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If, Then: Nkosi Nkululeko on Reinventing the Square Poem (Analog Procedural Poetry)
January 13, 2023 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
On Friday, January 13th at 2PM, poet Nkosi Nkululeko will lead a craft talk and workshop on a procedural analog form of his own reinvention—the square poem. Drawing on a lineage of multi-directional and procedural poetry, the square poem demonstrates the expansiveness that constraint can lend and offers perspective into what generative and procedural forms can look like outside of digital spaces. Though, we imagine this form to have applications in and implications for computational creativity too! You can see a quick introduction to the form from Nkosi himself at the link here.
This event is part of If, Then: Technology and Poetics, a collaborative, public, and interdisciplinary virtual working group and workshop series promoting inclusivity and skills-building in creative computation. Check out our website here and get in touch with Carly Schnitzler (cschnitz@live.unc.edu) or Lillian-Yvonne Bertram (lbertram@northeastern.edu) with any questions or suggestions.
Supported by Carolina Seminars and the Digital Literacy and Communications Lab at UNC.