Friday, April 8, 2011

N. Katherine Hayles: April 8

N. Katherine Hayles: Transcendent Data and Transmedia Narrative
Steven Hall’'s "The Raw Shark Texts"
Friday, April 8, 6:30pm
The Cooper Union - 41 Cooper Square, Rose Auditorium

As databases become dominant cultural forms, narratives are morphing to exploit ecological niches that enable them to compete and cooperate with data. The shape and stakes of these transformations are explored through Steven Hall’s visual/verbal transmedia novel, "The Raw Shark Texts."