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Modemfieber [German]
After symposium Internet and Literature (January 21.-24., 1999) and InterSzene (July 14.-16., 2000) scholars and practitioners of net culture from Switzerland and Germany met again in L&arc Romainmôtier. The symposium Modem-Fever investigated the relation between love discourse and digital media. Participants introduced net projects and discussed authenticity, body, and the functionality of love discourse in books, on the Internet, and cell phones. This issue presents the contributions and discussion.
http://www.dichtung-digital.com/2002/modemfieber

Competition Literatur.digital 2002 [German]
Introducing and commenting on prizewinners.
www.dichtung-digital.de/Verschiedenes/Events/dtv02.htm

Time and Space in Interactive Media for Children [English/German]
Does the interactive freedom have to be sacrificed for the sake of an acceptable time-structure? Should technology evolve towards fully immersive environments? Does the apparent flaw of "quality" have to be attributed to the entire genre or can it put down to the failures of individual specimen of a young and developing genre? Anja Rau and Karin Wenz report from an explorative workshop in Zürich that discussed computer games as a specimen of digital literature.
http://www.dichtung-digital.com/2002/01-22-Rau.htm [English]
http://www.dichtung-digital.com/2002/01-04-Wenz.htm [German]

Competition Literatur.digital 2001: Short Reviews on 9 Contributions [German]
Introducing and commenting on prizewinners and contributors to preselection.
http://www.dichtung-digital.com/2001/11/30-Reviews

Berlin Beta 2001 - Flash-Award. Interview with Laurence Rilly and Jens Schmidt [German]
In the field of digital aesthetics, one of the highlights of the Berlin Beta festival for digital media in 2001 was the presentation of the Flash-Awards accompanied by the jury's discussion of their evaluation. dichtung-digital presents the prize winner of section "Cartoon & Art Clips" and speaks with two judges about the aesthetics of Flash
http://www.dichtung-digital.com/2001/09/24-Flash-Award

Web as Stage!? Net Performances [German]
Is there such a thing as Netart? If so, is theater part of it? Gisela Müller has some general thoughts, proposes six genre categories and introduces the prizewinners of "webscene". Her conclusion: the new is where VR merges with RL and the net is once more understood as a medium of distribution.
http://www.dichtung-digital.com/2001/07/18-Mueller