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This advanced course will examine the formal,
structural, and narrative formation of various literary hypermedia
projects. Primary focus will be placed upon performative language,
spatial aspects of the hypermediated document, and the author/reader
relationship to the content "application". Students will
critique and discuss works, as well as create a 1-3-page work.
The tutor: Talan Memmott
| Series |
Starting Date |
Early Bird
Booking Deadline
(Price £140) |
Booking Deadline
(Price £160) |
Ending Date |
| 2 |
16th September 2002 |
2nd August 2002 |
9th September 2002 |
24th November 2002 |
The aims of this course are:
- Expose and explore narrative potential in
literary hypermedia
- Develop a critical understanding of the
operations of web-based works
- Advancement of applied skill set
Contents
The seminar sessions will focus on one or
two works as assigned. Along with the assigned reading and browsing
students will receive guidelines and topic for discussion during
the seminar sessions. As the class explores and critiques the assigned
work they will be asked to demonstrate an applied awareness through
the construction of a work.
Typical Reading
Net Art as Theater of the Senses | A HyperTour
of Jodi and Grammatron -- Randall Packer http://www.walkerart.org/gallery9/amerika/packer_senses.html
Literary Hypertext: The Passing of the Golden Age -- Robert Coover
http://www.feedmag.com/document/do291_master.html?alert
The Book After the Book -- Giselle Beiguelman http://www.desvirtual.com/giselle/
London Eye -- Diane Greco http://home.earthlink.net/~dianegreco/start.html
Sky Scratchez -- Mez and Talan Memmott http://beehive.temproalimage.com/archive/25arc.html
The Personalization of Complexity -- Marjorie Coverley Luesebrink
http://trace.ntu.ac.uk/frame5/coverley/index.html
ftp_formless_anatomy -- Eugene Thacker http://www.formless.org
Reagan Library -- Stuart Moulthrop http://raven.ubalt.edu/staff/moulthrop/hypertexts/rl/
Learning Outcomes: By the end of this
course you should have:
- a more integrated understanding of contemporary
hypermedia works and some experience in applying this understanding.
Typical assessments
- critiques of works: assessment will be based
upon the relevance of the critique to the subject matter of the
course, as well as to the work in question.
- the final project: assessment will be based
upon the quality of concept, and degree of experimentation in
the small project, more than in the success of implementation
Pre-requisites for this course
You will need to:
- be able to use a word processor
- be familiar with use of a browser
- be able to design a basic web page
- have some experience at working with digital
images
- Have some experience of experimental writing,
fiction and criticism at a intermediate level
- Be able to use an HTML editor (Homesite,
Dreamweaver, GoLive, etc) at a intermediate level and have such
a program installed on your computer
- Be interested in experimentation
- Be interested in theory and criticism
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