Hi Digital Arts Forum People

 

You might be interested in various parts of this newsletter, especially TEXTLAB - a residential workshop in Nottingham with Mark Amerika this November. Note also the Hypertext workshop at Nottm Univ  in August.

 

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Sue





	New at trAce - June 2003 



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	From the trAce Online Writing Centre 

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	trAce connects writers around the world in real and virtual space. We specialise in creativity, collaboration, learning, research, and experimentation. We offer online courses, web design and project management services. Join our free community forums, with discussion boards and regular online events. 



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	***Current trAce features 



	The trAce Writers' Studios (Process) 

	Francesca da Rimini and Carolyn Guertin open their Web studios to allow a peek at the process of creation. 

	http://trace.ntu.ac.uk/Process/index.cfm?article=70 



	Biological Time Clock. A playful hypermedia contemplation of the biological countdown. (frAme) 

	By Millie Niss for the frAme Journal of Culture and Technology. 

	http://trace.ntu.ac.uk/frAme/index.cfm?article=69 



	Paris Connection: a project in critical media (Review) 

	Randy Adams introduces this co-produced project in critical media with an international scope - including an interview with producer Jim Andrews.



	http://trace.ntu.ac.uk/Review/index.cfm?article=68 



	If you would like to propose an article see http://trace.ntu.ac.uk/about/submissions.cfm for guidelines. 



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	*** Forumlive Chat this Sunday: Archiving [new media] outside of institutions 



	When: 

	Sunday 15th June 2003 at 9 pm UK time, 10 pm Rome, 4 pm New York, 1 pm California, and 6 am (Monday) 

	Sydney. 



	What: 

	Discussion on archiving [new media] outside of institutions: what private folks can do to preserve 

	our creative e-legacy. 



	What are we talking about? 

	While you can pick up - and read - a book from a century ago, reading new 

	media works from a decade ago is hard to do, and getting harder. How can we as writers preserve our heritage of electronic literature and art?



	How to join in: Go to http://lingua.utdallas.edu:7000, 

	log in as guest, and type @go trAcELO. 



	Links  

	Linked with the e(X)Literature Conference: Preservation, Archiving and Dissemination of Electronic Literature co-sponsored by Electronic Literature Organization and the Digital Cultures Project to identify issues and solutions for archiving. Go to http://www.eliterature.org/elo/interact.php and read PAD participants' responses to questions about preserving and archiving of electronic literature. 



	Join in the fray at the trAce by logging in to http://trace.ntu.ac.uk/forums/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=330. 

	For more information, see trAce's Forum Live at http://trace.ntu.ac.uk/forumlive/ and ELO's chat at http://www.eliterature.org/elo/interact.php



	Guests 



	Mary Cavill is the Information Specialist with the Writers for the Future project at the trAce Online Writing Centre, creating an online archive of the trAce website from 1995-2002.  She worked as an arts librarian for over 10 years and has a BA (Hons) in History of Art Design and Film, and a Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching Visual Culture. 



	Rob Kendall has taught electronic poetry and fiction for the New School University's online program since 1995. He runs the literary Web site Word Circuits <http://www.wordcircuits.com> and the ELO's Electronic Literature Directory, and is codeveloper of Word Circuits Connection Muse, a hypertext tool for poets and fiction writers.



	Nick Montfort is an author, programmer, and researcher of interactive fictions and is co-editor of the New Media Reader (2003, MIT Press), which compiles electronic works from before 1994. 



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	*** Applications invited for TEXTLAB 



	A 5-Day Residential Workshop 

	free to participants 

	for Digital Writers and Artists working with New Media Texts 



	Monday 10th November - Friday 14th November 2003 



	Writers for the Future 

	trAce Online Writing Centre 

	Nottingham Trent University, UK 



	This week-long workshop is the first of its kind in the UK, offering writers and artists working with new media texts an opportunity to work together intensively in a supportive creative and critical environment. The TEXTLAB workshop is part of Writers for the Future, funded by Nesta. TEXTLAB aims to increase public understanding of New Media Writing, enable collaboration and interactivity, and change the traditional view of literature as a print-based linear form. 



	During the residential week participants will operate individually and in groups to develop their projects without any pressure to produce a finished piece. The emphasis is on freedom to explore and experiment in the company of highly-experienced new media writers. Professional development advice will also be available to help you realise and promote your project beyond the workshop, and the group will continue online until Spring 2004



	More information and how to apply at http://trace.ntu.ac.uk/writersforthefuture/textlab.cfm 



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	***New look for Kids on the Net 



	trAce's site for young writers has been redesigned and relaunched 

	http://kotn.ntu.ac.uk 



	Lots of new opportunities for young writers to publish new writing. 

	Plus a new project, The Net Rules! inviting young people to think about the need for rules in a historical context (with material on Victorian child crime and punishment from the Galleries of Justice, Nottingham, UK)



	~~Young Writers' Competition: Smart Reporting!~~ 



	Win a new AlphaSmart 3000 computer companion! We are offering this wonderful prize for the writer of the best report or review in one of the following categories:



	*Worth sitting down for - Book Review 

	*Worth switching on for - Hardware, software or game review 

	*Worth popping out for - Event or Arts Review 



	The judges are children's authors Claire Rosemary Jane and Karen King. 

	Closing date for entries 6 pm GMT Monday 30th June. 

	Open to children aged 5-13 anywhere in the world. 



	More information at http://kotn.ntu.ac.uk/about/smartreport.htm 



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	***Online Writing Courses start 7th July - book now to be sure of a place. 



	Animated Poetry in Flash with Peter Howard 

	Experimental Writing with Alan Sondheim 

	Hypertext and its Double with trAce/Alt-X new media and ELO prize-winner Talan Memmott 

	Introduction to the Internet with Helen Whitehead 

	Writing for Theatre with playwright Tony Craze 



	More information at http://www.tracewritingschool.com 



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	***Price announced for 7th New Media Writers' Workshop: The Message in New Media at Hypertext '03 



	This one-day live face-to-face workshop on Saturday August 30th in Nottingham, UK, is open to attendees at Hypertext '03 and to anyone who just wants to come for the day.  It will cost just £50 to include refreshments and lunch.



	More information at http://www.ht03.org/workshops.html#writers or contact [log in to unmask] 



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	***On the forums 



	Can you answer questions about streaming mp3s and/or Flash programming? There are two questions that need answering in the Computers and Code area of the forums at http://trace.ntu.ac.uk/forums/categories.cfm?catid=17



	In the Workshop, writing being discussed includes If Then Goto Finit, inspired by Visual Basic,plus a new way to tell film stories in hypertext, as well as short stories and poetry. http://trace.ntu.ac.uk/forums/categories.cfm?catid=8



	There are discussions about how to sell new media, and revelations from a competition judge in the General section http://trace.ntu.ac.uk/forums/categories.cfm?catid=10



	Join in the debate and discussion at http://trace.ntu.ac.uk/forums 

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