:: implementation ::
intervention citywide :: 5.27-5.28
presentation The Steel Yard :: 5.29 4:30p
documentation CUBE2 :: 5.19-6.4
website nickm.com/implementation
We will deploy, post, exhibit, and read from Implementation.
Implementation borrows from the traditions of net.art, mail art, sticker art, conceptual art, situationist theater, serial fiction, and guerilla viral marketing.
Implementation is a novel about psychological warfare, American Imperialism, sex, terror, identity, and the idea of place. The text is being written collaboratively by Nick Montfort and Scott Rettberg, with some contributions from others. Its initial incarnation is as a serial novel printed on sheets of stickers that has been distributed in monthly installments since January 2004.
It begins as sheets of stickers, with a different portion of text on each sticker. We will distribute these sheets to individuals, both personally and via post. Instructions, asking people to peel the stickers off and place them in an area viewable by the public, will accompany the sheets. The sheets themselves will not explain the project, but will refer interested parties to our website, where they can learn and read more about this project.
We will deploy Implementation internationally and and work to bring it into unusual geographical and cultural contexts. We encourage the translation of textsinto other languages and will host any translations that are done on the project website.
about the artists
Scott Rettberg writes, and writes about, electronic literature and is an assistant professor of new media studies in the literature program at Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. He blogs at retts.net and Grand Text Auto.
Nick Montfort is currently a Ph.D. candidate in computer and information science at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also continuing to pursue his work as a new media theorist and critic, as well as a creative writer, artist, and programmer who attempts to innovative literature. He currently maintains his website at nickm.com.
