[arg_discuss] The Spoon River Metblog and Electronic Literature Organization Conference

[Jay Bushman]

Hey all:

I spent last weekend at the Electronic Literature Organization's  
VIsionary Landscapes Conference in Vancouver, Washington.  I was  
invited to show Loose-Fish Project #1: The Good Captain in their Media  
Arts Show and give a talk about it.  It was a fascinating weekend -  
there were lots of academics, old-school hypertext artists and newer  
artists making things that seemed to defy category.  I found that  
while some people knew about ARGs, many did not, and I found myself  
talking about them at length to people who were mind-boggled at the  
idea.

I also had the pleasure of meeting Carolyn Handler Miller, author of  
the book Digital Storytelling (<http://www.amazon.com/Digital-Storytelling-Creators-Interactive-Entertainment/dp/0240805100 
 >) which has a whole chapter on ARGs.  It was quite odd to read a  
textbook describe the Anti-Robot Militia rallies and "coronersweborg."


I've also just launched Loose-Fish Project #2:  THE SPOON RIVER  
METBLOG.  It's an adaptation of the 1916 poetry compendium Spoon River  
Anthology. It's being hosted by the Metroblogging network - a  
syndicate of over 50 city-specific hyper-local new sites around the  
world.  They've built me a fiction metblog for Spoon River, USA.

Site is here:  <http://spoonriver.metblogs.com>
Description of project is here:  <http://www.loose-fish.com/waifpole/current-story-the-spoon-river-metblog/ 
 >


Content will update over the next 3 months.  And this time, there is a  
puzzle buried in the content.  Please check it out when you get a  
moment.  And feel free to leave comments.

Thanks,
Jay

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The Loose-Fish Project:  <www.loose-fish.com>
The Spoon River Metroblog:  <http://spoonriver.metblogs.com>