The Jerry H. Labowitz Theatre for the Performing Arts
Nov 16, 2018, 9:30am – 6:00pm
The Poetics of Information is a one-day symposium bringing together writers, artists, scholars, and critics to consider the place of information as an aesthetic, conceptual, and creative force in contemporary culture. Topics to be addressed include vastness and repetition as aesthetic principles, algorithms and the creation and consumption of music, conceptual writers in their engagement with information, and the place of computation in literary studies and creation. Organized around a series of interdisciplinary discussion panels, the symposium includes prominent writers, conceptual artists, photographers, poets, critics, and scholars. These include Craig Dworkin (University of Utah), Robert Fitterman (New York University), Emily Fuhrman (Columbia University), Trevor Laurence Jockims (New York University), Shiv Kotecha (New York University), Damon Krukowski (Artforum, Pitchfork), Shannon Mattern (The New School), Holly Melgard (New York City College of Technology), Nick Montfort (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Allison Parrish (New York University), Zabet Patterson (Stony Brook University), Liz Pelly (Baffler, Pitchfork), Ben Ratliff (New York University), Paul Stephens (Bard Prison Initiative), Dennis Tenen (Columbia University), David Turner (Penny Fractions, The New Yorker), and Penelope Umbrico (School of Visual Arts).
The Poetics of Information has been organized by Trevor Laurence Jockims (TLJ3@NYU.EDU) and is free and open to NYU students, faculty, and the general public.
Symposium Schedule
9:30-10:00 am Welcome
10:00-11:15 am Repetition and Vastness
Moderator: Trevor Laurence Jockims (New York University)
Panelists: Robert Fitterman (New York University), Zabet Patterson (Stony Brook University), and Penelope Umbrico (School of Visual Arts)
11:30 am-12:45 pm Music and Algorithms
Moderator: Ben Ratliff (New York University)
Panelists: Damon Krukowski (Artforum, Pitchfork); Liz Pelly (Baffler, Pitchfork), David Turner (Penny Fractions, The New Yorker)
1:00-2:00 pm Lunch Break
2:00-3:15 pm Poetics and Informatics
Panelists: Shiv Kotecha (New York University), Holly Melgard (New York City College of Technology), Nick Montfort (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), and Paul Stephens (Bard Prison Initiative)
3:30-4:45 pm Poetic Computing
Panelists: Emily Fuhrman (Columbia University), Shannon Mattern (The New School), Allison Parrish (New York University); and Dennis Tenen (Columbia University)
5:00-6:00 pm Closing Lecture and Reading
Craig Dworkin (University of Utah)
