School For Poetic Computation

Experimental school supporting study in art, code, hardware + critical theory.

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New classes at SFPC!

This spring we’re using the command line not as the dim workhorse of computing, but as a stage for poetic subversion, where code emerges to explore how technologies of control can become instruments of liberation

∗ Apply by Feb 2 at https://t.co/Hgcwap7mz9

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What is the sound of your community? Radio Radius is a hybrid (online/in-person @creativetime) class that explores low powered FM radio transmission as a tool for connection and artistic expression.

Taught by Bryant Wells and Miguel Gajdos, apply at: https://t.co/H470LSqLvg

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Join us this spring for Damage Overflow Value, a Black studies class taught by Cameron A. Granger w/ Jaylyn Quinn Glasper, where we'll interrogate how games shape our world and what it all says about the futures we're capable of imagining: https://t.co/lyO8BHT2f4

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Join us online this Spring for Equipment for Living, a critical theory & 3D imaging class taught by Charles Berret and Rosalie Yu about how exploring how media, from poetry to digital worlds, can arm us with the tools to face modern life: https://t.co/UF5dvFUyan

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Funko Pops, Marxism, and hypertext: these are some of the phenomena explored in the workshop Spectacle, Presence and Poetry, taught by Gabrielle Octavia Rucker, during its run this fall.

Read the blog post by Margot Armbruster at https://t.co/Mi0unxxSN8

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Last chance to place holiday orders! Order by tomorrow before 11:59pm ET

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Shop 3 NEW items designed by SFPC teachers & alumni. 100% of proceeds go towards scholarships at SFPC ♡

🌵 Nopales Lamp created by MORAKANA
✒️ Pen Type-C created by CW&T w/ Zainab Aliyu
🌸 Digital Garden Sticker Pack created by Sara Martínez

Shop at https://t.co/1EDIIvLoKB

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We are deeply grateful to our community members for sharing their experiences of studying at SFPC. Join us in creating more opportunities for those who are oppressed by technology to reshape it in service of a beautiful world.

💝 Support scholarships at https://t.co/XYJw4aABCT

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Always wanted to 📸🚫🖼️ but 🤷‍♂️? Here are 📝💡📸 by Kayla Drzewicki and Will Allstetter from Imperfect Pictures, taught by @mollysoda to help you get started: https://t.co/SBysDxjcuM

[School For Poetic Computation @sfpc]

Shop 3 NEW items designed by SFPC teachers & alumni. 100% of proceeds go towards scholarships at SFPC ♡

🌵 Nopales Lamp created by MORAKANA
✒️ Pen Type-C created by CW&T w/ Zainab Aliyu
🌸 Digital Garden Sticker Pack created by Sara Martínez

Shop at https://t.co/1EDIIvLoKB

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Announcing SFPC’s 2024 Community Fundraiser! In 2024, we organized 17 classes, with 50 teachers, reaching 580+ students. We also gave $335,000+ in scholarships, more than in any other year in SFPC’s history.

♡ Please consider supporting scholarships at https://t.co/XYJw4aB9sr

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Come hang with SFPC at Press Play, a weekend-long fair of books, records, art, ephemera at Pioneer Works on December 7 & 8, 12-7pm! ✸ We'll have shop items not available online, like tote bags, bucket hats and long sleeves, limited run publications, and 3 new special items!

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⋆˙◌˚.〜🐌 LAST day to apply to the School for Poetic Computation's Winter classes!

♡ Six classes that invite you to slow down approach time like a gift.

Apply until midnight at: https://t.co/sjPNEpPu4P

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Meet Meghna Mahadevan @meggykiki, Max Fowler, and Olivia Ross, teachers of Solidarity Infrastructures, a class where you’ll learn how to build your own servers, tools, and archives

◌˚ Apply until November 17 at 11:59pm ET: https://t.co/wq1xjlF9tH

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⋆˙◌˚.〜🐌 Meet @everestpipkin and Tee Topor, the teachers of The Browser is Already a Game Engine, a class where we’ll learn how to use web dev tools to build games that are also websites.

◌ Apply until November 17 at 11:59pm: https://t.co/EvzsCzius2

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Meet Jeffrey Yoo Warren (@jywarren) & Dri Chiu Tattersfield (@plant_a_dri), teachers of Relational Reconstructions, a class where you’ll explore your ancestral relationships in creative ways

◌ Apply until November 17 at 11:59pm ET: https://t.co/9xl4CSTEVz

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Join us this Winter for Drawing Data by Hand, an online class taught by Meghna Dholakia (@meghna.online) with Paige Fulton, where we’ll explore using data as an artistic practice.

◌˚. Apply until November 17 at 11:59pm ET: https://t.co/CVuJKLag9E

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Meet April Soetarman (@AprilSoetarman) and Lee Beckwith (@leebeckw), teachers of Narrative Constellations, a class where you’ll explore multidisciplinary storytelling ✩

◌˚ Apply until November 17 at 11:59pm ET: https://t.co/wq1xjlF9tH

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Join us for The Browser is Already a Game Engine, a class taught by @everestpipkin w/ Tee Topor where we’ll learn how to use web dev tools to build games that are also websites.

◌ Apply until November 17 at 11:59pm: https://t.co/EvzsCzhWCu

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Learn how to build your own servers, tools, and archives in Solidarity Infrastructures, a community-centered soft/hardware class taught by Meghna Mahadevan & Max Fowler with Olivia Ross

◌˚ Apply until November 17 at 11:59pm ET: https://t.co/wq1xjlF9tH

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Explore storytelling across different mediums in Narrative Constellations, an interdisciplinary class taught by April Soetarman (@AprilSoetarman) with Lee Beckwith (@leebeckw)

◌˚ Apply until November 17 at 11:59pm ET: https://t.co/wq1xjlFHjf