Hosted by the UVa Puzzle Poetry Group, this symposium brings together poets, art historians, literary critics, computer scientists, and digital humanists in a wide-ranging discussion of the generation of language, the making and breaking of rules, the poetics of resistance, and the mechanics of creativity. The event aims to develop common concerns in a variety of disciplines and put UVA's Puzzle Poetry group into a larger conversation with colleagues across the College, including those in Art, Architecture, Creative Writing, and Engineering.
Friday, October 26
8:30am Coffee Service
9:00am Kate Compton, UC Santa Cruz, Creative Coding Workshop
12:30pm Lunch
2pm Tony Veale, University College Dublin, Game of Tropes II: A Clash of Symbols
3pm Sarah Tindal Kareem, UCLA, Chasing Daedalus
Saturday, October 27
9:30am Coffee Service
10am Dennis Tenen, Columbia University, Techniques of Industrial Modernism: Plot Robot
11am Whitney Sperrazza, University of Kansas Blazonic (Un)making: Margaret Cavendish’s Recipe Poems as Early Modern maker Labs.
12pm Lunch
1pm Herbert Tucker, University of Virginia, Riddle Poems: A Discussion
2pm Bret Rothstein, Indiana University, Secret Hardware Handshakes
Closing Reception