Chapter 7: Divergent Streams

Chapter 7 of Electronic Literature by Scott Rettberg is focused on the topic of divergent streams and areas of e-lit that were not easily explainable throughout the other chapters of the text. Examples of this include performance art, art installations, digital installations, virtual reality, film and many other sub-genres. An example of this that we have all experienced personally could include the art installations we visited in the PCAC earlier this semester. While reading this chapter I became interested in the topic of locative narratives. I did a web search and stumbled across the locative narrative "Somebody" by Miranda July. It's described as an "app that asked strangers to deliver messages between friends." It was launched with a companion film and supposedly had a lot of traffic on the page. http://somebodyapp.com/ Here is the website that holds a lot of the background information. It seemed like an interesting concept and from a few reviews I was able to read, a lot of people really liked the idea. I don't believe it is still available for use but you can find screenshots and user messages easily.