borders

Discussing the works of three digital creative practitioners working in Ireland, Anne Karhio situates Ireland itself as a case study for demonstrating the ways in which electronic literature as a seemingly global and transnational practice can confront the complexly situated realities of everyday embodiment, technological materiality, and politicization of national borders. She thus recommends electronic literature be seen as more crucial part of digital arts and humanities research in Ireland and elsewhere.

(ebr)

This book reflects cross-disciplinary work of researchers and artists from very diverse backgrounds, a field whose productions blur the boundaries between arts and customs that are beyond the conventional paradigms of analysis and criticism.Although shaped by computer programs, "e-forms" are actualized with words, images and sounds. At the border between art objects posted on the Web and communication objects designed for it, they reappropriate traditional forms, incorporate them into their own medium and exist between programming and interactive practices.Whether one considers these forms playful, light weight and inconsequential, and operating under false pretenses, or rejoices in their sense of parody or poetic genius, it is important to recognize that these e-forms part of a cultural landscape that is still unclear and that the texts gathered here have merit to explore and begin to clarify.The book is divided into two sections:1) The Game, as Space of Resistance2) Where Art Comes into Play