codetry

By May Hathaway & Alena Graedon

We have used computer code as a form for poetry that also reinforces its content. By deploying functions and conditionals to drive narrative, we interrogate the value of art vs. other modes of expression.

narrative.c

By May Hathaway

# include <stdio.h>
# include <string.h>
# include <stdbool.h>
 
bool am_i_selling_out;
bool good_person;
 
 
void produce_art() {
 int pride = 10;
 printf("aren't you glad that you didn't sell out? ");
 printf("aren't you?");
 
}
 
void exist() {
 printf("you are a person. ");
}
 
void exist_upgraded() {
 int pride = 0;
 printf("you are a person with money. ");
}
 
int main() {
 if (am_i_selling_out == true) {
   exist_upgraded();
 }
 if (am_i_selling_out == false) {
   good_person = true;
 }
 if (good_person == true) {
   exist();
 }
 return 0;
}

#/usr/bin/python/biological_weapon^[1]

By Alena Graedon

def permutations(elements):
#the
   if len(elements) == 0:
#the virus
   yield elements
  #the virus they
  else:
#the virus they killed
  for result in permutations(elements[1:]):
     #the virus they killed the elders
           for i in range(len(elements)):
              #the virus they killed the elders with
                  yield result[:i] + elements[0:1] + result
 
                                 #the virus they killed the elders with
                                       #was a biological weapon

^[1] This poem was heavily inspired by Lillian-Yvonne Bertram’s “//three_last_words” from Travesty Generator

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