❦ poetic computation: expanding tools & materials for drawing/storytelling/world-making

link to presentation: https://www.figma.com/deck/lNBREAQSCExrp1JB7kdC1O

link to desktop folder tutorials: https://www.kayzeng.com/folder_practice

Creative media artists have been expanding the possibilities of many tools/interfaces/systems: ‣ Can I write poems with HTML? ‣ Can my game be a journaling tool? ‣ Can office software be a dynamic drawing space? ‣ Can my desktop folder be an escape room game?

​To discover more creative approaches like these, we will: ​‣ Go through works curated by Kay in these categories: 1. THE INTERNET & THE BROWSER, 2. THE DESKTOP & THE FOLDER, 3. THE COMPUTER & THE SYSTEM, 4. THE EVERYDAY SOFTWARE. (if you have been experimenting feel free to share your works as well) ​‣ Look closely at tools' materiality, their built-in constraints, behaviors, and the specific ways they shape what we can express ​‣ Make small experiments with deliberately simple, low/no-code approaches (with some optional vibe coding if needed)

​High level outcome: Develop our sensitivity to digital tools as creative materials, and find new ways for drawing/storytelling/world-making.

​Note: Would be nice if you can bring few lines of your journal, a short story, a small sketch that you want to play with (or we can just see what comes up in our mind). We'll practice slow, intentional making where every choice is hand-crafted and meticulously controlled <3