Kinetic and Interactive Poetry

Kinetic and interactive poetry are yet another example of the wide realm of e-lit. Kinetic poetry is based on time and changes with animation. This animation provides the meaning behind the poetry. According to Scott Rettberg, "the poem is better understood as a process rather than an object." Further, it is "experienced as the performance of the code within a given configuration of a given platform rather than as the code itself." 

Kinetic poetry can be considered similar to kinetic energy. Just as kinetic energy involves a range of motion and isn't static, kinetic poetry is based upon text, movement, and sound. An example would be the work of Jenny Holzer, who creatively displayed her poems' text on a series of moving LED signs, which represented the idea of unconventional text in strange places.

One element of kinetic poetry's history that intrigued me was the its development during Italian Fascism. The leader of the futurist movement, F.T. Marinetti, was a poet who often experimented with different types of typography in font. During the war, he produced poems that involved words in different arrangements and sizes. The idea was to portray the noise and raucousness of battle. Further, Marinetti also used his poetry to advance and argue in favor of the Fascist movement, comparing the idea of rebellion to the abandonment of conventional writing styles. While his ideological beliefs might have been questionable, his poetry helped influence the growth and development of new styles. 

"dear e.e.", was another example of a creative work of kinetic poetry. The poem combined stop-motion video format with disappearing text and moving illustrations. It was an example of how digital media can utilize poetry to portray it in a nonconventional form. It was interesting to watch, although I wish it had focused on the text for longer periods of time. The words might have held more significance had I been able to read them in full. Still, the work provided a good example of what format a kinetic poem might take.

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