School for Poetic Computation explained

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 City. 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."

History

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. These co-directors are Zainab Aliyu, Todd Anderson, American Artist, Neta Bomani, Melanie Hoff, Galen Macdonald and Celine Wong Katzman.[7]

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Code to Joy: The School for Poetic Computation Opens. Bits Blog. 12 August 2013 . 2015-11-17.
  2. Web site: SFPC School for Poetic Computation. sfpc.io. 2015-11-17.
  3. Web site: 2013-08-26. School for Poetic Computation Opens This Fall: Coding for Beauty. 2021-05-13. ANIMAL. en-US.
  4. Web site: A Creative Coding School Run By Artists Opens In New York. 2021-05-13. www.vice.com. 2 July 2013 . en.
  5. Web site: lieberman. zach. 2021-04-02. Stepping down from SFPC. 2021-05-13. Medium. en.
  6. Web site: Choi. Taeyoon. 2021-03-04. Open letter to SFPC community. 2021-05-13. Medium. en.
  7. Web site: SFPC. 2021-04-20. Dear SFPC community. 2021-05-13. Medium. en.