Critical Writing Workshop

School for Poetic Computationis an artist run school in New York that was founded in 2013. A small group of students and faculty work closely to explore the intersections of code, design, hardware and theory — focusing especially on artistic intervention. It’s a hybrid of a school, residency and research group.Our motto is:more poetry, less demo

School for Poetic Computation

This one week-long, evening workshop is designed for people who are interested in writing critically about art, technology, and society

School for poetic computation

Co-organizers: Joanne McNeil and Taeyoon ChoiGuest speakers: Jessica Lynne and Jennifer TobiasThis one week-long, evening workshop is designed for people who are interested in writing critically about art, technology, and society. &#x27;Critical writing&#x27; in this workshop includes essays, reviews, and personal writing. Sessions will delve into the fundamentals of publishing, editing, collaboration, and critique. An additional session will focus on function writing related to the composition of personal statements and project descriptions.Building upon a workshop PUT INTO WORDS by Joanne McNeil, which ran for the first time at the School for Poetic Computation in 2019, the new workshop will incorporate SFPC&#x27;s pedagogy that focuses on hands-on prototyping, iterations and creative use/misuse of technology. Together the class will produce a zine of their own original work.Instructor <a href="http://www.joannemcneil.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Joanne McNeil</a>, the author of the forthcoming &#x27;Lurking: How a Person Became a User,&#x27; has experience editing first-time writers and special insight on how artists and technologists might bring their ideas to the page. <a href="http://taeyoonchoi.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Taeyoon Choi</a>, an artist and co-founder of SFPC, will teach writing with computational tools through examples of SFPC community, such as his version-controlled poetry, code poetry by Allison Parrish and Everest Pipkin, folder poetry by Melanie Hoff, zines on the critical theory of technology by American Artist, Neta Bomani and more. Guest speakers <a href="https://www.jessicalynne.co/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Jessica Lynne</a> and <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/ideasintopictures/home" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Jennifer Tobias</a> will speak about their experiences in research, writing, and publishing. No prior experience of writing or coding is expected. Students are expected to attend all sessions<ul><li>12 students</li><li>Weekday classes between Feb 18-21 from 6:00 - 8:30 PM at SFPC, 155 Bank street, NYC</li><li>Weekend classes on Feb 22 and 23 will happen from 1~3:30 PM. </li><li>We allow attendees to request refunds up to 7 days before the workshop&#x27;s start date. </li><li><a href="http://sfpc.io/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">School for Poetic Computation </a>is an artist-run school in New York City. </li><li>contact taeyoon@sfpc.io for any questions regarding the workshop and accessibility needs. </li><li>Still image from JUST BROWSING by Joanne McNeil, motion graphics by Nicole Antebi</li></ul>

Photo: Naoki TakehisaCourtesy of Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM] 1 Week Session by SFPC in Yamaguchi Summer 2019 - <a href="https://github.com/SFPC/yamaguchi-2019" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Repository</a>

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