First Screening: Computer Poems

First Screening: Computer Poems (1984)


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  • Release Date: 1984-01-01
  • Runtime: 0h 10min
  • Language: English
  • Production Country: Canada
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Summary

In 1983 and 1984, bpNichol used an Apple IIe computer and the Apple BASIC programming language to create First Screening, a suite of a dozen programmed, kinetic poems. He distributed First Screening through Underwhich, an imprint he started in 1979 with a small group of poets. The Underwhich edition of First Screening consisted of 100 numbered and signed copies distributed on 5.25" floppies along with printed matter.

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