{"product_id":"aesthetic-animism-david-jhave-johnston-9780262034517","title":"Aesthetic Animism: Digital Poetry's Ontological Implications","description":"\u003cb\u003eA poetics appropriate to the digital era that connects digital poetry to traditional poetry's concerns with being.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book offers a decoder for some of the new forms of poetry enabled by digital technology. Examining many of the strange technological vectors converging on language, it proposes a poetics appropriate to the digital era while connecting digital poetry to traditional poetry's concerns with being (a.k.a. ontological implications). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDigital poetry, in this context, is not simply a descendent of the book. Digital poems are not necessarily \"poems\" or written by \"poets\"; they are found in ads, conceptual art, interactive displays, performative projects, games, or apps. Poetic tools include algorithms, browsers, social media, and data. Code blossoms into poetic objects and poetic proto-organisms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroducing the terms TAVs (Textual-Audio-Visuals) and TAVITS (Textual-Audio-Visual-Interactive), \u003ci\u003eAesthetic Animism\u003c\/i\u003e theorizes a relation between scientific method and literary analysis; considers the temporal implications of animation software; and links software studies to creative writing. Above all it introduces many examples of digital poetry within a playful yet considered flexible taxonomy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the future imagined here, digital poets program, sculpt, and nourish immense immersive interfaces of semi-autonomous word ecosystems. Poetry, enhanced by code and animated by sensors, reengages themes active at the origin of poetry: animism, agency, consciousness. Digital poetry will be perceived as living, because it is living.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Jhave Johnston\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0262034514\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780262034517\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/03\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.80d","brand":"David Jhave Johnston","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43990118760703,"sku":"9780262034517","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5fd7200d-9b76-4879-a7ab-1eee62affd9f.jpg?v=1683303102","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/aesthetic-animism-david-jhave-johnston-9780262034517","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}