More on e-lit at the LOC

Illya Szilak: Books That Nobody Reads: E-lit at the Library of Congress (& me in The Huffington Post!)

Spine Poetry

Part of  “Electronic Literature and Its Emergent Forms”

an exhibit of electronic literature at the Library of Congress last week. One of the stations offered piles of books to stack and compose spine poetry.  These could then be photographed and uploaded to spinepoetry.com. You can also make your own spine poem at home, in a book store or library, and snap a photo of it. Here is mine:

Clouds

 Berndnaut Smilde
http://www.berndnaut.nl/works.htm

Nimbus, 2010
Cloud in room
Probe#6, Suze May Sho, Arnhem
www.projectprobe.net

The elevator is up!

I see light at the end of the tunnel

I can finally say that I see a faint light at the end of the long, dark dissertation tunnel. A new semester often comes with some optimism but after a working summer I feel it coming together. The installation should be up soon, revisions are done, some writing and a conclusion to finish... it all sounds doable. And can I say ... fun? I know, weird. But for anyone out there who might be reading this... if you're feeling stuck in the tunnel... there is a way out. And I know I'll get there... even if I have to crawl instead of sprinting those last few feet. :)

emergency elevator

mood elevator

Electric light interactive elevator installation by John Locke