A short presentation on Andrew Campbell, renown e-lit author

2.  writer and web artist
 Online journal Dreaming Methods
 Presented at:
› Ikley Literature Festival
› The Wardrobe (Leeds)
› The Poetry Project (New York).
 Been working in the digital/literature world since 1993 / /
 interfaces and web applications for a wide range of clients in different
sectors of the arts
› The Man Booker Prize
› Edinburgh International Book Festival
› The National Association for Literature Development
› The Poetry Book Society
› Opening the Book Ltd.
 Designs book covers and prints publicity material for new fiction titles
 Andy is Co-Director of One to One Productions Ltd
› innovative arts organization undertaking multimedia commissions.

3.  Very theatrical
› “TURN THE LIGHTS DOWN AND SOUND UP -
USE MOUSE/TOUCH TO PAN AROUND” –
taken from Dreaming Methods
 Creates a narrative that can be
discovered through the exploration of a
space (similar to Myst)
› Makes user find the answers
› Nightingale

4.  He experiments with narrative structure
› Nightingale
 Story segments hint at linear order
 Space is explored in non linear fashion yet the
narritive has defined logical sequence
 Themes goes from the mundane to the
metaphysical
› Floppy vs nightingale

5.  Navigational tools are simple but the
content is complex.
› Point and click
› Promotes thinking outside of the box (lamp)
› Changed

6.  Does all this to promote and discover the
new possibilities of within the electronic
medium.
› Accesses potential of other mediums to
enhance work.

7.  He believes the interface can enhance
immersion in fictional narratives
 Complexity should be in the content and
not in the tools.
› We believe that this heightens the value of
the content and narrative.

8. Do you consider his work an
adequate representation
of the potential of e-lit?