wonderful friends heather and peter took a field trip to the
Seattle public library to snap some pictures of this elevator!
Isn't it great?

all about elevators

2008-10-20T10:07:00.002-04:00

I can't believe it's October already. Not just that, but the middle of October now. Seems the dissertation is all about elevators. I also changed my documentary project to a print collection of elevator photos mixed with history, theory, and creative text. I'll start posting elevator photos soon!

I heart the LHC

2008-09-10T08:51:00.001-04:00

Here's to successful particle acceleration...

the end of summer

2008-08-11T14:05:00.003-04:00

or almost. my summer projects for summer hypermedia and new (sub)domain can be found at she was all like...

I also updated my website though it still needs (lots of) work before e-portfolio time.

it seems fall is in the air. as is my dissertation proposal...

see you all in a week.

Intentional Fallacy

2008-04-26T21:54:00.002-04:00

Collaborative MATX 604 project by Jenn Figg, Jen Smith, Sean Stewart, Kristine Trever, and Melinda White.

Starring Justin Lowenhagen, with Erin Dabrowski and Jon White.

Original score by Patrick Scott Vickers.

elevators

2008-04-22T08:57:00.002-04:00

A video of a man trapped in an elevator for 40 hours in 1999 from the New Yorker. Thank you Patrick. The essay, the lives of elevators is also worth reading. Particularly if you happen to have a slight case of elevator ocd lately. Maybe that's just me. I think it probably is.

http://www.newyorker.com/online/video/2008/04/21/080421_elevators

Back to Dada and pomo lit. *sigh*

multimedia stop-action fiesta/feast/fiesta

2008-02-24T10:20:00.002-05:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tS4OWiozmw

Fionn Regan

2008-02-06T08:36:00.000-05:00

"Put a Penny in the Slot" by Fionn Regan. "Be Good or Be Gone" is a very cool video too (and there's an elevator in it). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj66XgK3NvE&feature=related

Movie ideas for tonight maybe... or just me procrastinating the Laocoon.

... and elevators

2008-01-29T19:40:00.000-05:00

So another idea I had started with an idea for a short story and morphed into a life-like elevator where images are projected on the walls when various buttons are pushed (maybe I just have a thing for buttons?). This may be a more feasible project for 604 as I could control the numbers of floors (again, thanks Katie!). Eventually, I would like to create the entire thing but for now perhaps construct a mock-up of the button-panel (time permitting). At the very least, the story in new media form, with an elevator interface. hmmmm.

typewriters

2008-01-27T10:20:00.000-05:00

I have always been obsessed with typewriters. The idea I had initially (with regards to the one listed for 604) was to create a new media collection using an image of a typewriter as the interface/navigation menu.
After talking to Katie I realized my thinking was restricted (by my lack of technological skills) to a computer, keyboard, mouse, and monitor. What if, she asked, I were to wire an actual typewriter (this is a picture of mine) to a screen? Each key could trigger a different short work of images, text, video, art, some combination of these. Now that I can imagine it "out of my comfort zone" I also see a projector, a gallery. You think I've been hanging out with artists too long? Of course, I still have NO CLUE how I would pull this off. But I think I may work on the new media part of the project during the lab. I think it would be cool too if the (w)reader could type words as they clicked on the letters/numbers. Any thoughts?

hyperrhiz

2008-01-23T08:02:00.000-05:00

hy per rhiz : new media cultures has a new issue available online. I think I may have posted a call for submissions for them or e-mailed it or something. But the ELO sends them out. And they take submissions of new media literature and art. Maybe a good place to send all the brilliant work we're going to make in the lab this semester (whoohooo!). There is also a link for a new journal for teachers of electronic literature if anyone (besides me) is interested.

And hey... welcome back! Does anyone else feel like we are already knee-deep in this new semester? Or diving in head-first? Or already in over our heads? That's probably just me...

Flight Paths

2007-12-17T08:39:00.000-05:00

Flight Paths, a networked novel by Kate Pullinger and Chris Joseph.

The project is associated with the Institue for the Future of the Book. Also doing other neat stuff.

And hey... we survived our first semester! I think that makes us all pretty kick ass. :-)

Happy holidays you guys! Be safe.