Patricia Tomaszek researches digital literature at the Cultural Studies Research Centre 'Media Upheavals' based at the University of Siegen, Germany. Within a project group, Patricia is analyzing the ongoing changes of literary communication and aesthetics in programmable and networked media. She is also a Research Assistant for the Archive-it Project the Electronic Literature Organization maintains in collaboration with the Library Of Congress. In autumn 2008, she will become a Phd Candidate at the Department 'Literature, Art, New Media and Technologies' at the University of Siegen. She earned her Bachelor of Arts from Siegen University in 2005, studied abroad at Brown University in Spring 2007, and successfully completed her M.A. with a thesis on Teaching Digital Literature in 2008.
Artistic creations:
randomly generated poetry "about nothing, places, memories, and thoughts" a cut and randomly mixed poem-dialogue with Robert Creeley featured on Drunken Boat #9 2008.
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