Geof Huth

“Endemic Battle Collage” by Geof Huth

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Screen capture from “Endemic Battle Collage” by Geof Huth. Continuous stream of random letters with occasional grammatically correct words interspersed. White letters on black background, spelled words have inverted colors. Text: "Worse, after, havoc, opinion, place, graph, mister, wright, pattern, endemic, collage, basic, hope, scheme, thought, position, ocean, rhythm, dare, over, stamp, dervish, algorithm, pastel, gainloss, myste, words, layer, babel, design"
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Imagine working on a screen space of 40 columns x 24 rows of pixels and using a programming language that was so simple that it invited play. Welcome to the world of the Apple IIe (circa 1983), a personal computer and operating system (AppleSoft Basic) that gave you such simple resources, along with the ability to easily manipulate them, that it inspired poets such as Geof Huth and bpNichol to make words dance on the screen.

This collection of minimalist poems maximize the potential of the Apple IIe screen and are mesmerizing. Don’t look away for a moment or you might miss something super cool.

Featured in Electronic Literature Collection, Volume 2.

 

 

“Endemic Battle Collage” por Geof Huth

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Screen capture from “Endemic Battle Collage” by Geof Huth. Continuous stream of random letters with occasional grammatically correct words interspersed. White letters on black background, spelled words have inverted colors. Text: "Worse, after, havoc, opinion, place, graph, mister, wright, pattern, endemic, collage, basic, hope, scheme, thought, position, ocean, rhythm, dare, over, stamp, dervish, algorithm, pastel, gainloss, myste, words, layer, babel, design"
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Imagínate trabajar con un espacio de pantalla de 40 columnas x 24 filas de pixeles, usando un lenguaje de programación tan simple que, gracias a ello, surgió el concepto del juego. Bienvenidos al mundo del Apple IIe (circa 1983): una computadora personal y un sistema operativo (AppleSoft Basic) que te concedía unos recursos tan simples, al igual que con la habilidad de manipularlos fácilmente, que inspiró a poetas como Geof Huth y bpNichol a que crearan que palabras bailaran en la pantalla.

Esta colección de poemas minimalistas maximizan el potencial de la pantalla del Apple IIe y son hipnotizantes. No despejes tu vista ni por un momento o arriesgas perderte algo súper cool.

Exhibido en Electronic Literature Collection, Volume 2.

Traducido por Julianna Canabal-Rodríguez