School_for_Poetic_Computation Knowpia

The School for Poetic Computation (SFPC) is a hybrid of a school, residency and research group that was founded in 2013^[1] in New York City. A small group of students and faculty work closely to explore the intersections of code, art, hardware and theory—focusing especially on artistic intervention, including code poetry.^[2] Rather than formal classes, the students at the school focus on creative projects.^[3] The school's motto is "more poems, less demos."^[1]

The school was co-founded by Zachary Lieberman, Taeyoon Choi, Amit Pitaru, and Jen Lowe.^[4] In the summer of 2020, amidst discussions about how the administrators had handled issues related to Black Lives Matter, the school transitioned to a more collective organization. Lieberman publicly stepped down,^[5] and the other members of the former administration team wrote a post that was published from Choi's Medium account.^[6] SFPC is now run by the "SFPC Stewards," who are committed to running a "beautiful school" centering BIPOC, disabled, and queer makers.^[7]

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^ ^a ^b "Code to Joy: The School for Poetic Computation Opens". Bits Blog. 12 August 2013. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
^ "SFPC | School for Poetic Computation". sfpc.io. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
^ "School for Poetic Computation Opens This Fall: Coding for Beauty". ANIMAL. 2013-08-26. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
^ "A Creative Coding School Run By Artists Opens In New York". www.vice.com. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
^ lieberman, zach (2021-04-02). "Stepping down from SFPC". Medium. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
^ Choi, Taeyoon (2021-03-04). "Open letter to SFPC community". Medium. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
^ SFPC (2021-04-20). "Dear SFPC community". Medium. Retrieved 2021-05-13.