School

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Poetic

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Our Projects

Our organizers, teachers and participants regularly collaborate on a space of experimentation to define and redefine “poetic computation” and imagine just and beautiful futures. Collectively, we have produced publications, online and in person showcases and exhibitions, websites, special sessions, event series, radio productions and other outcomes.

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Publication

Speculative Instruments of the Black Gooey Universe

An open invitation to rethink and remix our approach to technological invention and the possibilities of transformative change.

Released on August 14, 2024

Organized by Zainab Aliyu, American Artist, Che-Wei Wang, Taylor Levy

Winter 2024

Website

Solidarity Infrastructures Website

A translocal learning sandbox that brings together creative practitioners to dream toward alternative socio-technological systems.

Released on July 4, 2024

Organized by Alice Yuan Zhang, Max Fowler, Oren Robinson, Meghna Mahadevan

Winter 2024

Website

HTTPoetics Anthology

Created as part of HTTPoetics taught by Todd Anderson with Kayla Drzewicki and Tyler Yin

Released on April 13, 2024

Organized by Tyler Yin, Kayla Drzewicki, Todd Anderson

Winter 2024

Publication

Alternative Typographic Histories Zine

A zine investigating the relationship between technology and language.

Released on September 30, 2023

Organized by Hind Al Saad, Levi Hammett

Summer 2023

Radio

Instruments of the Black Gooey Universe On Air

Four radio segments touching on themes related to influence and the avant-garde, approaches to sonic improvisation, the boundaries between reproduction and repetition, and more.

Released on September 25, 2023

In collaboration with The Kitchen, Montez Press Radio

Website

Cellular Automata: Learning Archive 2023

A learning archive for the 5 week class Cellular Automata - Code Beyond Words, taught by Murilo Polese and Yadira Sanchez at School for Poetic Computation from March to April 2023.

Released on August 8, 2023

Organized by Murilo Polese, Yadira Sánchez

Spring 2023

Publication

Dark Matters Zine — Spring 2022

Within eight chapters— Ground, Interface, Watching, Being, Calculation, Accumulation and Prediction— this zine questions how to remain critical of legacy power structures that are embedded in the technologies we interface with daily.

Released on July 1, 2023

Organized by American Artist, Zainab Aliyu

Spring 2022

Exhibition, Event Series

Electronic Cafe for Poetic Computation

An internet cafe and classroom where community members and visitors are invited to participate in a series of workshops and events exploring creative, inclusive, and liberatory uses of networked technology within an abolitionist framework.

Ran on June 17, 2023

Organized by Zainab Aliyu, Todd Anderson, American Artist, Neta Bomani, Melanie Hoff, Galen Macdonald

In collaboration with RECESS

Publication

SFPC_Malware_Anthology.zip

A downloadable zip-file collection of boundary-pushing software art gathers projects created by participants in ,An Artist’s History of Computer Viruses and Malware,, taught by Todd Anderson and Herdimas Anggara in the Fall of 2022.

Released on January 26, 2023

Organized by Todd Anderson, Herdimas Anggara

In collaboration with Rhizome

Fall 2022

Website

Scrapism Showcase

An online gallery of participant work ranging from text poems, to video cut ups, to AI generated social media profiles.

Released on December 21, 2022

Organized by Ilona Brand

Fall 2022

Development

Winter 2023 Community Fundraiser

Our Community Fundraiser is an open-hearted effort to build our school on a foundation of mutual aid and reciprocity.

Ran on December 5, 2022

Organized by Galen Macdonald, Neta Bomani, Melanie Hoff, Che-Wei Wang, Tega Brain

Publication

Messages from the Mud

The second collectively made publication filled with sci-fi stories and poetry from the Spring 2022 session of Reading into the Past / Writing into the Future.

Released on December 1, 2022

Organized by Ashley Jane Lewis, Carey J. Flack, Neta Bomani

Spring 2022

Website

Ask SFPC: Sex Ed

A peer-to-peer sex advice column that intends to distribute the production of knowledge around sex by inviting us to learn about sex from a network of our peers and co-learners.

Released on June 29, 2022

Organized by Zainab Aliyu

SFPC: Sex Ed

Publication

Seeds for a New Pattern

A collectively made publication featuring original science fiction writings to encompass learnings from the Winter 2022 session of Reading into the Past / Writing into the Future.

Released on June 17, 2022

Organized by Ashley Jane Lewis, Carey J. Flack, Neta Bomani, Zainab Aliyu

Fall/Winter 2021-22

Website

Recreating the Past Learning Archive

An archive of learning materials from Recreating the Past Fall 2021’s session.

Released on January 21, 2022

Organized by Murilo Polese

Fall/Winter 2021-22

Radio

AncestryandMe DNA Processing Kit

Personal and critical reflections on ancestral histories within the context of biometric surveillance and DNA tracing technology.

Released on November 19, 2021

Organized by Zainab Aliyu, American Artist

In collaboration with Montez Press Radio

COCOON

Radio

Reading the Dictionary of Dark Matters

Public reading of The Dictionary of Dark Matters, a self-published people's dictionary on surveillance, racial capitalism and technology.

Released on January 29, 2021

Organized by Zainab Aliyu, American Artist

In collaboration with Montez Press Radio

Summer 2020

Publication, Website

Dictionary of Dark Matters

A people’s dictionary on surveillance, racial capitalism and technology.

Released on October 16, 2020

Organized by Zainab Aliyu, American Artist

Summer 2020

Website

Landscapes of Love

A collection of the materials, projects, and ephemera gathered during Digital Love Languages’ 2020 session, in the form of a webzine.

Released on August 18, 2020

Organized by Melanie Hoff, Max Fowler

Summer 2020

Website, Radio

Code Societies Oral History

A speculative oral history imagining the present and future society in which denizens of Code Societies 2020 want to live.

Released on January 25, 2020

Organized by Neta Bomani

Code Societies

Exhibition

Seven Years of Poetic Computation

An exhibition celebrating and highlighting the work of the School for Poetic Computation from its inception in 2013 to 2020.

Ran on January 12, 2020

Organized by Alex Miller, Brian Solon, Lauren Gardner, Taeyoon Choi, Tega Brain

Website

Code Societies Blog

A blog from participants of SFPC Code Societies sessions.

Released on January 6, 2020

Organized by Melanie Hoff, Emma Rae Bruml Norton

Code Societies

Publication

Dark Matters Zine — Fall 2019

Released on December 1, 2019

Organized by American Artist, Zainab Aliyu, Esther Bouquet, Allison Chan

Fall 2019

Special Session

Poetic Computation: Yamaguchi - Technology as a Gift

A summer session in Yamaguchi, where we approached technology, and specifically computation, as an expression of gratitude and care for each other.

Ran on September 4, 2019

Organized by Taeyoon Choi, Lauren Gardner

In collaboration with Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media

Poetic Computation: Yamaguchi

Special Session

Poetic Computation: Detroit - Uncovering Technology

A summer 10-day session in Detroit, Michigan with daily classes ranging from computational poetry, building electronics, critical theory and the history of the manufacturing industry in Detroit.

Ran on August 19, 2019

Organized by Taeyoon Choi, Lauren Gardner, Melanie Hoff, Neta Bomani

In collaboration with Detroit Community Technology Project, the Talking Dolls, the Work Department

Poetic Computation: Detroit

Publication

Dark Matters Zine — Spring 2019

Released on May 11, 2019

Organized by American Artist

Spring 2019

Special Session

WYFY (With You For You) School

Ran on May 1, 2019

Organized by Taeyoon Choi, Tsige Tafesse, Jazmin Jones, Katherine Tom, Suhyun Choi

Exhibition, Event Series

New York Tech Zine Fair

An event for the tech zine publishing community, providing an accessible platform for artists, designers, engineers and DIY publishers to connect with audiences and circulate their work in a supportive community.

Ran on December 1, 2018

Organized by Taeyoon Choi, Mimi Onuoha

Publication

Dark Matters Zine — Fall 2018

Released on November 1, 2018

Organized by American Artist

Event Series

Meet the Participants of SFPC

A series of presentations from current SFPC participants to share about themselves with the larger public.

Ongoing since April 12, 2016

Organized by Lauren Gardner, Todd Anderson and others

Exhibition

Re-coded

An exhibition presenting reinterpreted work from computational art pioneers, celebrating what is never shown in public (the computer code), and allowing visitors to dissect and change it.

Ran on December 19, 2015

Organized by Zach Lieberman, Taeyoon Choi, Lauren Gardner

In collaboration with Absolut

Event Series

SFPC Salon

A series of talks, conversations and performances from leading practitioners distinguished alumni, and friends of the school.

Ongoing since September 17, 2015

Organized by Taeyoon Choi, Lauren Gardner and others

Event Series, Exhibition

Participant Showcases

A series of showcases, presentations and open studios from SFPC participants culminating each session.

Ongoing since November 22, 2013

Organized by Lauren Gardner, Galen Macdonald, Taeyoon Choi, Zach Lieberman and others

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