before forking this repo, make sure that u've read the open source notes i put together on our class website. also, try && watch as many of the videos in the playlist i curated as well.
then take a look at the video tutorials i made on git + github, there i discuss some new media theory related to versioning + also share some early text based net culture + i also demonstrate different ways to use git (on GitHub, in Atom && in the terminal).
once u've done that go ahead && fork this repo && create ur own piece of "code poetry" (at least one file which u add to ur fork of this repo). as i mention in the last of the git/github video tutorials, there are two goals w/this assignment:
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to make sure we're all comfortable forking repos && pushing up our changes. this is important b/c it is how we'll be submitting all of our assignments this quarter.
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to see our code in a new light, not merely as instructions to the computer but as an aesthetic space for creative expression itself.
take a look at the mez.txt file as an example, this is a piece of email code poetry by early net artist Mez Breeze (which i also discussed in the video tutorials). consider how she plays w/code+language to make her poetry. Consider too some of Shawné Michaelain Holloway's code poetry prompts which i mentioned in the video:
- Where are there opportunities for subtext?
- Were can I use the structure of the code to make it more poetic?
- How can elements like order or style or color names or variables help me tell my story?
- How can I utilize comments or syntax?