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Submission Type

Virtual Engagement Session

Start Date

16-7-2020 11:00 AM

End Date

16-7-2020 12:00 PM

Abstract

This virtual writing workshop invites you to compose texts together in Google Docs based on prompts inspired by surrealist games. The idea behind this session is that synchronous writing and editing can inspire new forms of collaborative creative expression.

In the spirit of the conference’s theme, (un)continuity, I will collect the texts we write together in the session and arrange them using a randomized algorithm to create a collaborative work of electronic literature. We will share the result with other conference attendees via social media.

Because of Google Docs’ limitations, a maximum number of ten people can participate in this workshop.

You can access the workshop’s Google Doc via the following link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jrf8QfS6Oalu0qrUWa7w48hZ-jKf5naWUiTpN_PEGP4/edit?usp=sharing

Bio

Laura Okkema is a German-American independent artist and scholar whose work comprises visual art, electronic literature, and digital media scholarship. As an activist critical maker, Laura uses digital and analog media to tell stories that inspire compassion with marginalized populations. She completed her PhD in Texts and Technology at the University of Central Florida in May 2019. Her scholarship has been published in OneShot: A Journal of Critical Play and Games as well as the Proceedings of Computers and Writing and The Digital Games Research Association.

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Jul 16th, 11:00 AM Jul 16th, 12:00 PM

Creative Writing Collaboration in GoogleDocs

This virtual writing workshop invites you to compose texts together in Google Docs based on prompts inspired by surrealist games. The idea behind this session is that synchronous writing and editing can inspire new forms of collaborative creative expression.

In the spirit of the conference’s theme, (un)continuity, I will collect the texts we write together in the session and arrange them using a randomized algorithm to create a collaborative work of electronic literature. We will share the result with other conference attendees via social media.

Because of Google Docs’ limitations, a maximum number of ten people can participate in this workshop.

You can access the workshop’s Google Doc via the following link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jrf8QfS6Oalu0qrUWa7w48hZ-jKf5naWUiTpN_PEGP4/edit?usp=sharing