Robert Kendall has been
writing electronic poetry since 1990. He is the author of the book-length hypertext
poem A Life Set for Two (Eastgate Systems) and other electronic works published
at BBC Online, Iowa Review Web, Cortland Review, Eastgate Hypertext Reading Room,
Cauldron & Net, and other Web sites. His electronic poetry has been exhibited
at many venues in the United States, Europe, South America, Asia, and Australia,
and he has given interactive readings of his work in many cities. Kendall's printed
book of poetry, A Wandering City, was awarded the Cleveland State University Poetry
Center Prize, and he has received a New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship,
a New Forms Regional Grant, and other awards. He has taught electronic poetry
and fiction for the New School University's online program since 1995. Kendall
runs the literary Web site Word Circuits and the Electronic Literacture Organization's
directory, and is codeveloper of Word Circuits Connection Muse, a hypertext tool
for poets and fiction writers. He has written many articles about electronic literature
for national publications, such as Poets & Writers Magazine, and he lectures
frequently on the topic.
Kendall will focus his presentation on his latest
project Logozoa.com, a collaborative Web site intended to disrupt the conventional
role of words in day-to-day life. Logozoa disseminates aphoristic texts as downloadable
stickers and showcases photos of these stickers in unusual contexts from all over
the world. The Logozoo currently holds over 385 photos contributed by numerous
photographers from around the world. An E-Dopt-a-Zoa feature allows you to paste
an ever-changing virtual sticker onto your own Web site, and a pair of oracles
provide Logozoa in response to your questions.
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