22nd Annual Student Research Conference
Digital LiterARTure: A Case Study
Elsa R. Armentia
Prof. John Bohac , Faculty Mentor
Walter Benjamin's ideas from the 1930s about art and the role of the artist were those of a visionary. Our times, the age of digital reproduction, revolve again around the status of reproductions and copies, the role of the author, the experience of the reader/viewer, auratic works and authors. Art on the internet proposes different alternatives to these questions. Authors of digital literature today write with an acute awareness of the Internet, not just as a tool, but also as a means of production, and as a place for reception and distribution. In my essay, Benjamin's ideas about the role of art and artists are exemplified in a cybertext: W. Jason Nelson's Dreamaphage, a contemporary digital allegory. At the same time, it will deal with Nelson's self awareness as a producer, and the particular way he chooses to present his work in a networked, social space.
Keywords: Allegory, Dreamaphage, Interdisciplinary, Internet, Jason Nelson, Memory, Viral aesthetics, Walter Benjamin
Topic(s):Art
Interdisciplinary
Presentation Type: Oral Paper
Session: 34-2
Location: OP 2210
Time: 1:30