Noah Wardrip-Fruin
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Noah Wardrip-Fruin is Associate Professor in the Computer Science
Department of the University of California, Santa Cruz, and is an advisor for the Expressive Intelligence Studio
. He is an alumnus of the Literary Arts MFA program and Special Graduate Study PhD program at Brown University
. In addition to his research in digital media
, computer games
, and software studies
, he is a member of the Board of Directors of the Electronic Literature Organization
.
and humanities
on the one hand and computer science
on the other—is reflected in the table of the contents of The New Media Reader
, which he co-edited with Nick Montfort
. He has also co-edited a series of new media
textbooks and anthologies with Pat Harrigan: First Person: New Media as Story, Performance, and Game (2004) as well as Second Person: Role-Playing and Story in Games and Playable Media (2007), Third Person: Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives (2009), and Expressive Processing
(2009), all of which have been influential in the development of new media studies.
His collaborative works of electronic literature
in installation form include Talking Cure (with Camille Utterback
, Clilly Castiglia, and Nathan Wardrip-Fruin; 2002), which includes live video processing, speech recognition
, and a dynamically composed sound environment and Screen (with Sascha Becker, Josh Carroll, Robert Coover
, Shawn Greenlee, and Andrew McClain; 2003), which was created in the Cave
at Brown University
. He has also collaborated on what he calls "two textual instruments": News Reader and Regime Change (with David Durand, Brion Moss, and Elaine Froehlich). He also created Gray Matters with Michael Crumpton, Chris Spain and Kristin Allio (1995–97).
His single-authored book, Expressive Processing, was published by MIT Press in 2009.
Computer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
Department of the University of California, Santa Cruz, and is an advisor for the Expressive Intelligence Studio
Expressive Intelligence Studio
The Expressive Intelligence Studio is a research group at the University of California, Santa Cruz, established to conduct research in the field of game design technology...
. He is an alumnus of the Literary Arts MFA program and Special Graduate Study PhD program at Brown University
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
. In addition to his research in digital media
Digital media
Digital media is a form of electronic media where data is stored in digital form. It can refer to the technical aspect of storage and transmission Digital media is a form of electronic media where data is stored in digital (as opposed to analog) form. It can refer to the technical aspect of...
, computer games
Computer Games
"Computer Games" is a single by New Zealand group, Mi-Sex released in 1979 in Australia and New Zealand and in 1981 throughout Europe. It was the single that launched the band, and was hugely popular, particularly in Australia and New Zealand...
, and software studies
Software studies
Software studies is an emerging interdisciplinary research field, which studies software systems and their social and cultural effects.-Overview:...
, he is a member of the Board of Directors of the Electronic Literature Organization
Electronic Literature Organization
The Electronic Literature Organisation is a nonprofit organization "established in 1999 to promote and facilitate the writing, publishing, and reading of electronic literature." -History:...
.
Career
Wardrip-Fruin's twinned research track -- artsARts
aRts, which stands for analog Real time synthesizer, is an audio framework that is no longer under development. It is best known for previously being used in KDE to simulate an analog synthesizer....
and humanities
Humanities
The humanities are academic disciplines that study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences....
on the one hand and computer science
Computer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
on the other—is reflected in the table of the contents of The New Media Reader
The New Media Reader
The New Media Reader is a new media textbook edited by Noah Wardrip-Fruin and Nick Montfort and published through The MIT Press. The reader features essays from a variety of contributors such as Lev Manovich, Richard Stallman, and Alan Turing...
, which he co-edited with Nick Montfort
Nick Montfort
Nick Montfort is an associate professor of digital media at MIT in the Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies. He is also a poet, computer scientist, and author of interactive fiction. Montfort has collaborated on the blog Grand Text Auto, the sticker novel Implementation, and the contemporary...
. He has also co-edited a series of new media
New media
New media is a broad term in media studies that emerged in the latter part of the 20th century. For example, new media holds out a possibility of on-demand access to content any time, anywhere, on any digital device, as well as interactive user feedback, creative participation and community...
textbooks and anthologies with Pat Harrigan: First Person: New Media as Story, Performance, and Game (2004) as well as Second Person: Role-Playing and Story in Games and Playable Media (2007), Third Person: Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives (2009), and Expressive Processing
Expressive Processing
Expressive Processing : Digital Fictions, Computer Games, and Software Studies is a digital media textbook authored by Noah Wardrip-Fruin and published through The MIT Press. Throughout the book Wardrip-Fruin takes a look into "expressive processing" elements that part take in digital media...
(2009), all of which have been influential in the development of new media studies.
His collaborative works of electronic literature
Electronic literature
Electronic literature is a literary genre consisting of works of literature that originate within digital environments.-Definitions:N. Katherine Hayles discusses the topic in the online article...
in installation form include Talking Cure (with Camille Utterback
Camille Utterback
Camille Utterback is an interactive installation artist. Initially trained as a painter, her work is at the intersection of painting and interactive art.-Biography:...
, Clilly Castiglia, and Nathan Wardrip-Fruin; 2002), which includes live video processing, speech recognition
Speech recognition
Speech recognition converts spoken words to text. The term "voice recognition" is sometimes used to refer to recognition systems that must be trained to a particular speaker—as is the case for most desktop recognition software...
, and a dynamically composed sound environment and Screen (with Sascha Becker, Josh Carroll, Robert Coover
Robert Coover
Robert Lowell Coover is an American author and professor in the Literary Arts program at Brown University. He is generally considered a writer of fabulation and metafiction.-Life and works:...
, Shawn Greenlee, and Andrew McClain; 2003), which was created in the Cave
Cave Automatic Virtual Environment
A Cave Automatic Virtual Environment is an immersive virtual reality environment where projectors are directed to three, four, five or six of the walls of a room-sized cube...
at Brown University
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
. He has also collaborated on what he calls "two textual instruments": News Reader and Regime Change (with David Durand, Brion Moss, and Elaine Froehlich). He also created Gray Matters with Michael Crumpton, Chris Spain and Kristin Allio (1995–97).
His single-authored book, Expressive Processing, was published by MIT Press in 2009.
See also
- List of electronic literature authors, critics, and works
- Software studiesSoftware studiesSoftware studies is an emerging interdisciplinary research field, which studies software systems and their social and cultural effects.-Overview:...
- Game studiesGame studiesGame studies or the new modern term "gaming theory" is the discipline of studying games, their design, players, and their role in society and culture more broadly...
- Interactive storytellingInteractive storytellingInteractive Storytelling [IS] is a form of digital entertainment in which users create or influence a dramatic storyline through actions, either by issuing commands to the story's protagonist, or acting as a general director of events in the narrative...
- New media studiesNew media studiesNew media studies is a fairly recent academic discipline that explores the intersections of computing, science, the humanities, and the visual and performing arts...
- New MediaNew mediaNew media is a broad term in media studies that emerged in the latter part of the 20th century. For example, new media holds out a possibility of on-demand access to content any time, anywhere, on any digital device, as well as interactive user feedback, creative participation and community...
- New Media ArtNew media artNew media art is a genre that encompasses artworks created with new media technologies, including digital art, computer graphics, computer animation, virtual art, Internet art, interactive art, computer robotics, and art as biotechnology...
External links
- Personal website
- Expressive Intelligence Studio Blog at UC Santa Cruz
- Article on Noah's new book Expressive Processing: Digital Fictions, Computer Games, and Software Studies
- Reviews of The New Media Reader
- "Talk Time" (Interview with Hamish Mackintosh for The Guardian (June 5, 2003))
- Uncharted 2’s Sloppy Fiction