From keshvani at leoalmanac.org Wed Oct 4 20:10:45 2006 From: keshvani at leoalmanac.org (Nisar Keshvani, LEA) Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 08:10:45 +0800 Subject: [LEAuthors] LEAD: Wanna wax lyrical with LEA New Media Poetics Authors and Artists? Message-ID: <5d60ab0c0610041710l18b63ddas8649b4ffe2efbe12@mail.gmail.com> *http://leoalmanac.org/journal/Vol_14/lea_v14_n05-06/forum.asp* ** *Wanna wax lyrical? Join the Leonardo Electronic Almanac Discussion on New Media Poetics and Poetry ...* *Moderated by Sandy Baldwin* This issue, we introduce the "Leonardo Electronic Almanac Discussion" (LEAD) accompanying our "New Media Poetics and Poetry" special. LEAD will have two components, a live chat session with our authors and artists and a moderated discussion list for readers to engage with the special issue authors (see below for access information). What is the *LEA New Media Poetics* Special? Guest edited by Tim Peterson, the issue features Loss Peque?o Glazier, John Cayley with Dimitri Lemmerman, Lori Emerson, Phillippe Bootz, Manuel Portela, Stephanie Strickland, Mez, Maria Engberg and Matthias Hillner. Don't forget to scurry over to the equally exciting gallery, exhibiting works by Jason Nelson, Aya Karpinska, Daniel Canazon Howe, mIEKAL aND, CamillE BacoS, Nadine Hilbert and Gast Bouschet. *Chat Schedule:* :: John Cayley - 9 Oct 2006 1400hrs EST :: Loss Glazier 10/10 1900hrs EST :: Stephanie Strickland 10/20 1pm EST :: MEZ ? 17 Oct 2006 @ 0300hrs EST :: Jason Nelson ? 24 Oct 2006 @ 1300hrs EST * * *How to participate in the live chat?** *Live chats will use Jabber (http://www.jabber.org/), an open, secure, ad-free alternative to consumer IM services like AIM, ICQ, MSN, and Yahoo. The New Media Poetics chatroom is on the jabber.org public server under the name "leanmp" and the password "leoalmanac." Follow three easy steps and you are ready to join the chat: 1) Download and install a Jabber client. A list of recommended Jabber clients is available at the following url: * http://www.jabber.org/software/clients.shtml*. For Windows users, we recommend the Exodus client. For Macintosh users, please use Psi, as the other recommended clients do not consistently register on the Jabber server. For Linux, Psi is also available, but the other recommended clients should work as well. 2) Register as a user on the jabber.org public server. When you first open your Jabber client you will see a start screen. If you do not see this screen, or if you are not starting the client for the first time, the screen is also available in a pull down menu as Account Details or Preferences (depending on your Jabber client). Enter a username, password, and server. Use any username and password you choose. Enter "jabber.org" as the server. When you register, if your proposed username is taken, you need to choose another. Check the button for "new account" or to automatically register the account (depending on your client). Note: you may not be able to register if you are not using one of the recommended clients listed above. Hit OK or Login. Your Jabber client will then automatically register you and connect you to the jabber.org server. 3) At this point, you are ready to chat, but there is one more step: you must join the chatroom. Select "Join a Chat Room" from your client's pull down menu. Enter the name of the chat room: leanmp. Enter the password: leoalmanac. You can also specify a nickname or "handle" to use while in the chatroom. Hit "Finish" or "OK" to join the chat. The chat room window will open and you are ready to go! Note: the chat room may not be available outside of scheduled chat times. Additional information is available at the Jabber userguide: * http://www.jabber.org/user/userguide/*. *How to sign up to the NMP Moderated List? *Email: leanmp-subscribe at googlegroups.com LEA NMP URL: http://groups.google.com/group/leanmp *About the moderator* Sandy Baldwin (Ph.D, New York University) is Assistant Professor of English and Director of the Center for Literary Computing at West Virginia University. If you miss the chats and forum, fret not, an abridged version of the discussions will be made available with the next issue of LEA. *Further information or assistance* info at leoalmanac.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/leaauthors/attachments/20061005/4e8e93c6/attachment.htm From keshvani at leoalmanac.org Sat Oct 7 01:07:09 2006 From: keshvani at leoalmanac.org (Nisar Keshvani, LEA) Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2006 13:07:09 +0800 Subject: [LEAuthors] Leonardo Electronic Almanac - Open Call for Submissions Message-ID: <5d60ab0c0610062207t4a976547xfe4075c8e9b1d7bd@mail.gmail.com> ** Sincere apologies for cross-posting ** Please feel free to spread the word widely: The *Leonardo Electronic Almanac* (ISSN No: 1071-4391) is inviting an open call for special issues / papers to be published in 2007/8. LEA is an international peer-reviewed e-journal published by MIT Press since 1993. The LEA Editorial Board seeks proposals for: ** Special Issues*: To guest edit a special issue/s around any established or emerging topic area. The special will give you an opportunity to work with LEA, its peer-review network and experts in the field to publish critical essays, artist statements, produce bibliographies and academic curriculum. * *Theoretical Discussions*: *Original* essays documenting research, critical commentary in areas of discussion such as nanotechnology, cyberart, cyberfeminism, hypertext, robotics, bio-art, artifical life, genetics. This list is by no means exhaustive, and proposals need not be limited to these areas. * *Artists Statements / Gallery Commissions*: International artists are encouraged to submit statements or proposals for *original* for exhibiting new media artwork. Curators are welcome to propose thematic exhibitions. LEA encourages international artists / academics / researchers / students / practitioners / theorists to submit their proposals for consideration. *We particularly encourage authors outside North America and Europe to submit essays / artists statements.* Proposals should include:- - a 150 - 300 word abstract / synopsis detailing subject matter - a brief bio (and prior works for reference). - names of collaborators (if suggesting a thematic issue / curated gallery) - any related URLs - contact details We also welcome all collaborative ideas, suggestions and proposals from individuals as well as organizations. Please send proposals or queries to: Nisar Keshvani Editor-in-Chief Leonardo Electronic Almanac http://leoalmanac.org/ info at leoalmanac.org by 1 December 2006. (Pls note - Response to proposals may take up to 4 - 8 weeks. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted). *********************************************************************** Useful URLs ----------------- LEA Current Issue: http://leoalmanac.org/ Gallery: http://leoalmanac.org/gallery/index.asp Archives: http://leoalmanac.org/journal/index.asp Resources: http://leoalmanac.org/resources/index.asp Contributor Guide: http://leoalmanac.org/cfp/submit/index.asp About: http://leoalmanac.org/about/index.asp What is LEA? ------------- Established in 1993, Leonardo Electronic Almanac (ISSN No: 1071-4391) is the electronic arm of the pioneer art journal, Leonardo - Journal of Art, Science & Technology. Leonardo Electronic Almanac (LEA), jointly produced by Leonardo, the International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology (ISAST), and published by MIT Press, is an electronic journal dedicated to providing a forum for those who are interested in the realm where art, science and technology converge. For over a decade, LEA has thrived as an *international peer reviewed*electronic journal and web archive covering the interaction of the arts, sciences, and technology. *On average 5 - 10% of manuscripts received are eventually published*. LEA emphasizes rapid publication of recent work and critical discussion on topics of current excitement with a slant on shorter, less academic texts. Many contributors are younger scholars, artists, scientists, educators and developers of new technological resources in the media arts. Contents include profiles of media arts facilities and projects, insights of artists using new media and feature articles comprising theoretical and technical perspectives. 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URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/leaauthors/attachments/20061007/4866d289/attachment.htm From keshvani at leoalmanac.org Mon Oct 9 11:27:46 2006 From: keshvani at leoalmanac.org (Nisar Keshvani, LEA) Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 23:27:46 +0800 Subject: [LEAuthors] LEAD: Live Chat with John Cayley 9 Oct 2006 @ 1100hrs (EDT) Message-ID: <5d60ab0c0610090827t38a6539ah8feaca23d0788f8e@mail.gmail.com> Leonardo Electronic Almanac Discussion (LEAD): Vol 14 No 5 :: Live chat with John Cayley about writing in immersive VR, new media poetics, and other topics. :: Chat date: Monday, October 9. :: Chat time: 11am West Coat US / 2pm East Coast US / 8pm Paris FR / 4am Melbourne AU :: LEAD is an open forum around the New Media Poetics special Issue of Leonardo Electronic Almanac. Chat instructions are below. The LEA website includes instructions and a complete list of upcoming chats: http://www.leoalmanac.org/journal/Vol_14/lea_v14_n05-06/forum.asp. John Cayley is a London-based poet, translator, publisher and bookdealer. Links to his writing in networked and programmable media are at www.shadoof.net/in. His last printed book of poems, adaptations and translations was Ink Bamboo (London: Agenda & Belew, 1996). Cayley was the winner of the Electronic Literature Organization's Award for Poetry 2001 ( www.eliterature.org). He is an Honorary Research Associate in the Department of English, Royal Holloway College, University of London, and has taught and directed research at the University of California San Diego and Brown University, amongst other institutions. His most recent work explores ambient poetics in programmable media, with parallel theoretical interventions concerning the role of code in writing and the temporal properties of textuality (bibliographic links are available from the shadoof site). :: How to participate in the live chat? Live chats will use Jabber (http://www.jabber.org/), an open, secure, ad-free alternative to consumer IM services like AIM, ICQ, MSN, and Yahoo. It is the most widely-used open source instant messaging and chat protocol. The New Media Poetics chatroom is on the jabber.org public server under the name "leanmp" and the password "leoalmanac." Follow three easy steps and you are ready to join the chat: 1) Download and install a Jabber client. A list of recommended Jabber clients is available at the following url: http://www.jabber.org/software/clients.shtml. For Windows users, we recommend the Exodus client. For Macintosh users, please use Psi, as the other recommended clients do not consistently register on the Jabber server. For Linux, Psi is also available, but the other recommended clients should work as well. 2) Register as a user on the jabber.org public server. When you first open your Jabber client you will see a start screen. If you do not see this screen, or if you are not starting the client for the first time, the screen is also available in a pull down menu as Account Details or Preferences (depending on your Jabber client). Enter a username, password, and server. Use any username and password you choose. Enter "jabber.org" as the server. When you register, if your proposed username is taken, you need to choose another. Check the button for "new account" or to automatically register the account (depending on your client). Note: you may not be able to register if you are not using one of the recommended clients listed above. Hit OK or Login. Your Jabber client will then automatically register you and connect you to the jabber.org server. 3) At this point, you are ready to chat, but there is one more step: you must join the chatroom. Select "Join a Chat Room" from your client's pull down menu. Enter the name of the chat room: leanmp. Enter the password: leoalmanac. You can also specify a nickname or "handle" to use while in the chatroom. Hit "Finish" or "OK" to join the chat. The chat room window will open and you are ready to go! Note: the chat room may not be available outside of scheduled chat times. Additional information is available at the Jabber userguide: http://www.jabber.org/user/userguide -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/leaauthors/attachments/20061009/18712dc7/attachment.htm From keshvani at leoalmanac.org Tue Oct 10 19:46:49 2006 From: keshvani at leoalmanac.org (Nisar Keshvani, LEA) Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 07:46:49 +0800 Subject: [LEAuthors] =?iso-8859-1?q?LEAD=3A_Live_Chat_with_Loss_Peque=F1o_?= =?iso-8859-1?q?Glazier_10_Oct_2006?= Message-ID: <5d60ab0c0610101646k7490fda8qa2d72f132a5d8b0b@mail.gmail.com> _Leonardo Electronic Almanac Discussion (LEAD): Vol 14 No 5_ :: Live chat with Loss Peque?o Glazier about code as language and other topics. :: Chat date: Tuesday, October 10. :: 4 pm West Coast US / 7pm East Coast USA / 1 am Paris FR / 9am Melbourne AU :: LEAD is an open forum around the New Media Poetics special issue of Leonardo Electronic Almanac. Chat instructions are here: http://www.leoalmanac.org/journal/Vol_14/lea_v14_n05-06/forum.asp. PLEASE NOTE: The instructions are intended to apply to all jabber chat clients, but there may be some variation for individual clients. For example, some clients may require the chat room server "conference.jabber.org" and others clients only "jabber.org." Also, please refer to the link for a complete schedule of upcoming chats and for instructions on joining chats. Loss Peque?o Glazier is a poet, professor of Media Study, and founder and director of the Electronic Poetry Center (http://epc.buffalo.edu), the world's most extensive web-based digital poetry resource, housed in the Department of Media Study, State University of New York, Buffalo. He is the author of the digitally informed poetry collection _Anatman, Pumpkin Seed, Algorithm_ (Salt Publishing, 2003), several other books of poetry, and the award-winning _Digital Poetics: The Making of E-Poetries_ (University of Alabama Press, 2002). -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/leaauthors/attachments/20061011/8b0708f8/attachment.htm From keshvani at leoalmanac.org Thu Oct 19 20:40:15 2006 From: keshvani at leoalmanac.org (Nisar Keshvani, LEA) Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 08:40:15 +0800 Subject: [LEAuthors] LEAD: Chat with Stephanie Strickland 10/17 *New Chat System* Message-ID: <5d60ab0c0610191740hb797885s3061867139dbff9c@mail.gmail.com> _Leonardo Electronic Almanac Discussion (LEAD): Vol 14 No 5_ :: IMPORTANT: NEW CHAT SYSTEM BELOW :: Live chat with poet Stephanie Strickland, discussing the 11 Dimensions of E-Poetry and other topics. :: Chat date: Friday, October 20. :: 10 am West Coast US / 1 pm East Coast USA / 7 pm Paris FR / 3 am Melbourne AU :: LEAD is an open forum around the New Media Poetics special issue of Leonardo Electronic Almanac * For tomorrow's chat only, we are experimenting with different chat software: PloneChat, a brower-based chat program hosted at the Center for Literary Computing. This program is less robust than jabber but does not require you to download a client and will not be blocked by firewalls that block instant messaging clients. * The url for the chat is here: http://clc.as.wvu.edu:8080/clc/projects/leonardo. We will return to the regular system - using jabber - for upcoming chats (see the schedule below). * You need a username and password to access the chat. Email charles.baldwin at mail.wvu.edu with the subject line "strickland chat" to receive a username and password. * Also, please note the dates and times for the next two chats (using the jabber chat program): Manuela Portela 10/23 1 pm West Coast US / 4 pm East Coast USA / 10 pm Paris FR / 6 am Melbourne AU Jason Nelson 10/24 10 am West Coast US / 1 pm East Coast USA / 7 pm Paris FR / 3 am Melbourne AU *--------------------------------------- Stephanie Strickland Biography Stephanie Strickland is both a print and digital hypermedia poet. Her Poem V is an intermedial work consisting of a double poetry book from Penguin(V: WaveSon.nets/Losing L'una), a Web component cited at book center(Vniverse, http://vniverse.com, created with Cynthia Lawson), and a supplementary interactive Flash poem (Errand Upon Which We Came, created with M.D. Coverley, http://califia.hispeed.com/Errand/title1a.htm). Strickland's poems True North, http://www.eastgate.com/catalog/TrueNorth.html, and The Ballad of Sand and Harry Soot, http://wordcircuits.com/gallery/sandsoot/, have won simultaneous awards in both print and electronic forms. Strickland's essays about electronic literature appear online in ebr (Electronic Book Review) and in collections from MIT Press and Intellect Press (England). As the McEver Chair in Writing at the Georgia Institute of Technology, she created and produced TechnoPoetry Festival 2002. 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