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Schedule
2024
Thursday, July 18th
12:30 PM

Conference Welcome

Anastasia Salter
John Murray

Algorithms & Imaginaries

12:30 PM - 1:00 PM

Plenary

1:00 PM

Keynote: A Personal Twine Story

Chris Klimas

Algorithms & Imaginaries

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Plenary

2:15 PM

Hollywood Film Workers Strike Against AI: Understanding Algorithmic Resistance to Generative Cinematography

Brett Halperin, University of Washington, Human Centered Design & Engineering

Algorithms & Imaginaries

2:15 PM - 3:15 PM

Paper

2:15 PM

Sculpting Emotions in Code: Generating and Evaluating Micro-Fiction

Mariana Chinellato Ferreira, University of Coimbra

Algorithms & Imaginaries

2:15 PM - 3:15 PM

Paper

2:15 PM

Speculative Dialogues on eLit in a Post-AI World

Rui Torres, University Fernando Pessoa

Algorithms & Imaginaries

2:15 PM - 3:15 PM

Paper

2:15 PM

Unlinking Causal Chains: The Poetic Potential of AI Cinemawriting

Will Luers

Algorithms & Imaginaries

2:15 PM - 3:15 PM

Paper

4:45 PM

“E-Mote AI: A Speculative Exploration of Generative AI, Artificial Intimacy, Artificial Unintelligence, and the Uncanny”

Siobhan O'Flynn, University of Toronto

Algorithms & Imaginaries

4:45 PM - 5:45 PM

Paper

4:45 PM

PlanetOut: On the Queer Internet’s Uneven Development

Sam Hunter, University of California, Los Angeles

Algorithms & Imaginaries

4:45 PM - 5:45 PM

Paper

4:45 PM

Queering Artificial Intelligence as a Subversive Strategy of Creating Generative Literature. A Case Study of Ultimate Fantasy by Emily Martinez

Danuta Jędrusiak, Jagiellonian University Cracow

Algorithms & Imaginaries

4:45 PM - 5:45 PM

Paper

6:00 PM

Evening Break 1

ELO 2024

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Paper

7:00 PM

Exhibition Launch

Lyle Skains, Bournemouth University

Algorithms & Imaginaries

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Plenary

Friday, July 19th
9:15 AM

Roundtable. AI: Yes or No? Why and When? The Perspective of Three Latin American Digital Artists

Milton Läufer Dr.
Mario Guzman
Leonardo Solaas

Algorithms & Imaginaries

9:15 AM - 10:15 AM

Panel

10:30 AM

AI and Generative Medieval Fictions

Alan Perry, The School Of The Art Institute Of Chicago

Algorithms & Imaginaries

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Paper

10:30 AM

AI Wordsworth: Artificial Intelligence and the Literary Encounter

Amy Spencer, Bath Spa University

Algorithms & Imaginaries

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Paper

11:45 AM

Midday Break 1

ELO 2024

11:45 AM - 1:00 PM

Paper

1:00 PM

Keynote: Code/Queer Games/Technonormativity

Edmond Chang, Ohio University

Algorithms & Imaginaries

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Plenary

2:15 PM

Rage Against The Machine: A Roundtable on an Arts Community’s Reactions Toward AI Art

Kedrick James, University of British Columbia
Ernesto Peña, Northeastern University
Derek Gladwin, University of British Columbia
Giorgio Magnanensi, Vancouver New Music
Yuya Takeda, University of British Columbia
Rachel Horst, University of British Columbia

Algorithms & Imaginaries

2:15 PM - 3:15 PM

Panel

3:30 PM

E-Lit Narratives -- Plenary Panel: Celebrating Marjorie C. Luesebrink

Lai-Tze Fan, University of Waterloo
Stephanie Strickland
Alan Liu, University of California, Santa Barbara
Stuart Moulthrop, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Algorithms & Imaginaries

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Plenary

4:45 PM

Critical Making for AI Literacy

Jajwalya Karajgikar, University of Pennsylvania

Algorithms & Imaginaries

4:45 PM - 5:45 PM

Paper

4:45 PM

Playful approaches to defamiliarizing generative AI

Alex Mitchell, National University of Singapore

Algorithms & Imaginaries

4:45 PM - 5:45 PM

Paper

4:45 PM

The Pedagogy of Slow Making in the Age of AI

Emily Johnson, University of Central Florida

Algorithms & Imaginaries

4:45 PM - 5:45 PM

Paper

6:00 PM

Evening Break 2

ELO 2024

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Paper

7:00 PM

Reading a website?

Annie Abrahams, independant artist

Algorithms & Imaginaries

7:00 PM - 7:15 PM

Performance

7:15 PM

RIVETED IN THE WORD: Portraying the Experience of Broca Aphasia in a New Work of Digital Fiction

Warren Lehrer Mr., School of Visual Arts
Artemio Morales Mr., AltSalt
Judith Sloan Ms., NYU

Algorithms & Imaginaries

7:15 PM - 7:30 PM

Performance

7:30 PM

Hot or Rot: What Kind of Society Are We Going to Be?

Margot Machado Knuth, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya

Algorithms & Imaginaries

7:30 PM - 8:45 PM

Performance

7:45 PM

What did the line that you last drew ask you?

Alys M. Longley, The University of Auckland, NZ
Kate Stevenson
Jeffrey Holdaway

Algorithms & Imaginaries

7:45 PM - 8:00 PM

Performance

Saturday, July 20th
9:15 AM

Angles on AI -- Using Netprov to Wrap the Mind Around a New Reality

Rob Wittig, University of Minnesota Duluth

Algorithms & Imaginaries

9:15 AM - 10:15 AM

Workshop

10:30 AM

A critical look at the views on authorship in story generation research

Tuuli V. V. Hongisto, University of Helsinki

Algorithms & Imaginaries

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Paper

10:30 AM

The Random Word Trick: Using Unsophisticated Code to Make an LLM Less Boring

kyle booten, University Of Connecticut

Algorithms & Imaginaries

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Paper

10:30 AM

Translation with the GPT LLM. A case study of the "King UBU" by Alfred Jarry

Piotr Marecki, Jagiellonian University, Kraków
Jan K. Argasiński, Jagiellonian University, Kraków

Algorithms & Imaginaries

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Paper

11:45 AM

Midday Break 2

ELO 2024

11:45 AM - 1:00 PM

Paper

1:00 PM

Keynote: Interactive digital narrative - a specific expression for a complex time

Hartmut Koenitz

Algorithms & Imaginaries

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Plenary

2:15 PM

Worlds Remunged: The Pastiche and Parody of Generative AI

Mark C. Marino, University of Southern California
Siobhan O'Flynn, University of Toronto
Alex Mitchell, National University of Singapore
Rob Wittig

Algorithms & Imaginaries

2:15 PM - 3:15 PM

Panel

3:30 PM

ELO Town Hall

Caitlin Fisher

Algorithms & Imaginaries

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Plenary

4:45 PM

A Queer Arcades Project

Maureen Engel, University of Queensland
Caitlin Fisher, York University

Algorithms & Imaginaries

4:45 PM - 3:45 PM

Paper

4:45 PM

Tapest[o]ry: Exploring the Interactive Capabilities of Tapestries as a Storytelling Tool

Laura Santos, Universidade da Madeira
Mara Dionisio, Universidade da Madeira, ITI/LARSyS, IST, University of Lisbon
Terhi Marttila, Interactive technologies Institute / LARSyS
Pedro Campos, WowSystems, Funchal, Portugal

Algorithms & Imaginaries

4:45 PM - 5:45 PM

Paper

4:45 PM

Varexia’s Voice: Crafting An AI Ethnomusicologist

Matthew Campbell PhD, Texas A&M University
Jeff Morris D.Mus, Texas A&M University

Algorithms & Imaginaries

4:45 PM - 5:45 PM

Paper

6:00 PM

Evening Break 3

ELO 2024

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Paper

7:00 PM

Conundrum Luna

Erik Loyer

Algorithms & Imaginaries

7:00 PM - 7:15 PM

Performance

7:15 PM

Islands to Port Eighty

Kavi Duvvoori, University of Waterloo

Algorithms & Imaginaries

7:15 PM - 7:30 PM

Performance

7:30 PM

now & then

sarah bricke, unaffiliated

Algorithms & Imaginaries

7:30 PM - 7:45 PM

Performance

7:45 PM

Tapest[o]ry

Laura Santos, Universidade da Madeira
Mara Dionisio, Universidade da Madeira, ITI/LARSyS, IST, University of Lisbon
Terhi Marttila, Interactive technologies Institute / LARSyS
Pedro Campos, WowSystems, Funchal, Portugal

Algorithms & Imaginaries

7:45 PM - 8:00 PM

Performance

8:00 PM

The Zone of Pure Doubt, Episode 2: The Dateline Theory

Judd Morrissey, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Ava Aviva Avnisan, San Diego State University

Algorithms & Imaginaries

8:00 PM - 8:15 PM

Performance

Sunday, July 21st
9:15 AM

Generative Narrative Amidst Large Language Model (LLM) AI – A Transnational Experiment

Laura Shackelford, Rochester Institute of Technology
Samuel Szoniecky, University of Paris-8
Matthew Giacovelli, Rochester Institute of Technology
Deen Grey, Rochester Institute of Technology
Erica Coles, Rochester Institute of Technology
Harsh Shah, Rochester Institute of Technology
Ferroudja Belkessa, University of Paris-8

Algorithms & Imaginaries

9:15 AM - 10:15 AM

Panel

10:30 AM

The Cyborg Hackeur Workshop

Leonardo Flores, Appalachian State University

Algorithms & Imaginaries

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Workshop

11:45 AM

Midday Break 3

ELO 2024

11:45 AM - 1:00 PM

Paper

1:00 PM

Keynote: An Open Invitation - Ethical and Inclusive Research in Interactive Storytelling

Anne Sullivan, Georgia Tech

Algorithms & Imaginaries

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Plenary

2:15 PM

Issues of authorship, creativity, and revision in algorithmic cut-up literature

Elsa Pereira, University of Lisbon, Portugal

Algorithms & Imaginaries

2:15 PM - 3:15 PM

Paper

2:15 PM

Portraits of Claire Tourneur: Facing into an AI Imaginary

Stuart Moulthrop, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

Algorithms & Imaginaries

2:15 PM - 3:15 PM

Paper

2:15 PM

The Narratology of Prompts: AI as Concrete Prose

Patrick Lichty, Winona State University

Algorithms & Imaginaries

2:15 PM - 3:15 PM

Paper

3:30 PM

E-Lit Narratives -- Plenary Panel Two: Celebrating Marjorie C. Luesebrink

Lai-Tze Fan, University of Waterloo
Dene Grigar, Washington State University Vancouver
Caitlin Fisher, York University
Anastasia Salter, University of Central Florida

Algorithms & Imaginaries

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Plenary

4:45 PM

Closing & Awards Ceremony

Jason Nelson
Alinta Krauth

Algorithms & Imaginaries

4:45 PM - 6:00 PM

Plenary