Randy James, Poetry Reading from “Shifters”
A one-day poetry and poetry reading by Randy James (UCLA ’18) from “Shifters,” published by Nomadic Press.
Jake Reber & A.V. Marraccini, “Para-sites: A VR Event & Book Release”
June 8, 2023 Kaplan 211 and online
Jessica Lewis Luck, “Lighght Reading: Thinking through Concrete PoetryJessica Lewis Luck, “
Using research in cognitive science, Jessica Luck discussed how many concrete poems work to expose and confound the “brain’s letterbox.”
Erik Loyer, “Instruments for Digital Storytelling”
Artist and technologist Erik Loyer shared his practice of digital instrument-making, and the ways in which he draws from comics, games, music, and film to make art, tell stories, and build creative tools.
Bo Ruberg: “How to Queer the World: Queer Worldbuilding in Video Games and Beyond”
Bo Ruberg is an associate professor in the Department of Film and Media Studies and affiliate faculty in the Department of Informatics at the University of California, Irvine.
