Nio (electronic literature)

Nio
AuthorJim Andrews
LanguageEnglish
Genreelectronic literature
Publication date
2001

Nio is an electronic literature piece of sound poetry by Jim Andrews that was first published in 2001 and that combines visual, sonic, and interactive components.[1]

Work description

The work is in two parts as an interactive audio and visual piece designed for the Web.[2] Scott Rettberg describes this work as " a cross between a sound poem, kinetic visual art, and an interactive musical instrument."[3] He further contends that Nio is proof that poems do not need to consist of words to be "poetic and evocative."[3]

Publication

New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc. commissioned Nio for its Turbulence website, funded by the National Endowment for the Arts.[4] The work first appeared in Turbulence and on Jim Andrew's site, Vispo.[4] The work was later collated into the Electronic Literature Organization's Electronic Literature Collection Volume 1. [4] The work is under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 License.[4] The work was exhibited at Tangible Frequences in 2006 in British Columbia, Canada. Dene Grigar reviewed this exhibition, calling Nio a beautifully conceptualized work.[5]

Reception

Mirapaul called Nio one of the most important Net art pieces and noted that it invites the user to become the co-creator of its generated audiovisual poems.[6] Manual Portela extends this work as a form of game, detailing that "[Andrews] digital poetics transforms interactive, kinetic, and multimedia features of digital literacy into games and textual instruments."[7] In his PhD dissertation on the work, "Typing the Dancing Signifier: Jim Andrew's (vis)poetics (2010), Leonardo Flores explains that these works are electronic texts that cannot be printed.[8] Flores notes that Jim Andrews' work exemplifies the interplay between programming and poetry, creating dynamic reading experiences."[8] The work was taught in courses, including Christopher Funkhouser's 2008 Digital Poetry syllabus at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Nio and The Art of Interactive Audio for the Web -- Jim Andrews". eliterature.org. Retrieved July 5, 2025.
  2. ^ "MEIAC - Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo". meiac.es. Retrieved July 5, 2025.
  3. ^ a b Rettberg, Scott. "FCJ-071 Dada Redux: Elements of Dadaist Practice in Contemporary Electronic Literature". Retrieved July 6, 2025.
  4. ^ a b c d "Nio". collection.eliterature.org. Retrieved July 5, 2025.
  5. ^ "Leonardo Digital Reviews". leonardo.info. Retrieved July 5, 2025.
  6. ^ Mirapaul, Matthew (December 24, 2001). "ARTS ONLINE; Driven by a Higher Calling, Not Dot-Com Dollars". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 5, 2025.
  7. ^ Portela, Manuel (July 2013). "Jogos e Instrumentos Textuais: A Poesia Algorítmica de Jim Andrew" (PDF). INTERSEMIOSE | Revista Digital.
  8. ^ a b Esl, Leonardo. Typing the Dancing Signifier: Jim Andrews'(Vis) Poetics. drum.lib.umd.edu, 2010.
  9. ^ "Digital Poetry (HSS 403) Summer 2008 (Session 2)". web.njit.edu. Retrieved July 5, 2025.
  • Nio in Turbulence[2]
  • Nio in Open Letter: A Canadian Journal of Writing and Theory[3]
* Song Shapes, part of the Nio project at Unlikely 2.0.[4]


  1. ^ Jim Andrews (February 6, 2025). Nio. Retrieved July 5, 2025 – via YouTube. {{cite AV media}}: Text "Nio traversal" ignored (help)
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference :6 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Open Letter - Poem in Progress". publish.uwo.ca. Retrieved July 5, 2025.
  4. ^ "Jim Andrews at Unlikely 2.0". www.unlikelystories.org. Retrieved July 5, 2025.
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