Tuesday, April 20
- In class:
- Introduction to Electronic Poetry
- Loveletters by Christopher Strachey (1952)
- First Screening by bpNichol (1984)
- Uncle Roger by Judy Malloy (1987)
- Typoems and Anipoems by Ana María Uribe (1997-99)
- Strings by Dan Waber (1999)
- Seattle Drift by Jim Andrews (1998)
- Nio by Jim Andrews (2000, 2021)
- Assignment
- Read Taroko Gorge by Nick Montfort (2009)
- Write a brief response to the poem that includes your interpretation of its ending.
- Introduction to Electronic Poetry
Thursday, April 21
- In class:
- Taroko Gorge and its Remixes
- White-Faced Bromeliads on 20 Hectares by Loss Pequeño Glazier
- The Deletionist (2013, by Amaranth Borsuk, Jesper Juul, & Nick Montfort)
- Thoughts Go by David Knoebel (2001)
- Cruising by Megan Sapnar and Ingrid Ankerson (2001)
- Twitter Bots
- Assignment:
- Watch at least two of the videos on the PoEMMs by Jason Edward Lewis and Bruno Nadeau.
- Watch documentation videos of Jörg Piringer's apps, and install one or two, if you have an iOS device.
- Watch the documentation video for Pry by Samantha Gorman (and Tender Claws) and install it if you have an iOS device.
- Write a brief response on the potential of touchscreen devices for poetic expression.