Bergen Seminar on Electronic Literature Communities, Sept 20-21, 2010

Bergen Seminar on Electronic Literature Communities, Sept 20-21, 2010 Locations September 20th day and evening: Landmark Café at Bergen Kunsthall (open to the public) September 21st day: University of Bergen, room TBA (project members and out of town guests only) September 21st evening: Landmark Café at Bergen Kunsthall (open to the public) Program (Draft version, subject to changes) Monday Sept 20th DAY ONE: Focus on different forms of electronic literature community, past and present Location: Landmark 9:30 Welcome * Scott Rettberg 9:40 - 10:30 Electronic Literature in France: * Serge Bouchardon: Electronic Literature in France * Phillipe Bootz: From ALAMO to Transitoire Observable: Evolution of the French Digital Literature. 10:45-11:05 * Yra van Dijk: Dutch Electronic Literature Communities 11:05-11:25 * Andrew Roberts on the Poetry Beyond Text Project (UK) 11:30-12 * Nick Montfort on the international interactive fiction community 12-1 Lunch 1-2 Panel on US communities and hypertext: * Rob Wittig: Shyness, Cushions & Food; Case Studies in American Creative Communities; Invisible Seattle, Persimmons & Myrrh, Chicago Lit Dinners, and Imperial Quality Media * Jill Walker Rettberg: Hypertext Fiction in the 1980s and 1990s * Scott Rettberg: The ELO and US e-lit in the 2000s 2:15-3 * David M. Berry: Intellectual Property Rights and Commons-based Creativity 3-4:15 e-lit in Barcelona and Scandinavia * Laura Borras Castanyer: And the rest is literature. Catalonian e-lit communities. * Hans Kristian Rustad - Nordic Electronic Literature Communities 4:30-5:45 Bergen Electronic Arts and Experimental Literature Communities * Trond Lossius (BEK) * Gisle Frøysland (Piksel): Piksel - from workshop to festival - Audun Lindholm (Audiatur/Vagant) * Jeremy Welsh (KHiB): Let it bleed: the effects of electronic media on the curriculum of the art academy. 6:30 Dinner 8:30 * Screening of Jason Scott's documentary "Get Lamp" followed by videoconference Q and A with the director Tuesday, Sept 21st DAY TWO: Forward focus on ELMCIP Projects Location: UiB 10-12 Workshop session on the using and entering information into the ELMCIP Knowledge Base Workshop leaders: * Stein Magne Bjørklund, * Elisabeth Nesheim, * Eric Rasmussen 12-12:30 Presentation on ethnographic study and discussion: Penny Travlou 1:30-2:30 * Maria Engberg and ELMCIP PIs: Discussion of processes and issues for ELMCIP anthology. 2:45-3:30 * Davin Heckman on videoconference about the ELO directory and discussion of how to collaborate and share information between ELD and ELMCIP knowledge base. 3:45-4:15 * Raine Koskimaa: E-Lit Publishing in Europe. Sample Cases from Italy and Finland 4:30-5:30 * Simon Biggs, * Jerome Fletcher, and * Mark Daniels Discussion of / working session on conference, exhibition, and performance agenda, selection criteria, calls, etc. 6:30 Dinner 8:30-10:30 Performances and readings Philippe Bootz Hans Kristian Rustad w/ Maria Engberg Jeremy Welsh Anders Sudnes Løvlie Ottar Ormstad Nick Montfort Serge Bouchardon Anders Sudnes Løvlie