Programmed PoetryTools Anon. Programmed Poetry. Vancouver, BC: Western Front, 2016.
Abstract (English)"Terminal is a four-part installation project that examines single-user interfaces and the influence of technology on the adaptation of new artistic forms. [...] Launching in September, the first installation looks at poetry programmed for computers, and offers an installation of bpNichol’s First Screening (1984), a series of poems written in Apple BASIC for home use on an Apple IIe. The project expands beyond the gallery space to include a website, launching on September 8th with a series of Permutation Poems written by Brion Gysin that first appeared in 1960. While starting from the specificity of a single-user space, TERMINAL also asks what artists choose to use computers for, and how this can be figured amidst a wider set of material processes and concerns. Stemming from the expansive and playful legacies of writers like Nichol and Gysin, the project will also include a reading by artist and poet Tiziana La Melia, whose recent work The Eyelash and the Monochrome has addressed the computer user environment of Microsoft Word as a context and catalyst for her writing practice." -- Dust jacket
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