Join us for a free, public talk by @melanieh0ff.bsky.social exploring language, connection, and intimacy across systems, focusing on consent and relational technologies. Sat, July 18, 1-4pm | National Academy of Design (519 West 26th Street, Floor 2) RSVP: pools.events/event/ahNbaM8n

✾ OPEN PROJECTOR NIGHT ✾ Tue, July 21 ▫︎ plug into the projector & share something for 5 min! A playful twist on open mics. ▫︎ Doors + sign-ups: 6pm ET | Starts: 6:30pm ▫︎ Hosted by @toddwords (@wordhack) 📍 National Academy of Design, 519 W 26th St, Fl 2 🔗 RSVP: pools.events/event/8CHlMLbK

how else might the web be social? really enjoying this @sfpc.study session on building benches for the web with @spencer.place & @munusshih.bsky.social! ✨🪭🪑🌌💜 sfpc.study/sessions/sum...

love being part of this @sfpc.study session on the browser as game engine with @everest.bsky.social 💻🫧🌌🌕✨

first day of the second "the browser is already a game engine" class with sfpc. excited for the next 10 weeks of talking and thinking deeply about online games

[SIGN-UPS OPEN] Are you curious about the ethical & emotional dimensions of technology, trust, pleasure, and control? Join us for this 1-day workshop led by Melanie Hoff! ▬ Saturday, July 1-4pm 📍 National Academy of Design (519 West 26th Street, Floor 2) sfpc.study/sessions/fut...

Poetic Prom's right around the corner! ⁺₊ Masks encouraged + provided by The Health Stellium & Come Forever ☼ Purified air provided by Artists in Resistance NYC ⁺₊ Harm reduction provided by Party Safe Medics ♡ Get your tickets: sfpc.study/poetic-promenade

⁺₊☼ POETIC PROM COMMUNITY ACCESS TICKET RELEASE ⁺₊☼⁺ Cost can make gathering difficult. For the next 48 hrs, we’re opening a limited release of community-priced tickets so more of the people who shape SFPC can join us at Poetic Promenade. ♡ Limited tickets available: sfpc.study/share/community-tix

Started my Stealing Back The Archive class today! I am so happy to be a student again, even if it's only for 4 weeks. @sfpc.study

the creation of this piece is based on the method I've learned at @sfpc.study last year. the whole process was done in one week and it went like an improv rather than ordinary game development. please check out how far we took off and laugh it off our silly slide-comedy-show

Open Computer Lab happens every Tuesday this summer: walk in & explore through retro CRT monitors. Experimental software, mini games, folder poems, net art, and more! ▫︎ Tuesdays, June 23–August 11, 1–6pm 📍 National Academy of Design (NYC) - No sign up required!

How do extraction and erasure shape time, land, and memory? Join @yvonnempwo for Chronopolitics of Extraction, a free, public talk on mapping as a political and relational practice. ▫︎ Saturday, June 13, 1:30-3:00pm 📍 National Academy of Design (NYC) RSVP: pools.events/event/foBADBLV

Chia Amisola will join us for Poetic Promenade on June 20 & 21 at Roulette, NYC with generative live-coded visuals sponsored by are.na. Come witness code become poetry in celebration of a community where learning is an ongoing, shared practice. Tickets available at sfpc.study/poetic-promenade

Want to learn about electronics + hardware through the lens of poetry, self-expression and quirky thoughtfulness? Join us at the National Academy of Design for this 1-day workshop led by CW&T! ▬ Thursday, June 18, 12-6pm ▬ Sign up: sfpc.study/sessions/sum...

⁺₊⁺₊ ･ﾟ･: SEND THIS TO 10 FRIENDS IN THE NEXT 10 HOURS :･ﾟ✧ ...or else nobody will go with you to Poetic Promenade :,( The Friendship Computer is an ancient net technology designed to pass invitations & computer art spirit from one friend to another. Download it here: sfpc.study/blog/will-yo...

Live coding seems to be constantly redefining itself. As an experimental practice that embraces the pushing of its own boundaries, it welcomes the imperfections that come naturally with live performance. A reflection on Decoding Tendencies in Live Coding by Eric Lee: sfpc.study/blog/live-co...

Non-linear storytelling, choice-based narratives, experimental formats and points of view, students of Narrative Constellations explored all of these! Read an excerpt of a dialogue between Lee Beckwith & Cameron A. Granger about their experience as Assistant Teachers: sfpc.study/blog/a-narra...

Join us for a showcase of our Wh☆retopias. Using performance, installation, visual media, and language, we’ll collectively imagine cybers$x futures in the interest of liberation for all. ✦ Hosted by Tina Horn ✶ Sat June 6, 1pm-6pm ✶ Free with RSVP (or sugar us!): pools.events/event/CyBmtOW4

What’s wrong with noise? Can we use sounds as a way to build sonic textures without having the pressure to create music? Where could that experiment lead us? → Devin Kenny wrote about teaching Poetics & Protocols of Sampling: sfpc.study/blog/poetics...

₊˚ 모┊SFPC Alumni Profiles is an interview series featuring alumni practicing poetic computation into their communities and work┊모 ˚₊ ‧ Emily Corvi is a linguist and poet in careful and iterative dialogue with different linguistic mediums. ‧₊˚ 🔗┊https://sfpc.study/blog/emily-corvi

At SFPC, we know valuing artists and students means co-creating the world where coming together to teach and to study is a possibility for everyone, not just for those who can afford it. Join us in creating it!

Last day to apply!

cool website slash creative learning institution slash arts collective alert! (found iirc via @sfpc.study discord) love "dedicated to the principle of generosity as knowledge" love "lyrical artifact" publishing www.underneath.study

107 games! That’s how many games students of 100 Games Later made. Read the reflections & notes from class, taught by Blake Andrews and Cameron Granger. >>> sfpc.study/blog/practic...

▢ ◻ APPLICATIONS EXTENDED ◻ ▢ Good news! There’s still time to apply to these three online classes at SFPC: ▬ Page Against the Machine ▭ Media Folklores ▬ Stealing Back the Archive Apply @ sfpc.study

▢ ◻ LAST DAY TO APPLY ◻ ▢ Our classes this season invite us to use the tools at our disposal to create with care, creativity, and a critical perspective. Apply for our online classes today before midnight ET 🔗 forms.gle/1Toxv6K9PD4E...

Yet another School for Poetic Computation class that sounds absolutely vital. There is a critical need for syllabi like these in academic institutions.

How does data become AI—and who does the labor? Join us for Handmade Datasets, a class where students will learn to create their own small-scale datasets and will engage in critical discussions around AI. ▬ W/ Aarati Akkapeddi & Isabella Haid Apply by 04/27: sfpc.study/sessions/sum...

Join us for Building Benches for the Web, a class where students will learn to code digital third spaces using presence and participation as our core building materials. ▬ W/ @spencer.place & Munus Shih Apply by 04/27: sfpc.study/sessions/sum...

You’re invited to celebrate the SFPC community with us! Two days. Two distinct gatherings. One shared commitment to study and wonder. Poetic Promenade is the School for Poetic Computation’s first large-scale community event and annual fundraiser. ♡ Get your tickets at sfpc.study/poetic-prome...

What happens when we treat code as a poethical medium of sensation, dispersal, and collectivity? Join us for Media Folklores, a creative coding class grounded in Black Feminist theory. ▬ W/ manuel arturo abreu & Zoe Butler Apply by 04/27: sfpc.study/sessions/sum...

teaching an online class this summer at @sfpc.study with @munusshih.bsky.social on making third spaces (live & persistent) to hang out on the web come make websites with us! sfpc.study/sessions/sum...

What does it mean to reclaim what was already taken under racial capitalism? Join us for Stealing Back the Archive, a critical theory class focused on bootlegging across colonial & digital histories. ▬ W/ Kandis Williams & Jaylyn Glasper Apply by 04/27: sfpc.study/sessions/sum...

▢ ◻ APPLICATIONS OPEN! ◻ ▢ New and returning classes this Summer at SFPC! Our classes this season invite us to use the tools at our disposal to create with care, creativity, and a critical perspective. Apply by April 27 at sfpc.study

Big things are happening at SFPC this Summer! Join us online & in-person for: ✾ Online classes ✽ In-person workshops ✾ Free public talks ✽ Prom & graduation ✾ and our Future Schools Residency at the National Academy of Design! Browse the full program at sfpc.study

There are still some seats available in my @sfpc.study 2-day workshop: "How To Find What You Are Looking For". We'll be looking manual and automated investigative techniques. No programming experience needed. It'll be a blast! Sign up here: sfpc.study/sessions/spr...

Made a short game about corporate bullshit, emotional labor, and gender dynamics for @aprilsoetarman.bsky.social's class at @sfpc.study 😌 cattsmall.com/slack-game

Save the date! Poetic Promenade is SFPC’s first large-scale community fundraiser: a two-day celebration that reimagines prom and graduation through art, code, and collective care. ∗ June 20 & 21 at Roulette, Brooklyn. Invitations, tickets, and full details coming soon!

I'm co-teaching a 2-day in-person workshop at @sfpc.study: "How To Find What You Are Looking For". sfpc.study/sessions/spr... "How can data collection be leveraged for liberatory, poetic, or critical ends? How can artists make use of techniques deployed by private investigators?"

Is there a way to engage critically with radio technologies? The students of Radio Radius, taught by Miguel Gajdos & Bryant Wells learned about the creative possibilities of this technology. >>> Read the class log: sfpc.study/blog/radio-r...

New project out as part of the latest issue of The HTML Review 🐍 Kp'ọjọ kp'ọjọ is an interactive folktale that unveils itself as you learn words in Itsẹkiri. kpojo.world/story

𓊆 ・ Browse the Imperfect Pictures Class Anthology!・ 𓊇 This website is the class anthology and archive, collecting projects created by students in ɪᴍᴘᴇʀꜰᴇᴄᴛ ᴘɪᴄᴛᴜʀᴇꜱ across sessions. ☞ projects.sfpc.study/imperfect-pi...

RSVP: HTTPoetics Showcase Join us online next Sunday, March 22 at 2pm ET for a series of presentations and performances from the students of HTTPoetics + a new anthology launch! Taught by Todd Anderson ❧ Live on Twitch - RSVP: withfriends.events/event/zKhERa...

Join us at Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art (NYC) for a critical workshop exploring surveillance, memory, and affirmative types of looking with American Artist. Offered alongside the art exhibit LOVER LOVE by Shu Lea Cheang (Apr 3, 2026-Jan 3, 2027). Sign up: sfpc.study/sessions/spr...

Join us at Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art (NYC) for a workshop exploring trust and technology through digital and social consent with @melanieh0ff.bsky.social. Offered alongside the art exhibit LOVER LOVE by Shu Lea Cheang (Apr 3, 2026-Jan 3, 2027). Sign up: sfpc.study/sessions/spr...

Gather in-person with the School for Poetic Computation for one- & two-day workshops that bring our study into shared space! ✿ Consensual Hacking w/ Melanie Hoff ◻︎ Counterveillance w/ American Artist ✴︎ How to Find What You’re Looking For w/ Sam Lavigne & Maura Brewer Sign up: sfpc.study

𝄪 Students of Decoding Tendencies in Live Coding experimented with making their own notational systems inspired by a variety of things including the Andean quipu, braid diagrams, hex codes, and more! 𝄢 Read more about what they made & thought → sfpc.study/blog/decodin...

[APPLICATIONS EXTENDED] You can still apply for these four spring classes at the School for Poetic Computation: 🪀 Time & Its Manifestations 💚 Rhythmanalytics ☘️ The Wh✻re Singularity ❇️ Disturbing Code Apply by Friday at 11:59pm ET: sfpc.study/sessions/spr...

Today is the LAST DAY to apply for Spring classes at the School for Poetic Computation! sfpc.study/sessions/spr...

Want to explore creative coding without needing to “get it right”? Are you drawn to systems thinking, speculative tools, or visual storytelling? sfpc.study/sessions/spr...