Comments on: Literatronica: an interview with creator Juan B. Gutierrez

by: May 1: a show of hands at WRT: Writer Response Theory

Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:56:37 +0000

[…] Culminating in the May 1, 2006 marches, a show of hands is an adaptive hypertext written on Literatronica (or Literatronic), a system developed by Colombian doctoral candidate (FSU) Juan B. Gutierrez. Although the piece is in-progress, I wanted to take this moment to present its early manifestation in commemoration of the marches that inspired it. […]

by: ELO May at MITH (2-3 May 2007) at WRT: Writer Response Theory

Thu, 19 Apr 2007 06:36:32 +0000

[…] Part of the future of ELO stems from its recent move to the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities at University of Maryland where Matt Kirschenbaum is the faculty adviser. Nonetheless, the organization conceives itself as a network with multiple academic nodes, exploring new connections with the University of Iowa while maintaining a foothold (little toe?) at UCLA, largely in the form of N. Katherine Hayles. Notably, on the other hand, there is only one conference on the horizon and that is at the University of Maryland. Its panel schedule gives some sense of what “future” ELO will consider. One “Future” panel will explore international electronic literature, featuring Sandy Baldwin, Laura Borras Castanye, Bertrand Gervais, Juan B. Gutierrez, Jill Walker, and myself. Hence, looking beyond the present will involve looking beyond England and the Americas towards other countries and languages. While the group has had members from several nations, co-founder Scott Rettberg’s move to Scandanavia follows a larger trend of elit out into the rest of the globe. […]

by: Time Travel via electronic literature at WRT: Writer Response Theory

Mon, 22 Jan 2007 08:38:51 +0000

[…] Extreme Conditions by Juan B. Gutierrez Extreme Conditions, which I’ve mentioned elsewhere, is a time travel hypertext written using the adaptive hypertext system Literatronic. This vision of an ecological dystopia allows users to pursue the path of the author. […]

by: Hipertexto en Español at WRT: Writer Response Theory

Thu, 21 Sep 2006 07:11:51 +0000

[…] Part of my sense of this Back to the Future moment is the presence of George Landow as a keynote speaker. Yet, this isn’t a historical presentation, but an international, multilingual conversation about current hypertext research with speakers from Israel, Brazil, Denmark, Belgium, Germany, Slovakia, Slovenia, and, of course, Spain. Shifting the focus to comparative literature is part of the work necessary to network the discussion of electronic literature across language groups in multiple languages. (Note: Juan B. Gutierrez will also be presenting his bilingual system Literatronic.) […]

by: Mark Marino

Tue, 05 Sep 2006 17:51:55 +0000

Cesar, I agree. Juan continues to emphasize that what’s important to him is human brain development through reading activities. His development of the system corresponds to his research in neural networks and yet his personal interest in contributing his own literary texts show’s his investment in the continued development of electronic literature.