Diagrammatology
Rowan Wilken
Rowan Wilken sets himself the challenge of theorizing the unrepresentable in relation to the architectural model of the diagram.
On Hip-Hop, A Rhapsody
Michael JarrettMichael Jarrett practices an Ulmer-inspired heuretics to write about rap.
The Sounds of the Artificial Intelligentsia
Mark AmerikaAs I thread my way through ebr, I touch base with the artificial intelligentsia that my work circulates in. The artificial intelligentsia is an internetworked intelligence that consists of all the linked data being distributed in cyberspace at any given time, one that is powered by artistic- intellectual agents remixing the flow of contemporary thought.
Revolution 2: An Interview with Mark Z. Danielewski
Kiki BenzonKiki Benzon and Mark Z. Danielewski discuss his 2006 book Only Revolutions at the International Festival of Authors in Toronto.
Recollection in Process
Joseph TabbiThere has never been a 'Best of the electronic book review' or a print collection. After ten full years of online publication, ebr has devised other ways of marking time, using techniques available in the same electronic media where the work first appeared. Here the editor presents an initial 'Gathering' of ebr essays, pulled from each of the journal's threads to date.
The Way We Live Now, What is to be Done?
Jerome McGannJerome McGann addresses the so-called "Crisis in the Humanities" in the context of two of its most apparent symptoms: the digital transformation of our museums and archives, and the explicitly parallel "Crisis in Tenure and Publishing" that has more recently come to attention.
Sonic Contents: Why I Let the Litmixer Die and Other Stories
Trace ReddellTrace Reddell introduces Sonic Contents.
Rhythm Science, Part I
tobias c. van Veentobias c. van Veen reviews Paul D. Miller a.k.a. Dj Spooky that Subliminal Kid's MIT publication, Rhythm Science.
The Phenomenology of Reverb
David RothenbergDavid Rothenberg writes of the affective and effective power of reverb.
Dub, Scratch, and the Black Star. Lee Perry on the Mix
Erik DavisErik Davis listens to Lee Perry's work.
Acoustic Cyberspace
Erik DavisErik Davis discusses the relationship between electronic sound and environment.