INCUBATION3

The 3rd trAce International Symposium on Writing and the Internet

12-14 July 2004 at The Nottingham Trent University, England

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Confirmed speakers include:
Keynote Speaker: Ted Nelson
Plus: Paul Brown, Alan Sondheim, Tim Wright
Also featuring: Kate Pullinger, Steve Gibson, Simon Widdowson

2004 sees 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 will be opportunities to experience recent works and lively discussions about the ways new media texts are made, discussed, and reviewed. We will also explore methods of teaching and digital archiving in a creative context. Incubation aims to encourage interdisciplinary creativity and cross-fertilisation, and we are 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.

Themes
The themes for 2004 are:
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 goes live at the symposium and will be presented by Sue Thomas on Monday 12th July in Carolyn's absence.

Flashback: in memory of machines
Do you have any early computer hardware or software you could bring along to show at Incubation? After lunch on Wednesday there will be a room set aside for an informal session where delegates can plug in and run their own historical machines.

Online/Offline
Starting with a mysterious invitation to select an object from the Pitt Rivers museum in Oxford, England, three writers have set off on a trail which crosses 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 we are now a Symposium rather than a Conference. This heralds a subtle shift, not in identity, but in the way we promote the event. Incubation has always been very practice-based and in 2004 it will be even more so. Thanks to Arts Council England we are offering a total of 30 bursaries to enable those who cannot obtain funding elsewhere to attend the full residential conference at no charge. We expect 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. Please note that the deadline for applications has now passed.

Partners
Our partners and sponsors this year include 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.