[Air-L] CFP: Electronic Literature 2019

[James O'Sullivan]

*Apologies for cross-posting*

Proposals are now being accepted for presentations and exhibition pieces at
the annual Electronic Literature Organization Conference and Media Arts
Festival, to be held July 15-17, 2019 at University College Cork, Ireland.
Electronic literature, or e-lit, refers to literary works wherein
computation forms some essential part of the aesthetic. #ELO19 offers an
opportunity to share research and creative contributions within an
engaging, collegial atmosphere comprising e-lit scholars and practitioners
from across the globe.

*For more, see: http://elo2019.ucc.ie/cfp/ <http://elo2019.ucc.ie/cfp/>*

The theme for this year’s ELO gathering is “peripheries”: delegates are
invited to explore the edges of literary and digital culture, including
emerging traditions, indeterminate structures and processes, fringe
communities of praxis, effaced forms and genres, marginalised bodies, and
perceptual failings.

#ELO19 will mark the first time that the ELO conference has been hosted by
an Irish institution: join us for this momentous gathering!

*Conference Papers*

We invite proposals of ~500 words for conference presentations. Proposals
may focus on any topic relating to the wider field of electronic
literature, multimodal writing, digital art, literary games, or new media
aesthetics. Submissions are welcome across the following two formats:

I. 20-minute presentation of a single paper by one or more authors.
II. 90-minute panel proposal, incorporating three separate but related
abstracts on a consistent topic. In addition to individual abstracts, panel
proposals should be accompanied by ~200 word summaries of their overall
research emphasis.

Please note that we are not in a position to accommodate requests by
presenters who wish to present on a specific date.

Please submit proposals using EasyChair:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=elo2019

Submissions should include the title of the submission, the name(s) and
affiliation(s) of contributor(s), biographical notes, and a 500-word
abstract. *The deadline for submissions is December 21st, 11pm GMT*.
Submissions
will be peer-reviewed, with authors being notified in early 2019.

*Exhibition Pieces*

We invite proposals of digital artworks and e-lit pieces to be featured as
part of #ELO19’s media arts exhibition to be hosted at the Glucksman Gallery
<http://elo2019.ucc.ie/glucksman/> throughout and beyond the conference.
All forms of electronic literature, multimodal writing, digital art, and
screen fiction will be considered. We will also consider performance
pieces, for which a session will be scheduled if required. Submissions
should conform to the following structure:

I. Author name(s), affiliation(s), and biographical notes;
II. 500-word artist statement detailing the aesthetic intentions and
structure of the piece;
III. Technical specification providing exact details of what will be
required to facilitate the work’s inclusion in the exhibition. Technical
specifications should include information on the materials, technologies,
and spatial requirements necessary, and what they will require the Gallery
to provide.

Please submit proposals using EasyChair:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=elo2019

*The deadline for submissions is December 21st, 11pm GMT. *Submissions will
be considered by the exhibition’s curators, with artists being notified in
early 2019.