Full Schedule | ELO (Un)linked 2024
Full Schedule All Events 2024 Thursday, July 18th 12:30 PM Conference Welcome Anastasia Salter John Murray Algorithms & Imaginaries 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM Plenary 1:00 PM Keynote: A Personal Twine Story Chris Klimas Algorithms & Imaginaries 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Plenary 2:15 PM Hollywood Film Workers Strike Against AI: Understanding Algorithmic Resistance to Generative Cinematography Brett Halperin , University of Washington, Human Centered Design & Engineering Algorithms & Imaginaries 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Paper LAUNCH: Accessible Bits 1.0 Hannah Ackermans , University of Bergen Deena Larsen , Washington State University Vancouver Lyle Skains , Bournemouth University Richard Snyder , Washington State University Vancouver Hypertexts & Fictions 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Panel Publishing Electronic Literature Research as Precarious Academics Samya Brata Roy , Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur Shanmugapriya T , Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad Narrative and Worlds 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Workshop Sculpting Emotions in Code: Generating and Evaluating Micro-Fiction Mariana Chinellato Ferreira , University of Coimbra Algorithms & Imaginaries 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Paper Speculative Dialogues on eLit in a Post-AI World Rui Torres , University Fernando Pessoa Algorithms & Imaginaries 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Paper Unlinking Causal Chains: The Poetic Potential of AI Cinemawriting Will Luers Algorithms & Imaginaries 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Paper 3:30 PM A Glimpse into Past And Present Challenges: Indian Electronic Literature Shanmugapriya T , Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad Narrative & Worlds 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Paper Exploring Game Localization Through Interactive Narratives in Twine Yingzi (Kathryn) Kong , University of Central Florida Hypertexts & Fictions 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Paper Media Translation and the Migration of Born-Digital Literature Dene Grigar , Washington State University Vancouver Mariusz Pisarski , Adam Mickiewicz University of Poznan Narrative & Worlds 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Paper Russian Electronic Literature Today Kirill Azernyi Narrative & Worlds 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Paper The (un)Lucky Carder: Inscryption, Submission, and Metafictional Games Kenton T. Howard , University of Central Florida Hypertexts & Fictions 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Paper Twine Before Twine: Media Archaeology and Early Twine Works from 2006 to 2012 Dan Cox , University of Central Florida Hypertexts & Fictions 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Paper Zork Reimagined: Interactive Fiction in the Age of AI Aleksey Tikhonov , Inworld.AI Hypertexts & Fictions 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Paper 4:45 PM Dark Souls as Networked Hyperlinked Text / Creating Community Through Dystopia Austin Anderson , Howard University Hypertexts & Fictions 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM Paper “E-Mote AI: A Speculative Exploration of Generative AI, Artificial Intimacy, Artificial Unintelligence, and the Uncanny” Siobhan O'Flynn , University of Toronto Algorithms & Imaginaries 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM Paper Our Bodies Are Hyperlinks: Trans-Actions of Play for "Gayme"-ing Material Connection Chloe Milligan , Pennsylvania State University, Berks College Hypertexts & Fictions 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM Paper PlanetOut: On the Queer Internet’s Uneven Development Sam Hunter , University of California, Los Angeles Algorithms & Imaginaries 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM Paper Playing in Postmortem: Link Rot, Memory Decay, and Haunting Archives at the End of the World Madison Schmalzer , Ringling School of Art and Design Hypertexts & Fictions 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM Paper Podcasting Peregrinations: The Book of Travels, Unarchived Jason Boyd , Toronto Metropolitan University Jeremy Andriano , Toronto Metropolitan University Patrick R. Dolan , York University Kevin Ghouchandra , Toronto Metropolitan University Chelsea Russell , York University Narrative & Worlds 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM Panel Queering Artificial Intelligence as a Subversive Strategy of Creating Generative Literature. A Case Study of Ultimate Fantasy by Emily Martinez Danuta Jędrusiak , Jagiellonian University Cracow Algorithms & Imaginaries 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM Paper 6:00 PM Evening Break 1 ELO 2024 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Paper 7:00 PM Exhibition Launch Lyle Skains , Bournemouth University Algorithms & Imaginaries 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Plenary Friday, July 19th 9:15 AM ILIDI / ILINU - Incubator of Digital Literature Alejandro Brianza , andamio.in Rolando Rodriguez , andamio.in Jessica Arianne Cabrera Rodriguez Miss , andamio.in Michel Lefebvre , TOPO Hypertexts & Fictions 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Panel Roundtable. AI: Yes or No? Why and When? The Perspective of Three Latin American Digital Artists Milton Läufer Dr. Mario Guzman Leonardo Solaas Algorithms & Imaginaries 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Panel 10:30 AM A Fundamental Look at Electronic Storytelling: Subverting Expectations on a Procedural Level Jeremy Andriano , Toronto Metropolitan University Hypertexts & Fictions 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Paper AI and Generative Medieval Fictions Alan Perry , The School Of The Art Institute Of Chicago Algorithms & Imaginaries 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Paper AI Wordsworth: Artificial Intelligence and the Literary Encounter Amy Spencer , Bath Spa University Algorithms & Imaginaries 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Paper Contingencies of ‘Community’: An Investigation of House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski and Online Discussion Forums Abhirami Ajith Ms. , Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Narrative & Worlds 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Paper Data Bookification: Image, Place, and Event Zach Whalen , University of Mary Washington Hypertexts & Fictions 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Paper Doing Memory in Digital Fiction: A Critical Study of Memory, Narratology and Digitality in Andy Campbell and Judy Alston’s Clearance Gayathri T , Indian Institute of Technology Madras Merin Simi Raj , Indian Institute of Technology Madras Narrative & Worlds 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Paper Informing and Deforming Readings: ‘Critical Re-Making’ in Electronic Literature and/as Digital Humanities Bruno Ministro , Institute for Comparative Literature - University of Porto Patrícia Esteves Reina , Institute for Comparative Literature - University of Porto & Center for Portuguese Literature - University of Coimbra Hypertexts & Fictions 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Paper La propuesta digital de Eugenio Tisselli: cosmopolítica y conciencia ecológica en una obra digital latinoamericana. // The digital proposition of Eugenio Tisselli: cosmopolitics and ecological conscience in a Latin-American digital work Emilio Gordillo Lizana , Universidad Diego Portales Narrative & Worlds 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Paper 11:45 AM Midday Break 1 ELO 2024 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM Paper 1:00 PM Keynote: Code/Queer Games/Technonormativity Edmond Chang , Ohio University Algorithms & Imaginaries 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Plenary 2:15 PM BASE SPACE: Resisting U.S. Militarization in the Pacific with Immersive VR Poetry Collier Nogues , The Chinese University of Hong Kong Narrative & Worlds 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Paper El Majaya: Prompting Cultural Identity Clara Machacon Rodelo , Universidad del Norte - Colombia Andrea Carolina Osio Amaya , Universidad del Norte - Colombia Narrative & Worlds 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Paper More-than-Human Media Richard A. Carter , University of York Narrative & Worlds 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Paper Rage Against The Machine: A Roundtable on an Arts Community’s Reactions Toward AI Art Kedrick James , University of British Columbia Ernesto Peña , Northeastern University Derek Gladwin , University of British Columbia Giorgio Magnanensi , Vancouver New Music Yuya Takeda , University of British Columbia Rachel Horst , University of British Columbia Algorithms & Imaginaries 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Panel Starting with Markdown: a flexible extensible hypertext authoring system Christine Wilks Astrid Ensslin , Universität Regensburg Hypertexts & Fictions 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Workshop 3:30 PM E-Lit Narratives -- Plenary Panel: Celebrating Marjorie C. Luesebrink Lai-Tze Fan , University of Waterloo Stephanie Strickland Alan Liu , University of California, Santa Barbara Stuart Moulthrop , University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Algorithms & Imaginaries 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Plenary 4:45 PM Critical Making for AI Literacy Jajwalya Karajgikar , University of Pennsylvania Algorithms & Imaginaries 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM Paper Curating and Sharing Interactive Moments with the Game and Interactive Software Scholarship Toolkit (GISST) Eric Kaltman , University of Alberta Joseph C. Osborn , Pomona College Hypertexts & Fictions 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM Paper Deformance as (Un)Linking Jolene Armstrong , Athabasca University Siobhan O'Flynn , University of Toronto monique tschofen , Toronto Metropolitan University Kari Maaren , Toronto Metropolitan University Narrative & Worlds 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM Panel Enhanced Curation and Ensuring a Post-Exhibition Legacy for the British Library’s Electronic Literature Collection Giulia Carla Rossi , British Library Stella Wisdom , British Library Hypertexts & Fictions 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM Paper Playful approaches to defamiliarizing generative AI Alex Mitchell , National University of Singapore Algorithms & Imaginaries 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM Paper Small stories of past futures: Celebration, resistance, and cultivating the unknown Rachel S. Horst , University of British Columbia Hypertexts & Fictions 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM Paper The Future of Text in XR: Phase 1 of the Project Dene Grigar , Washington State University Vancouver Andrew Thompson , Washington State University Hypertexts & Fictions 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM Paper The Pedagogy of Slow Making in the Age of AI Emily Johnson , University of Central Florida Algorithms & Imaginaries 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM Paper 6:00 PM Evening Break 2 ELO 2024 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Paper 7:00 PM Reading a website? Annie Abrahams , independant artist Algorithms & Imaginaries 7:00 PM - 7:15 PM Performance 7:15 PM RIVETED IN THE WORD: Portraying the Experience of Broca Aphasia in a New Work of Digital Fiction Warren Lehrer Mr. , School of Visual Arts Artemio Morales Mr. , AltSalt Judith Sloan Ms. , NYU Algorithms & Imaginaries 7:15 PM - 7:30 PM Performance 7:30 PM Hot or Rot: What Kind of Society Are We Going to Be? Margot Machado Knuth , Universitat Oberta de Catalunya Algorithms & Imaginaries 7:30 PM - 8:45 PM Performance 7:45 PM What did the line that you last drew ask you? Alys M. Longley , The University of Auckland, NZ Kate Stevenson Jeffrey Holdaway Algorithms & Imaginaries 7:45 PM - 8:00 PM Performance Saturday, July 20th 9:15 AM Angles on AI -- Using Netprov to Wrap the Mind Around a New Reality Rob Wittig , University of Minnesota Duluth Algorithms & Imaginaries 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Workshop (Un)Linked Open Data: Documenting E-lit in Wikidata Hannah Ackermans Joseph Tabbi , University of Bergen Tegan Pyke , University of Bergen Colin Robinson , University of Bergen Hypertexts & Fictions 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Panel 10:30 AM ... - a book derived from a website - Why and how? Annie Abrahams , independant artist Hypertexts & Fictions 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Paper A critical look at the views on authorship in story generation research Tuuli V. V. Hongisto , University of Helsinki Algorithms & Imaginaries 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Paper Emulation of electronic literary artworks Simon Biggs Professor , University of South Australia Alex Degaris Boot Dr , University of South Australia Hypertexts & Fictions 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Paper l0ve0ne: Creating Electronic Literature on the Early World Wide Web Judy Malloy , School of the Art Institute of Chicago Hypertexts & Fictions 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Paper Performative writing through permutations and the switching of subjectivities in "Time, diffracted" Terhi Marttila , Interactive technologies Institute / LARSyS Hypertexts & Fictions 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Paper The Random Word Trick: Using Unsophisticated Code to Make an LLM Less Boring kyle booten , University Of Connecticut Algorithms & Imaginaries 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Paper Translation with the GPT LLM. A case study of the "King UBU" by Alfred Jarry Piotr Marecki , Jagiellonian University, Kraków Jan K. Argasiński , Jagiellonian University, Kraków Algorithms & Imaginaries 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Paper 11:45 AM Midday Break 2 ELO 2024 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM Paper 1:00 PM Keynote: Interactive digital narrative - a specific expression for a complex time Hartmut Koenitz Algorithms & Imaginaries 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Plenary 2:15 PM Chatting about Chapbook: Exploring Twine Building through the Chapbook Format Ricky Finch , University of Central Florida Hypertexts & Fictions 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Workshop Making micro-choices in Dan Hett’s “C ya laterrrr” Kristine N. Kelly , Case Western Reserve University Narrative & Worlds 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Paper Metadata as Metanarrative: Lessons from Filter Insta-Zine at The NEXT Sarah Laiola Richard Snyder , Northwest University Narrative & Worlds 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Paper VR/AR/XR E-lit: Towards a Claustrophobic and Agoraphobic Poetics David T.H. Wright , Nagoya University Narrative & Worlds 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Paper Worlds Remunged: The Pastiche and Parody of Generative AI Mark C. Marino , University of Southern California Siobhan O'Flynn , University of Toronto Alex Mitchell , National University of Singapore Rob Wittig Algorithms & Imaginaries 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Panel 3:30 PM ELO Town Hall Caitlin Fisher Algorithms & Imaginaries 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Plenary 4:45 PM A Queer Arcades Project Maureen Engel , University of Queensland Caitlin Fisher , York University Algorithms & Imaginaries 4:45 PM - 3:45 PM Paper Literary Gaming Refigured Sebastian R. Richter , University of Regensburg Astrid Ensslin , University of Alberta Fiona S. Schönberg , University of Regensburg Kübra Aksay , University of Freiburg Miriam Scuderi , Johannes Gutenberg Universitat, Mainz Hypertexts & Fictions 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM Panel Tapest[o]ry: Exploring the Interactive Capabilities of Tapestries as a Storytelling Tool Laura Santos , Universidade da Madeira Mara Dionisio , Universidade da Madeira, ITI/LARSyS, IST, University of Lisbon Terhi Marttila , Interactive technologies Institute / LARSyS Pedro Campos , WowSystems, Funchal, Portugal Algorithms & Imaginaries 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM Paper The Legacy of Borges, Cortázar, Huidobro, and Girondo in Latin American Electronic Literature Erika Maribel Heredia , University of Central Florida María Julia Cabail , University of Central Florida María Carolina Páez Gutierrez , University of Central Florida Silverio Penoth , University of Central Florida Oscar López , University of Central Florida Narrative & Worlds 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM Panel Varexia’s Voice: Crafting An AI Ethnomusicologist Matthew Campbell PhD , Texas A&M University Jeff Morris D.Mus , Texas A&M University Algorithms & Imaginaries 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM Paper 6:00 PM Evening Break 3 ELO 2024 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Paper 7:00 PM Conundrum Luna Erik Loyer Algorithms & Imaginaries 7:00 PM - 7:15 PM Performance 7:15 PM Islands to Port Eighty Kavi Duvvoori , University of Waterloo Algorithms & Imaginaries 7:15 PM - 7:30 PM Performance 7:30 PM now & then sarah bricke , unaffiliated Algorithms & Imaginaries 7:30 PM - 7:45 PM Performance 7:45 PM Tapest[o]ry Laura Santos , Universidade da Madeira Mara Dionisio , Universidade da Madeira, ITI/LARSyS, IST, University of Lisbon Terhi Marttila , Interactive technologies Institute / LARSyS Pedro Campos , WowSystems, Funchal, Portugal Algorithms & Imaginaries 7:45 PM - 8:00 PM Performance 8:00 PM The Zone of Pure Doubt, Episode 2: The Dateline Theory Judd Morrissey , School of the Art Institute of Chicago Ava Aviva Avnisan , San Diego State University Algorithms & Imaginaries 8:00 PM - 8:15 PM Performance Sunday, July 21st 9:15 AM Clustering and Decisions: An Archeology of Computational Creation Erik Zepka Hypertexts & Fictions 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Paper Computational Writing and the Literary Device Mujie Li , University of Sussex Hypertexts & Fictions 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Paper Digital Literature in Latin America: Technocapitalism and Media Intersections Vinicius Carvalho Pereira , Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso Andréa Catropa da Silva , Universidade Anhembi Morumbi Verónica Paula Gómez , Frei Universität Berlin Narrative & Worlds 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Panel Digital Literature: An Essentially Contested Concept? Tegan Pyke , University of Bergen Hypertexts & Fictions 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Paper Generative Narrative Amidst Large Language Model (LLM) AI – A Transnational Experiment Laura Shackelford , Rochester Institute of Technology Samuel Szoniecky , University of Paris-8 Matthew Giacovelli , Rochester Institute of Technology Deen Grey , Rochester Institute of Technology Erica Coles , Rochester Institute of Technology Harsh Shah , Rochester Institute of Technology Ferroudja Belkessa , University of Paris-8 Algorithms & Imaginaries 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Panel 10:30 AM Demystifying and Challenging the Settler Colonial Nation through Digital Literature Jane Boyes , Dalhousie University Narrative & Worlds 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Paper Digital/environmental technopoetics in decolonial search Claudia Kozak , UBA/CONICET Narrative & Worlds 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Paper María Mencía's Poetics: a Polyphony of Verses Yolanda De Gregorio , University of Cadiz Narrative & Worlds 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Paper Teaching Electronic Literature Prakruti K. Bhatt , Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University Judith A. Pintar , UIUC School of Information Sciences Suzanne V. Rigdon , George Mason University Denise Ellen Larsen , Washington State University R Lyle Skains , Bournemouth University Mark C. Marino , University of Southern California Dene Grigar , Washington State University Vancouver Faith Samuel Bassey , University of Uyo, Nigeria Hypertexts & Fictions 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Panel The Cyborg Hackeur Workshop Leonardo Flores , Appalachian State University Algorithms & Imaginaries 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Workshop 11:45 AM Midday Break 3 ELO 2024 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM Paper 1:00 PM Keynote: An Open Invitation - Ethical and Inclusive Research in Interactive Storytelling Anne Sullivan , Georgia Tech Algorithms & Imaginaries 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Plenary 2:15 PM Border Crossings: Seeing/Reading Comics and Graphic Narratives through a Digital Lens Elizabeth Varkey Ms. , CHRIST Deemed to be University Narrative & Worlds 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Paper Issues of authorship, creativity, and revision in algorithmic cut-up literature Elsa Pereira , University of Lisbon, Portugal Algorithms & Imaginaries 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Paper Of Cats and Backpack: Utopian Possibilities in Cyberpunk Worlds Emmanuelle Lescouet , UdeM Pierre Gabriel Dumoulin , UQAM Amélie Vallières , UQAM Narrative & Worlds 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Paper Portraits of Claire Tourneur: Facing into an AI Imaginary Stuart Moulthrop , University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Algorithms & Imaginaries 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Paper Re-inhabiting a Synthetic Text World in infloresence.city Kavi Duvvoori , University of Waterloo Narrative & Worlds 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Paper The Narratology of Prompts: AI as Concrete Prose Patrick Lichty , Winona State University Algorithms & Imaginaries 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Paper 3:30 PM E-Lit Narratives -- Plenary Panel Two: Celebrating Marjorie C. Luesebrink Lai-Tze Fan , University of Waterloo Dene Grigar , Washington State University Vancouver Caitlin Fisher , York University Anastasia Salter , University of Central Florida Algorithms & Imaginaries 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Plenary 4:45 PM Closing & Awards Ceremony Jason Nelson Alinta Krauth Algorithms & Imaginaries 4:45 PM - 6:00 PM Plenary