E-Ject : on the ephemeral nature, mechanisms, and implications of electronic objects

Dene Grigar; Joseph Tabbi; Matt Kirschenbaum; Michael Angelo Tata; Davin Heckman; Maria Angel; Anna Gibbs

E-Ject : on the ephemeral nature, mechanisms, and implications of electronic objects

Dene Grigar, Joseph Tabbi, Matt Kirschenbaum, Michael Angelo Tata, Davin Heckman, Maria Angel, Anna Gibbs

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Abstract

In his post on Empyre, Michael Angelo Tata coined the term, "eject." Alluding to Walter Benjamin's notion of an artifact generated from "the technological innovation of mechanical reproducibility," Tata suggested that the e-ject "creates a culture industry by making culture maximally mobile, available to even the lowest social strata." Questions raised in this statement focused on whether or not such an object is "genuine" to how one goes about "collecting" "commodif[ying], and discussing it." This presentation extends that discussion by focusing on the ephemeral nature, genres, and criticism of electronic objects in a roundtable discussion led by members of the Electronic Literature Organization. Thus, the theorization of e-jects looks specifically at those objects that have a literary quality but that are not reproducible in print-based contexts.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	DAC 09 : After Media, Embodiment and Context : Proceedings of the Digital Arts and Culture Conference, 2009, University of California, Irvine, Saturday, Dec 12-Tuesday Dec. 15
Publisher	University of California Press
Number of pages	7
Publication status	Published - 2009
Event	Digital Arts and Culture Conference - Duration: 1 Jan 2009 → …

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Conference	Digital Arts and Culture Conference
Period	1/01/09 → …

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digital literature

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Grigar, D., Tabbi, J., Kirschenbaum, M., Tata, M. A., Heckman, D., Angel, M., & Gibbs, A. (2009). E-Ject : on the ephemeral nature, mechanisms, and implications of electronic objects. In DAC 09 : After Media, Embodiment and Context : Proceedings of the Digital Arts and Culture Conference, 2009, University of California, Irvine, Saturday, Dec 12-Tuesday Dec. 15 University of California Press.

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Grigar, D, Tabbi, J, Kirschenbaum, M, Tata, MA, Heckman, D, Angel, M & Gibbs, A 2009, E-Ject : on the ephemeral nature, mechanisms, and implications of electronic objects. in DAC 09 : After Media, Embodiment and Context : Proceedings of the Digital Arts and Culture Conference, 2009, University of California, Irvine, Saturday, Dec 12-Tuesday Dec. 15. University of California Press, Digital Arts and Culture Conference, 1/01/09.

E-Ject : on the ephemeral nature, mechanisms, and implications of electronic objects. / Grigar, Dene; Tabbi, Joseph; Kirschenbaum, Matt et al.
DAC 09 : After Media, Embodiment and Context : Proceedings of the Digital Arts and Culture Conference, 2009, University of California, Irvine, Saturday, Dec 12-Tuesday Dec. 15. University of California Press, 2009.

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