Alex Saum
Faculty at UC Berkeley; Doing digital things
Computers, Internet, and Poetry
Alex Saum
University of California, Berkeley
www.alexsaum.com
@alexsaum
University of the Pacific, Feb 7, 2020
What's Electronic Literature
y qué hago yo aquí hablando de esto
¿Qué es poesía? ¿y tú me lo preguntas?
What is poetry? And you are asking me?
Terms and definitions -
Characteristics -precedents-
contemporary examples-
state of the discipline -
terms and definitions
ciberpoesía/ cyberpoetry - cin(e)poetry - cyber visual - click poetry - computer poetry - diagram poetry - e-poetry - electronic poetry - network poetry - new media poetry - hypermedia poetry - hypertextual poetry - infopoetry - internet poetry - pixel poetry -poem-on-computer -virtual poem - vpoem
electronic vs. digital
electronic vs. digital(ized)
I might be digital but I am not electronic
Me neither
electronic vs. digital (ized)
I might be digital but I am not electronic
Me neither
(Aesthetic) Characteristics of the digital
Crónica de Viaje
Jorge Carrión (2014)
numeric representation
- modularity -
automatization -
interactivity -
variability -
transcodification -
multisensoriality -
network distribution
precedents - origins - influences
Love Letter Generator
Christopher Strachey (1953)
Doménico Chiappe, Tierra de extracción 96-07
Jaime Alejandro Rodríguez, Golpe de gracia 05
Félix Ramírez, Ejemplo de poema automático 09
Dora García, Heartbeat 99
María Mencía, Transient Self-Portrait 2012
Belén Gache, Wordtoys, 1996-2006
Eugenio Tisselli - 2014
Belén Gache-Second Life performances
Benjamín Moreno Concretoons 2010
Milton Läufer
Alex Saum #YouTuber(2018-2019)
Ashes to Ashes #YOLO
estado de la cuestión digital
desconocimiento general - falta de promoción cultural - distribución- falta de presencia en la educación literaria - problemas de acceso - preservación
¡Gracias!
Any questions?
Alex Saum
University of California, Berkeley
www.alexsaum.com
Alex Saum #Selfiepoetry (2015-2018)
el valor democrático de la creación artística
futurismo
dreamtigers, tigers, tigers
amanecer en youtube
Sinfonía Documental
Computers, Internet, and Poetry: What's Electronic Literature
By Alex Saum
Computers, Internet, and Poetry: What's Electronic Literature
Talk at University of the Pacific, Feb 7, 2020
