Electronic Literature holds conference, arts show

By Communications staff, Washington State University

VANCOUVER – “Visionary Landscapes: The Electronic Literature Organization 2008 Conference,” will be held May 29 through June 1 at the downtown Hilton Vancouver Washington at WSU Vancouver.

The presentation will also be held at the downtown North Bank Artists Gallery, 1005 Main St. More than 120 digital media artists and critics from around the world will participate in the event.
 
The keynote speaker is internationally renowned artist Mark Amerika, one of Time magazine’s “100 Innovators.” Featured speakers include hypertext author John Cayley and Sue Thomas, founder of trAce Online Writing Centre and author of “Correspondence” and “Hello World!”

The conference kicks off May 29 with workshops open to the public at $40 per event.

9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Amerika will teach “Remix Writing & Post production Art;”
 
12 – 2 p.m.
Multimedia artists Steve Gibson and Stefan Muller Arisona will teach, “Live Audio and Visuals;”
 
12 – 4 p.m.
Electronic literature author Deena Larsen will teach a workshop entitled, “See Spot Link. Link, Spot, Link: How To Read and Appreciate Electronic Literature.”
 
The exhibit at WSU Vancouver in the Firstenburg Student Commons each day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., entitled “Two Decades of Electronic Literature: From Hypercard to YouTube,” features early pioneering electronic literary works from the personal collection of noted new media theorist N. Katherine Hayles.

This free exhibit is the first time the Hayles’ collection will have ever been seen by the general public.

The cost of the full conference is $180 by May 1; $200 on site. One day registration costs $50 by May 1 and $75 on site. The public is also invited to evening events at Clark College and North Bank Artists Gallery. The cost for each evening is $10.

For more information on the conference, registration and Media Arts Show, visit https://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/programs/dtc/elo08/conference.html.

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