Computational Poetics

  • Cesar & Lois, Degenerative Cultures: fire and water, 2022.
    Cesar & Lois, Degenerative Cultures: fire and water, 2022; Book with Physarum polycephalum (microorganism) growth. Photo courtesy of the artists.
  • Installation shot of “Computational Poetics” at Beall Center for Art + Technology.
    Installation shot of “Computational Poetics” at Beall Center for Art + Technology, Claire Trevor School of the Arts, UC Irvine. October 1, 2022 – January 14, 2023. Photo by Yubo Dong.
  • Cesar & Lois, “Degenrative Cultures: fire and water,” 2022.
    Cesar & Lois, “Degenrative Cultures: fire and water,” 2022; Growth chamber (dome with camera capture and lighting system), book with Physarum polycephalum (microorganism) growth, custom electronics and display with bio-digital AI, thermal printer with twitter printout, @HelloFungus Twitter feed. Courtesy of the artists. Photo by Yubo Dong.
  • Cesar & Lois, “Degenrative Cultures: fire and water,” 2022.
    Cesar & Lois, “Degenrative Cultures: fire and water,” 2022; Growth chamber (dome with camera capture and lighting system), book with Physarum polycephalum (microorganism) growth, custom electronics and display with bio-digital AI, thermal printer with twitter printout, @HelloFungus Twitter feed. Courtesy of the artists. Photo by Yubo Dong.
  • Cesar & Lois, “Degenrative Cultures: fire and water,” 2022.
    Cesar & Lois, “Degenrative Cultures: fire and water,” 2022; Growth chamber (dome with camera capture and lighting system), book with Physarum polycephalum (microorganism) growth, custom electronics and display with bio-digital AI, thermal printer with twitter printout, @HelloFungus Twitter feed. Courtesy of the artists. Photo by Yubo Dong.
  • Cesar & Lois, “Degenrative Cultures: fire and water,” 2022.
    Cesar & Lois, “Degenrative Cultures: fire and water,” 2022; Growth chamber (dome with camera capture and lighting system), book with Physarum polycephalum (microorganism) growth, custom electronics and display with bio-digital AI, thermal printer with twitter printout, @HelloFungus Twitter feed. Courtesy of the artists. Photo by Yubo Dong.
  • Installation shot of “Computational Poetics” at Beall Center for Art + Technology.
    Installation shot of “Computational Poetics” at Beall Center for Art + Technology, Claire Trevor School of the Arts, UC Irvine. October 1, 2022 – January 14, 2023. Photo by Yubo Dong.
  • Installation shot of “Computational Poetics” at Beall Center for Art + Technology.
    Installation shot of “Computational Poetics” at Beall Center for Art + Technology, Claire Trevor School of the Arts, UC Irvine. October 1, 2022 – January 14, 2023. Photo by Yubo Dong.
  • Installation shot of “Computational Poetics” at Beall Center for Art + Technology.
    Installation shot of “Computational Poetics” at Beall Center for Art + Technology, Claire Trevor School of the Arts, UC Irvine. October 1, 2022 – January 14, 2023. Photo by Yubo Dong.
  • Installation shot of “Computational Poetics” at Beall Center for Art + Technology.
    Installation shot of “Computational Poetics” at Beall Center for Art + Technology, Claire Trevor School of the Arts, UC Irvine. October 1, 2022 – January 14, 2023. Photo by Yubo Dong.
  • Alison Knowles, “House of Dust,” 1967; Seimens System 4004, FORTRAN IV, line printer.
    Alison Knowles, “House of Dust,” 1967; Seimens System 4004, FORTRAN IV, line printer. Courtesy of the artist. Photo by Yubo Dong.
  • Installation shot of “Computational Poetics” at Beall Center for Art + Technology.
    Installation shot of “Computational Poetics” at Beall Center for Art + Technology, Claire Trevor School of the Arts, UC Irvine. October 1, 2022 – January 14, 2023. Photo by Yubo Dong.
  • Installation shot of “Computational Poetics” at Beall Center for Art + Technology.
    Installation shot of “Computational Poetics” at Beall Center for Art + Technology, Claire Trevor School of the Arts, UC Irvine. October 1, 2022 – January 14, 2023. Photo by Yubo Dong.
  • Kenneth Goldsmith, “HILLARY: The Hillary Clinton Emails,” 2019.
    Kenneth Goldsmith, “HILLARY: The Hillary Clinton Emails,” 2019; Emails printed on color paper, 8 ½ x 11 x 12 inches. Courtesy of the artist. Photo by Yubo Dong.
  • Mary Flanagan, [Topoeisis] (detail), 2019.
    Mary Flanagan, [Topoeisis] (detail), 2019; Software, computational poems, pen on archival watercolor paper, 11 x 15 in. each. Courtesy of the artist. Photo by Yobu Dong.
  • Kenneth Goldsmith, Selections from 73 Poems (Permanent Press: 1994).
    Kenneth Goldsmith, Selections from 73 Poems (Permanent Press: 1994). Graphite drawings, book, and CD, 30 ¼ x 22 ¼ inches. Courtesy of the artist. Photo by Yubo Dong.
Dates: 
October 01, 2022 to January 14, 2023
Opening Reception: 
October 1, 2022 - 2:00pm
Curated By: 
Hannah B Higgins & David Familian
Artist: 
Eric Andersen, Christian Bök, Cesar & Lois, ​Jon Corbett, ​​Clint Enns, Ma​ry Flanagan, Tori Foster, Tiffany Funk, Kenneth Goldsmith, Dick Higgins
Alison ​Knowles, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Jackson Mac Low, Nam June Paik, A​l​lison Parrish, Bill Seaman​, Sasha Stiles, and Emmett Williams