This repository hosts source code and archival materials from past Electronic Literature Organization projects, exhibitions, and publications.
Cached snapshots of past ELO conference websites, captured with ArchiveBox
via the tooling in conference-archive-tools/. Each folder below
contains cached pages and a metadata.json manifest; see
conference-archive-search/ for a searchable index across all of them.
| Year | Title | Location | Folder |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Love Letters to the Past and Future | Toronto and Waterloo, Ontario, Canada and online | ELO-2025-Web-Archive |
| 2024 | (un)linked | Orlando, Florida (Virtual) | ELO-2024-Web-Archive |
| 2023 | Overcoming Divides: Electronic Literature and Social Change | Coimbra, Portugal and online | ELO-2023-Web-Archive |
| 2022 | Education and Electronic Literature | Lake Como, Italy and online | ELO-2022-Web-Archive |
| 2021 | Platform (Post?) Pandemic | Worldwide (Virtual) | ELO-2021-Web-Archive |
| 2020 | (un)continuity | Orlando, Florida (Virtual) | ELO-2020-Web-Archive |
| 2019 | Peripheries | Cork, Ireland | ELO-2019-Web-Archive |
| 2018 | MIND THE GAP! | Montreal, Canada | ELO-2018-Web-Archive |
| 2017 | Electronic Literature: Affiliations, Communities, Translations | Porto, Portugal | ELO-2017-Web-Archive |
| 2016 | Next Horizons | Victoria, BC | ELO-2016-Web-Archive |
| 2015 | The End(s) of Electronic Literature | Bergen, Norway | ELO-2015-Web-Archive |
| 2014 | Hold the Light | Milwaukie, Wisconsin | ELO-2014-Web-Archive |
| 2013 | Chercher le Texte | Paris, France | ELO-2013-Web-Archive |
| 2012 | Electrifying Literature: Affordances and Constraints | Morgantown, West Virginia | ELO-2012-Web-Archive |
| 2010 | ELO_AI: Archive & Innovate | Providence, Rhode Island | ELO-2010-Web-Archive |
| 2008 | Visionary Landscapes | Vancouver, Washington | ELO-2008-Web-Archive |
| 2007 | The Future of Electronic Literature | College Park, Maryland | ELO-2007-Web-Archive |
| 2002 | State of the Arts Symposium | Los Angeles, California | ELO-2002-Web-Archive |
elo2026-exhibition/— source for the ELO 2026 exhibition siteelo24-gallery/— source for the ELO 2024 gallery site
Each archival project should have its own subfolder with a README.md that follows the template below.
To add a new project:
- Create a new folder named after the project (e.g.
elc1,pathfinders,2007-conference-site) - Include source files if available
- Add a
README.mdwith the following fields:
[template starts here...]
Brief summary of the project — what it is, what it does, why it matters to the field of electronic literature.
YYYY or range (e.g. 2006–2009)
- Name (Role)
- Name (Role)
- Include editors, developers, curators, artists, etc.
List the software/hardware this work was originally designed for (e.g. Flash, Director, WordPress, Twine, Processing, etc.)
List any included files or links:
/source/folder includes original codebase or zipped website- External links (Wayback Machine, artist’s website)
- Screenshots, video walkthroughs, etc.
State what rights ELO has to archive this project.
- Public domain?
- Creative Commons?
- Used with permission from creator?
(If unknown, please note “Rights status unclear — needs review.”)
Optional. Add any known issues, quirks, bugs, or dependencies needed to run the work in its original state.
- Exhibition entry (e.g. The NEXT)
- Conference presentation
- Original publication context