Motherboard City ed. by Mario Petrucci
Perhaps this project is best distilled via the notes I sent to participants ahead of the first session: What, really, is a 'science poem'? Better still, what can it be coaxed into, so as to galvanise and enrich our preferred subjects? Can those complex force lines of scientific knowledge be made to percolate and invigorate our work, simply? Can scientific DNA mutate our poems towards flight? These are a few of the questions we'll be opening up together in a hands-on, 8-week course which will explore the many ways of amalgamating science and poetry. Amazingly, no scientific expertise is required! The course is principally a dynamo for new work that incorporates science interestingly, provocatively, and productively. You won't be writing 'about' science, which can sometimes lead to fad subjects like Black Holes; rather, you'll engage with the far less predictable activity of enlivening and informing your compositional practice through a variety of scientific processes. These processes provide a laboratory of fresh techniques, test-tubes and accidents (yes, accidents!) that can animate any subject, however light or profound, including your more personal, confessional work. The atmosphere will be inclusive and open, with an emphasis on enjoyment and experimentation, but full of surprises, maybe even the odd illuminating explosion!
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