Issue 8.1 – C O D E
—Nick Montfort
“ …the weird science of computer generated poetry…”
—The Verge
“It deepened his understanding of code — ‘unknowns and black holes
just started clicking and clicking and clicking’.”
—“The Tinder Hacker,” The Cut
“Language was a code; language was a shield.”
—“A Brief History of Queer Language Before Queer Identity,” LitHub
Language is a code. For issue 8.1, OF ZOOS would like to solicit your coded and systematic writings (and/or visuals) in any form, interpretation, or variety—whether via digital processes with a computer or via a physical reference source with the good ole’ brain.
We want principled and procedural poetics, works laid out by laws (that perhaps in turn unravel them), rule-abiding and/or rule-nonconforming writings, disparate building blocks that make up a “whole”, signals and symbols that convey, disrupt, or obscure.
How do our modern-day codes generate or inhibit meaning and poetry?
Please send all submissions to ofzooseditor@gmail.com for consideration in issue 8.1 by September 15, 2019. Include your biography and, if you like, a brief description of your work and its genesis.
***HAPPY CODING***
