Digital
Jessica Tremblay is a writer passionate about technology who enjoys exploring new storytelling techniques on multiple platforms.
She became interested in digital fiction after attending a one-week immersive workshop with Kate Pullinger (author of Inanimate Alice) at Simon Fraser University.
Jessica attended computer programming workshops at Digital Humanities Summer Institute (University of Victoria) and Electronic Literature Organisation, thanks to Canada Arts Council and British Columbia Council for the Arts's grants for Professional Development, to develop her project Cherry Duty.
In 2022, as one of ten artists from Quebec chosen to participate in the incubator of digital literature ILINU / ILIDI, a Quebec-Mexico training program,she created digital work in collaboration with artists from Mexico. The resulting projects Ané and Collaborative Poetry were exhibited at ELO 2024 Unlinked exhibit.
Jessica uses her passion for technology and minimalistic writing to develop projects for the web. Her digital work is text-based and include generative text, digital fiction, Twine, Twitter bots and videos.
CV - Digital
Education
- Bootcamp Multiplateforme, Agence TOPO, 2023
- ILINU / ILIDI (Incubateur de littérature numérique - Agence TOPO (Quebec), Centro de Cultura Digital (CCD) and Andamio (Mexico), 2022
Simon Fraser University
- Digital Pathways: Creating Digital Fiction with Kate Pullinger
- E-Books in a Day
- Digital Publishing 101
Digital Humanities Summer Institute (University of Victoria):
- Research Creation Game Jam: Identity Politics Interventions- 2021
- Digital Games as interactive tools for scholarly research, communications and pedagogy - 2017
- Digital Storytelling - 2016
- Introduction to Electronic Literature + Advanced Criticism and Authoring of Electronic Literature (***attended these two courses thanks to a British Columbia Arts Council, Professional Development Project Assistance***) - 2015
Conferences
- Electronic Literature Organization conference and media arts festival, 2016, 2018 (attended in 2018 thanks to a Canada Council for the Arts, Professional Development for Artists grant), 2021-2022, 2024
- New Media Prize, 2024, 2022
- South by Southwest Festival, 2021
- Social Media Camp - Victoria Conference Centre, 2019, 2018
- Vancouver Web Fest - Vancouver Conference Centre, 2018
Grants
- Canada Council for the Arts, Professional Development for Artists, 2017
- British Columbia Arts Council, Professional Development Project Assistance, 2015
Memberships
- Electronic Literature Organization (ELO)
Exhibit
- ILINU / ILIDI, ELO 2024 (Un)linked, Electronic Literature Organization conference and media arts festival - University of Florida, 2024
- Collaborative Poetry - Incubateur de Littérature Numérique (ILINU, ILIDI). Online, Topo (Montreal), Andamio (Mexico), 2023. HTML, CSS, Audacity, video.
- Ané - Incubateur de Littérature Numérique (ILINU / ILIDI). Online, Topo (Montreal), Andamio (Mexico), 2023. Video.
Projects
Digital Work
- The Swimming Pool Role: Writer, Photographer, Programmer (Twine).
- The Last Cartographer Role: Writer
Generative Text
- A Cherry Walk Role: writer, programmer.
- Kaempfer Role: writer, programmer.
Twitter Bots
- @CollabPoems Role: co-writer, programmer
- @CherryExpertBot Role: writer, programmer
Games
Public Speaking
- 2023 "Exhibit launch" Incubateur de Littérature Numérique (ILINU). Online presentation.