The University of Iowa has announced its partnership with the ELO. The partnership was initiated by Thom Swiss, a professor of English and the Rhetoric of Inquiry at Iowa who is the new president of the organization. The ELO is based at UCLA; this partnership initiates a new form of the organization, where different campuses will be able to participate as “nodes,” helping the ELO reach its goals in different ways.
ELO Elects New Officers
ELO has elected a new slate of officers. Thom Swiss of the University of Iowa Department of English and editor of The Iowa Review Web succedes Margie Luesebrink as president; Nick Montfort and Noah Wardrip-Fruin become co-vice presidents; and Scott Rettberg succedes Celia O’Donnell in the post of treasurer. Rob Swigart continues as secretary for another term. Margie Luesebrink and Celia O’Donnell will continue to serve on the board of directors.
Re: Writing–Writers, Computers, and Networks
“Re: Writing–Writers, Computers, and Networks” will feature readings by ELO board members Nick Montfort and Noah Wardrip-Fruin, along with performances by Thalia Field and John Cayley. Co-organized and presented with turbulence.org, and funded by the LEF Foundation and Literary Arts, Brown University, the event will take place during the 2005 Boston Cyberarts Festival, on April 25 in Providence, and at the Boston Public Library on April 26.
Thom Swiss “Word and Image” Lecture
ELO president and University of Iowa professor of English Thom Swiss will present the annual “Word and Image” lecture at Boston University on May 4, 2005, in conjunction with the 2005 Boston Cyberarts Festival.
Deadlines Extended for Three (dis)junctions Panels
The deadlines for submission to three panels at the (dis)junctions: theory reloaded graduate conference at UC Riverside have been extended to February 12, 2005: “Chatbots, IF, and Textual Exchange”; “Original Hypermedia, Net.Art, Mods, Flash”‘; and “Eliterature and Cybertext Theory”. For the complete CFPs, visit the global_interface Mellon Workshop website. The conference will take place April 8-9, 2005.
Games People Play: Japanese Game Culture
The UCLA Department of Design/Media Arts presents a lecture by Machiko Kusahara of Waseda University, Tokyo: “They Are Born to Play: The Japanese Game Culture”, Monday February 7, 2005, from 6:00-8:00 p.m.