Brazilian web artist/teacher Guto Nóbrega and his students at Universidade Federal de Rio de Janeiro have created a digital narrative based on the Lewis Carrol story, “Alice in the Wonderland.” The first few chapters are written, and they are inviting all those interested to collaborate. Contact gutonobrega at pobox dot com for more information.
SIGGRAPH 2004 Ary Gallery
The SIGGRAPH 2004 Art Gallery: Synaesthesia will showcase original digital art that explores new connections between the senses. Synaesthesia seeks works that enable us to re-experience, re-examine, and make sense of our bodies, our technologies, and our culture. If you work in any field of digital art and would like to participate, visit the website for further information. The deadline for submissions is January 28, 2004.
Women, Art, and Technology
MIT Press and Leonardo/ISAST announces the publication of Women, Art, and Technology, a book featuring the work of female artists who have played a central role in the development of new media practice. More information about Women, Art, and Technology is available at Judy Malloy’s site, and you may purchase the book at Amazon.
Call: Tiferet
Tiferet: A Journal of Spiritual Literature seeks fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and art to help reveal the Spirit. The first issue will be appear in January 2004 and includes an interview with Ray Bradbury, as well as work by Stephen Dixon, Alicia Ostriker, Ilan Stavans, Thomas E. Kennedy, and more.
Faculty Positions at Indiana University
Indiana University Bloomington’s School of Informatics is looking to hire 30 new faculty members. If interested, visit the program website for the application and additional information.
New Book Reviews
New book reviews at RCCS for November 2003 include: Sharon K. Black’s Telecommunications Law in the Internet Age reviewed by David R. Dewberry, Bernardo A. Huberman’s The Laws of the Web: Patterns in the Ecology of Information reviewed by Jeanette Burkett, and Daniel Paré’s Internet Governance in Transition: Who is the Master of This Domain? reviewed by John W. Campbell and Arthur L. Morin.
Jason Nelson Reading
Join Flash artist and writer Jason Nelson for an electronic literature reading. The reading will be held October 30th at the University of Maryland, College Park, in McKeldin Library, Room 6107 at 7pm. Jason Nelson’s projects includes Hyperrhiz and Secret Technology, and his work has appeared in numerous print journals, online journals, and art galleries.
Sue Thomas: Mapping the Transition from Page to Screen
Sue Thomas, a novelist and Artistic Director of the trAce Online Writing Centre, will be speaking at Open Space in Victoria, BC on October 27. The talk outlines key issues which arose from Mapping the Transition from Page to Screen, a one-year research project for writers transitioning to writing online.
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Visit the electronic book review to read the 4th of 5th bundles, “The Informatics of Higher Education.”
Hypertext 2004 Call for Papers
Hypertext 2004, the Fifteenth International ACM Hypertext Conference, is the foremost international conference on hypertext and hypermedia. It will take place August 9-13, 2004 in Santa Cruz, California. They are currently seeking submissions pertaining to hypermedia and digital libraries, software engineering and the humanities.