Month: April 2019

Week 14: April 16-18

Class does not meet.

Tuesday, April 23

• In class:
  • “Não!” by Eduardo Kac (Flash version)
  • “Enter:in’ Wodies” by Zuzana Husarova
  • “The Reading Glove” by Josh and Karen Tanenbaum
  • “Kimchi Poetry Machine” by Margaret Rhee
  • “Robopoemas” by Tina Escaja
  • 34 North, 118 West by Jeremy Hight, Naomi Spellman, and Jeff Knowlton
  • Explore “The L.A. Flood Project” by Mark Marino, et. al.
  • “Circle” by Caitlin Fisher
  • “Between Page and Screen” by Amaranth Borsuk and Brad Bouse
• Assignment:
  • Read Electronic Literature, pgs. 183-204.
  • Read all 4 parts of “Reading Agrippa“
  • Explore this resource on “Agrippa” and read the poem.
  • Write a brief response to “Agrippa” in our Facebook Group before class on Thursday, April 25. Focus on any aspect of the work you like.

Thursday, April 25

• In class:
  • Discuss “Agrippa.”
    • disk image extract
    • poem published in William Gibson’s website
    • video of emulation
• Assignment:
  • Read “Third Generation Electronic Literature”
  • Finish your Research Papers!

Tuesday, April 9

• In class:
  • Discuss #fixurl8tionship.
  • Discuss “Artistic and Literary Bots” (UPR login required)
  • Interact with ELIZA using this implementation.
  • Interact with Parry using this implementation.
  • Read “When Eliza met Parry”
• Assignment:
  • Explore Twitter Bots in the ELC3
  • Explore my Twitter list of Artistic and Literary Bots
  • Explore Darius Kazemi’s bots
  • Explore Nora Reed’s bots
  • Write a 1-paragraph response to one of the bots and post it in our Facebook Group with a link to the bot before next class.
  • Remember: Write a summary of your Netprov participation and post on our Facebook group with a link to your character on Instagram before class on Thursday, April 11.

Thursday, April 11

• In class:
  • Discuss Netprov and Bots.
• Assignment:
  • Research Paper proposals due on Tuesday, April 16.

Tuesday, April 2

• In class:
  • Discuss netprov as a genre
  • Discuss “Reality: Being @SpencerPratt”
  • Intro to #fixurl8tionship
• Assignment:
  • Werner Herzog:
    • Read about him and his work.
    • Watch this excerpt from Cave of Forgotten Dreams.
    • Watch “Werner Herzog Reads Where’s Waldo“
    • Explore @WernerTwertzog on Twitter.
  • Slavoj Žižek:
    • Read about him and his work.
    • Watch this video.
    • Explore @SlavojTweezek on Twitter
  • Play #fixurl8tionship
    • Follow the instructions to create your Instagram accounts. Develop your characters.
    • Post a link to your character as comments on this post, describing your character and identifying as an influencer or a fan.
    • Have this done before class on Thursday, April 4.

Thursday, April 4

• In class:
  • Discuss assigned readings.
  • Discuss #fixurl8tionship characters.
    • narrative planning group work.
• Assignment:
  • Develop your narrative arc starting today (or tomorrow at the latest). You should as a minimum post 1 thing on the #fixurl8tionship hashtag and comment narratively once every day until (and including) on Wednesday, April 10.
  • Write a summary of your Netprov participation and post on our Facebook group with a link to your character on Instagram before class on Thursday, April 11.
  • Bots:
    • Read “Artistic and Literary Bots” (UPR login required)
    • Interact with ELIZA using this implementation.
    • Interact with Parry using this implementation.
    • Read “When Eliza met Parry“