Bergen Seminar on Electronic Literature Communities, Sept 20-21, 2010
The first seminar of the ELMCIP project will be held September 20-21, 2010 in Bergen at Landmark Café at the Kunsthall and at the University of Bergen. The seminar will be focused on how different forms of community, based on local, national, language group, shared cultural practices and interest in particular literary and artistic genres, form and are sustained, particularly electronic literature communities. The program will include a day-long public seminar on September 20th at the Landmark Kunsthall, where we will examine specific cultural traditions in electronic literature, include examples from France, the Netherlands, the Scandinavian countries, the USA, the community of interactive fiction, the Poetry beyond Text project in the UK, and others. We will also hear from organizers of electronic arts and literary communities in Bergen. That evening we will also see some episodes of a new documentary on interactive fiction "Get Lamp", and have the opportunity to discuss the film with the director, Jason Scott.
The second day of the seminar, at the University of Bergen, will be focused on a meeting of project members and guests to work on and discuss ELMCIP projects under development including an online bibliographic knowledge base, an anthology of electronic literature, a survey of electronic literature publishing resources, and a major international conference which will include an exhibition and performances of electronic literature.
The second evening of the seminar will include live performances, readings, and demonstrations of electronic literature, focused on examples from electronic literature communities highlighted during the first day of the seminar. Those performances will also be open to the public.
If you are interested in taking part in this event, please contact Scott Rettberg (scott dot rettberg at uib dot no). The events Monday and Tuesday are free and open to the public. Guests wishing to join us for meals will be asked to cover their own costs.