The School for Poetic Computation (SFPC) is a hybrid of a school, residency and research group that was founded in 2013[1] in New York. A small group of students and faculty work closely to explore the intersections of code, art, hardware and theory—focusing especially on artistic intervention, including code poetry.[2] Rather than formal classes, the students at the school focus on creative projects.[3] The school's motto is "more poems, less demos."[1]
The school was co-founded by Zachary Lieberman, Taeyoon Choi, Amit Pitaru, and Jen Lowe.[4] In the summer of 2020, amidst discussions about how the administrators had handled issues related to Black Lives Matter, the school transitioned to a more collective organization. Lieberman publicly stepped down,[5] and the other members of the former administration team wrote a post that was published from Choi's Medium account.[6] SFPC is now run by the "SFPC Stewards," who are committed to running a "beautiful school" centering BIPOC, disabled, and queer makers.[7]
References
- 1 2 "Code to Joy: The School for Poetic Computation Opens". Bits Blog. 12 August 2013. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
- ↑ "SFPC | School for Poetic Computation". sfpc.io. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
- ↑ "School for Poetic Computation Opens This Fall: Coding for Beauty". ANIMAL. 2013-08-26. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
- ↑ "A Creative Coding School Run By Artists Opens In New York". www.vice.com. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
- ↑ lieberman, zach (2021-04-02). "Stepping down from SFPC". Medium. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
- ↑ Choi, Taeyoon (2021-03-04). "Open letter to SFPC community". Medium. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
- ↑ SFPC (2021-04-20). "Dear SFPC community". Medium. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
External links
- Official website
- Previous official website, now archived
- Official SFPC blog
- New York Times article about School for Poetic Computation
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