Taught by Sarah Groff-Palermo
6:30 - 9:30pm; Monday Aug 3rd - Tuesday Aug 4th
In this class, we will discuss what it means to envision speaking to machines as a special case of using language as opposed to a special case of math or magical incantations. We will explore the artistic and aesthetic possibilities of creating our own distorting languages.
Day 1: Talking to Machines, PLT Through the Ages

Discuss the history of PLT & talking to machines, including esolangs
On Distortion, Exercises in Style
Learn about parsing expression grammars
Set Up tools

Day 2: Making Our Own

Working alone or in teams to make a distortion language with either PLTJS or Ohm