Universo

Creative Work
Author: 
João Coelho
Year: 
1985
Language: 
Portuguese
Publication Type: 
Application
Platform/Software: 
BASIC
Record Status: 
Incomplete record (stub)
Tags: 
BASICdigital poetryBrazilian digital poetryanimationPortugeseEnglishmovementpoetrysymmetryword formationcomputer poetry
Description (in English): 

The poem-program Universo was developed by João Coelho in BASIC for a IBM PC. This is a computer poem which draws its own title - universe, in english - in a spiral that evokes endless movement, symmetry and chance - forming words in portuguese along the way.

 

Critical writing that references this work:

Title Author Year
A Ciberliteratura: Criação Literária e Computador Pedro Barbosa 1996
Infopoesia ou Poesia Informacional E. M. de Melo e Castro 1987
Poesia Eletrônica no Brasil: Alguns Exemplos Jorge Luiz Antonio 2003
Prehistoric Digital Poetry: An Archaeology of Forms, 1959-1995 Chris Funkhouser 2007
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Record posted by: 
Alvaro Seica