Code Causes Poetry Supercut

in full colour print with ten additional exclusive poems, a "manual" page with discussion about each of the poems, and two essays oncodepoetry. -> Purchase <- -[ ]- "I love this book, because it grants poets permission to engage more directly with the software of our digital culture, thus extending all our tool-kits for expression."

./code--poetryis a creative coding project published online (code-poetry.com) and as a print book (Broken Sleep Books, 2023). This project is a collaboration between Chris Kerr and Daniel Holden. This project consists of a series ofcodepoems, each written in the sourcecodeof a different programming language. Everycodepoem is also a valid program that produces an ASCII art ...

The emphasis on executablecodereveals aesthetic possibilities of programming languages that blend form and function. Such poems are fascinating because they are variably accessible and inaccessible to readers, a function of their readers' knowledge of programming languages and facility withpoetry.

Such details provide a deeper understanding and appreciation for Code Causes Poetry Supercut.

Artificial intelligence researcher Laura Caccia describes how people around the world are reshaping the form and definition ofpoetryusing sourcecode. Using an example of her own work, she suggests that this mingling of beauty and functionality in language and technology is a welcome augmentation of an art form that has already been evolving for centuries.

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This particular example perfectly highlights why Code Causes Poetry Supercut is so captivating.

Obfuscatedcodeintentionally makes programs hard to read—usually for security or intellectual property protection. But sometimes, this obfuscation creates accidentalpoetry.