Estate founded as Electronic Electronic Literature Organization
The Electronic Literature Organisation (ELO) is a nonprofit organisation initiated in 1999 to promote the creation and enjoyment of electronic literature. Until 2005, the organisation was based at the University of California, Los Angeles. The organisation was founded by electronic author Scott Rettberg, novelist Robert Coover, and internet business leader Jeff Ballowe. The current president of the Board of Directors is Thom Swiss.
Activities
The activities of the organisation include:
- Maintaining the Electronic Literature Directory, a listing of electronic works and their authors.
- Preservation, Archiving, and Dissemination (PAD) project to archive notable and threatened works.
- Holding the 2001 Electronic Literature Awards for fiction and poetry.
- Hosting readings, symposia and other outreach events such as the MACHINE series (since 2004) to publicise electronic literature.
See also
- Jay David Bolter
- Robert Coover
- J. Yellowlees Douglas
- N. Katherine Hayles
- Shelley Jackson
- Michael Joyce
- George Landow
- Lev Manovich
- Stuart Moulthrop
External links
- Official site
- Electronic Literature Directory
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