Robert Kendall (poet)
Encyclopedia
Robert Kendall is an influential figure in the field of digital poetry
. Canadian-born, he now lives in the United States. He has a Masters degree in Music and has taught electronic poetry for the New School University's online course.
In 1990, he used DOS
to create two 'kinetic poems', The Clue: a MiniMystery and It all Comes Down to ________.
He later worked using Visual Basic
. He refers to his style of poems as "SoftPoems", in which words and phrases are animated to match movement with meaning. He maintains the "Electronic literature directory", a list of over 2000 works of literature available online.
Digital poetry
Digital poetry is a form of electronic literature, displaying a wide range of approaches to poetry, with a prominent and crucial use of computers...
. Canadian-born, he now lives in the United States. He has a Masters degree in Music and has taught electronic poetry for the New School University's online course.
In 1990, he used DOS
DOS
DOS, short for "Disk Operating System", is an acronym for several closely related operating systems that dominated the IBM PC compatible market between 1981 and 1995, or until about 2000 if one includes the partially DOS-based Microsoft Windows versions 95, 98, and Millennium Edition.Related...
to create two 'kinetic poems', The Clue: a MiniMystery and It all Comes Down to ________.
He later worked using Visual Basic
Visual Basic
Visual Basic is the third-generation event-driven programming language and integrated development environment from Microsoft for its COM programming model...
. He refers to his style of poems as "SoftPoems", in which words and phrases are animated to match movement with meaning. He maintains the "Electronic literature directory", a list of over 2000 works of literature available online.
External links
- Kendall's homepage
- A conversation with Robert Kendall, Item 105, Interactive Art Conference, Arts Wire.
- A Study in Shades, interactive poem on BBC Online.