{"id":2265,"date":"2019-04-02T13:00:50","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T17:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/adjacent\/issue-5\/?p=2265"},"modified":"2024-10-08T21:21:56","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T21:21:56","slug":"the-rite-of-computing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/adjacent\/issue-5\/the-rite-of-computing\/","title":{"rendered":"the rite of computing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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the rite of computing (la consagraci\u00f3n de la computadora)<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

By lengua partida<\/strong>
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Illustration by Sof\u00eda Suazo & Nathier Fernandez, interactive by Sof\u00eda Suazo & Guillermo Montecinos<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

An epic poem for our age celebrating the beauty of computational theory, while lamenting the world, on the brink of collapse, that it has been instrumental in creating.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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we saw the tipping points being crossed, and yet the same behavior<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

destruction was all around, even in the use of our tools of creation<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

what could we do? how could we engage? how could we disengage?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

we thought of reinventing computers<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

homegrown, homemade…<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

a game, a party, a dance<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

maybe in that way we would understand?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

maybe in that way we would know if we want to keep them?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

the following are some of our notes, thoughts, conversations, actions…<\/em>
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