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New Apps Redefine Poetry
Jason Lewis is an associate professor with Concordia University's Department of Design and Computation Arts
Credit: Christine Vuong
Computing technology offers new methods for poetic expression, says Jason Lewis, a professor in the Department of Design and Computation Arts at Concordia University, who has developed a suite of 10 digital poetry apps.
The Poems for Excitable [Mobile] Media project consists of a series of poems that were written and designed to be read on touch devices, from large-scale exhibition surfaces to mobile screens.
"Poetry is an intimate medium but when it comes to digital poetry, the computer screen creates distance between writer and reader," Lewis says. "Touch screens allow the audience to be drawn into a closer proximity to the computer screen than ever before."
The first version of each app focuses on Lewis' poetry, but they have been extended to include texts by other poets. New versions of the apps will give users the opportunity to add their own words, use Twitter feeds to produce new poetry strands, and to play with words, design, and structure to generate original poems that can be rewritten at the tap of a screen.
From Concordia University
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