School
for
Poetic
Computation
In this workshop, we will do a close-read of poems to look for computational openings: places where the poem may invite interaction/touch, where it could move or grow, where it could curl up, places that map to the possibilities inherent in computation. From there, we will build our own computational poems using HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
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During one session of a poetry open mic I used to go to, we handed off our poems to someone else to read. It was lovely and surprising to see and hear how the poem changed in different hands, how people responded to the invitations within a poem, invitations to slow or hurry breathlessly through a line, invitations to pause or drag. It reminded me of something I read about how each distinct word, phrase, sentence, or line has its own tactility and affordances.
These affordances, or invitations, mean that multiple people can read a poem and perform it differently. The invitations in a poem that translate to sonic qualities, can also translate to computational qualities. There can be areas in a poem that welcome touch or, where the poem jumps off the page or goes on forever.
In this workshop, students will closely read poems to look for computational openings and extend their (or others’) own poems using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
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Day 2:
A background in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript is encouraged, but not required. The class will cover the basics.
This class may be for you if you:
Yeli is a Nigerian artist, writer, and technologist based in Brooklyn. She primarily makes things that live on the internet. She is interested in the creative and critical possibilities of the web and data: its potentials for personal expression, solidarity and fostering disillusionment.
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anna y lin is a creative technologist whose practice is heavily informed by research on counter-hegemonic technologies, as well as accessibility and user experience studies. Currently, her physical presence is in Brooklyn, and her online presence is located at ,annaylin.com,.
Lu Gillespie is a Brooklyn-based creative technologist and researcher interested in the shared and unshared grammar between human and digital infrastructure. Her work studies algorithms and memory and exists primarily through the web and desktop interface.
Applications are not required for workshops. Signups will remain open as long as seats remain. A limited number of scholarship tickets will be released via the SFPC email list two weeks before the date of the intensive.
For 2 classes, it costs $500 + processing fees, for a one-time payment. We also offer payment plans. Participants can schedule monthly payments of the same amount. First and last payments must be made before the start and end of class. *Processing fees apply for each payment.
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