Incubation3
The 3rd trAce International Symposium on Writing
and the Internet
12-14 July 2004 at The Nottingham Trent University,
England
The events of Monday 12th July, including the
Official Welcome, are available for viewing online: http://esystems.ntu.ac.uk/broadcast/
Speakers
included:
Keynote Speaker: Ted Nelson
Plus : Paul Brown, Alan Sondheim, Tim Wright
Also featuring : Kate Pullinger, Steve Gibson, Simon Widdowson
2004 saw the third Incubation, the premier international event for writers
working on the web providing ideas, information and debate for the new
media writing community. There were opportunities to experience recent
works and lively discussions about the ways new media texts are made,
discussed, and reviewed. We also explored methods of teaching and digital
archiving in a creative context. Incubation aims to encourage interdisciplinary
creativity and cross-fertilisation, and we were especially interested
in introducing the form to writers and artists for whom it is a new
idea as well as helping practitioners to share and expand their work.
The themes for 2004 were:
A. Developing a new form: contemporary textual works in new media
and performance
B. The practice of making: creative and professional practice; online
teaching and learning.
C. Critique and criteria: criticism, reviewing, defining, and archiving
of new media writing.
Incubation3
Gallery
The 2004 Incubation Gallery focuses on Women's new media writing and
is curated by Carolyn Guertin. This went live at the symposium and was
presented by Sue Thomas on Monday 12th July in Carolyn's absence.
Online/Offline
Starting with a mysterious invitation to select an object from the Pitt
Rivers museum in Oxford, England, three writers set off on a trail which
crossed continents and seas, times and religions, tracing a creative
and narrative journey for Online/Offline - a collaborative narrative
project developed for Incubation3 with funding from Arts
Council England .
Why a Symposium?
Those familiar with Incubation will notice that Incubation3 was a Symposium
rather than a Conference. This heralded a subtle shift, not in identity,
but in the way we promoted the event. Incubation had always been very
practice-based and in 2004 it was even more so. Thanks to Arts Council
England we offered a total of 30 bursaries to enable those who cannot
obtain funding elsewhere to attend the full residential conference at
no charge. We hoped this injection of financial support to provide a
greater balance of academia and professional writers and artists.
New at Incubation3 - bursaries for presenters and delegates
Bursaries were made available to help with the cost of attending Incubation.
These were generously funded by Arts Council England: East Midlands.
Partners
Our partners and sponsors included the
National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts ; Arts
Council England: East Midlands ; Nottingham
Trent University , The
Poetry Society and the National
Health Service Information Authority .
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