RE: [-empyre-] Welcome Jim Andrews re: Electronic Poetry

["][mez][" <netwurker@hotkey.net.au>]

At 01:46 AM 1/05/2003 -0700, you wrote:

> What I would like to explore is digital art that bridges the gap between 
> what comes to mind with
> the term 'Electronic Poetry' and other forms of digital art.

bridges or _breaks_ the gaps, jim?

[u know i'm a fracture|slippage boffin from waaaay back:)]

bridges m.plies links & trajectories.....linear progressions that align 
nicely with yr programma logic.

> I admired the work of several
> 'polyartists' early on in my path of folly. My work is toward synthesis of 
> arts, media, and
> programming. With stress on language. And sometimes strain. Poetry suffers 
> as never before.


ahh. stresses + strains.

[read engineerspeek. i'm reacting rather ballistically here in 
corresponding orientation 2 john hopkins nrg post].

[nothing x.ists in iso[topical].lation].


> I've been thinking about the role of programming in digital art recently 
> and also, more
> specifically, about the role of programming in digital poetry. What I'd 
> like to do is share my
> thoughts on these two related subjects. I've been writing something on 
> this matter, started it
> before you asked me to be featured in the soft skinned space. It's in 
> process, not hard coded as
> yet, so feedback on it will also be formative in the essay and perhaps the 
> feedback itself will
> form something interesting.

yay 4 [the n.courag][able][ement of] feedback!


> Much 'Electronic Poetry' does not involve much programming by the artist.

programming as defined by the ultilization of co[mpooter]ncrete languages, jim?

[hmm]
[u may have answerd these in ltr posts.
[my time.telescoping makes this problematic].

sorry if yes.

chunks,
][mez][




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