PIXEL POETRY - PINGWATT

Code as verse.

Programming languages have grammar, syntax, rhythm. They can be beautiful. This exhibition treats code as literature, algorithms as stanzas, functions as metaphors.

FEATURED PIECES

001 / RECURSIVE HAIKU

A poem that calls itself. Each execution adds a new layer of meaning. The code IS the poem, the output is commentary.

function haiku(depth = 0) {
  if (depth > 5) return "silence";
  
  return `
    pixels on screen ${depth}
    meaning emerges from void
    ${haiku(depth + 1)}
  `;
}

002 / VARIABLE SONNETS

Fourteen lines of JavaScript. Each variable declaration is a verse. The execution is the performance. Reading is compiling.

[INTERACTIVE PIECE PLACEHOLDER]

003 / INFINITE LOOP MEDITATION

A while loop that never ends, generating contemplative phrases. The bug is the feature. The crash is the punchline.

[INTERACTIVE PIECE PLACEHOLDER]

STATEMENT

Why do we separate art from code? Both are forms of expression, both require creativity and craft. A well-written function can be as elegant as a well-written poem.

Pixel Poetry challenges the artificial divide between technical and artistic work. It asks programmers to see beauty in their craft and poets to see structure in their art.

READING LIST

→ "Code as Creative Medium" - Golan Levin
→ "10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1)); : GOTO 10"
→ "The Art of Computer Programming" - Donald Knuth
→ "Beautiful Code" - Andy Oram & Greg Wilson