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Tomorrow. Finish up anything remaining from today’s discussion: the visual tradition, chapbook questions… Workshop: Cassie’s “One day Quinn and I…” and “Sexy Title” Peter’s “Story Time,” “Blizzard Memories,” and “Nature’s Mysteries.” Judi’s “Are We Dead?” Matt’s “Do you guys swim?” (?) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Finish up anything remaining from today’s Finish up anything remaining from today’s discussion: the visual tradition, chapbook discussion: the visual tradition, chapbook questions…questions…
Workshop: Workshop: Cassie’s “One day Quinn and I…” and “Sexy Cassie’s “One day Quinn and I…” and “Sexy
Title”Title” Peter’s “Story Time,” “Blizzard Memories,” and Peter’s “Story Time,” “Blizzard Memories,” and
“Nature’s Mysteries.”“Nature’s Mysteries.” Judi’s “Are We Dead?”Judi’s “Are We Dead?” Matt’s “Do you guys swim?” (?)Matt’s “Do you guys swim?” (?)
Judi: in virtual workshop?Judi: in virtual workshop?
Returned graded backwork.Returned graded backwork.
TodayToday
Bidart and Ai: the persona poem Bidart and Ai: the persona poem (and yesterday’s freewriting)(and yesterday’s freewriting)
Chapooks and Reflective LetterChapooks and Reflective Letter
The Visual Tradition: option 2 of The Visual Tradition: option 2 of Poetry Project 2.Poetry Project 2.
CHAPBOOKS• Interesting title. No “My Journey in Life”• Artistic bindings or otherwise unusual and interesting
presentation are welcome. • Watch out for merely fancy or cute fonts and light or
cliché decoration.• Table of contents, dedication page, pagination, author’s
bio, acknowledgements.• May include older work, if you feel this will round it out or
make it complete.• You can self-bind or take to printers or copy shop on
campus or in town.• Content is most important. If you make an artistic
presentation, you’ll be credited for that, but it’s not required. You do need standard book features.
•Pictographs•Petroglyphs•Hieroglyphs? •Logographic writing•Ideograms (though these
were usually one-symbol representations of whole words)
The visual dimension of language
and writing has always been of use
and interest.
And you probably remember
…the pleasure you took as a kid, when you were just learning to “make your letters.”
Most of us don’t pay much attention to the visual aspect of language anymore, but, for concretists and new media writers, it’s vital.
““Concrete poetry’s most conspicuous feature is its attention to the visual Concrete poetry’s most conspicuous feature is its attention to the visual appearance of the text on the page” (Drucker 110).appearance of the text on the page” (Drucker 110).
Like oral poetry, it returns us to the Like oral poetry, it returns us to the roots of meaning-making with roots of meaning-making with language?language?
““In its most generic In its most generic application, the term application, the term ‘concrete ‘concrete
poetry’ is used to designate all manner of poetry’ is used to designate all manner of shaped, typographically complex, visually shaped, typographically complex, visually self-conscious poetic works. The term ‘visual self-conscious poetic works. The term ‘visual poetry’ is more general and thus more aptly poetry’ is more general and thus more aptly used to describe aused to describe a
history which is as old as writing history which is as old as writing itself” (Drucker).itself” (Drucker).
Go to Go to New Media Presentationwww.ndsu.edu/instruct/cinichol/www.ndsu.edu/instruct/cinichol/
CreativeWriting/323/CreativeWriting/323/NewMediaPresentation.htmNewMediaPresentation.htm
(view this page up to (view this page up to New New Media: Concrete/Visual Media: Concrete/Visual Writing for the 21st Writing for the 21st Century)Century)
Some of the first Some of the first characteristics we noticed characteristics we noticed about “computer writing”:about “computer writing”:
• Very easily manipulated text.Very easily manipulated text.
• Utilitarian functions: storage, annotation, Utilitarian functions: storage, annotation, word processing word processing
• Reader interaction.Reader interaction.
• Circumvention of commercial control.Circumvention of commercial control.
• The LINKED NODE.The LINKED NODE.
HOMEPAGE
Link
Link
Link
Link
Link
Link
Far distant reaches
of the WebDictionary
RelatedWebsite
OfficialOrganization
Site
The 80s saw some great experiments with hypertext, in particular…
Michael Joyce’s electronic novel, Afternoon, A Story and other Eastgate work.
(View portions of Joyce’s novel.)
This was, and still is, resisted.
But, then, so was the printed word itself, which some ancient Greeks thought was an innovation that signaled the death of civilization (loss of memory skills…)!
It’s apparent now thatIt’s apparent now thatnew media allow for a whole wealth ofnew media allow for a whole wealth of
Let’s return now to New Media Presentation
www.ndsu.edu/instruct/cinichol/www.ndsu.edu/instruct/cinichol/CreativeWriting/323/CreativeWriting/323/
NewMediaPresentation.htm NewMediaPresentation.htm
New Media PerformanceNew Media Performance(Option 2 for Poetry Project #2)(Option 2 for Poetry Project #2)InstructionsInstructions
Present to the class some form of visual poetry, whether electronic or Present to the class some form of visual poetry, whether electronic or hardcopy.hardcopy.
Presentation should include showing the piece as well as some Presentation should include showing the piece as well as some narration, roughly 5-10 minutes. You can talk to us about what you narration, roughly 5-10 minutes. You can talk to us about what you were aiming for, what problems and successes you had, what were aiming for, what problems and successes you had, what possibilities the piece suggests to you for future work.possibilities the piece suggests to you for future work.
CriteriaCriteria
Materials should be VISIBLE.Materials should be VISIBLE. Materials should Materials should workwork properly. properly. Materials and narration should be well-REHEARSED.Materials and narration should be well-REHEARSED. Piece should be Piece should be
o EngagingEngagingo InventiveInventiveo Of adequate complexity and interestOf adequate complexity and interesto Without sentimentalityWithout sentimentality