Proposal Title
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Submission Type
Virtual Engagement Session
Start Date
16-7-2020 2:00 PM
End Date
16-7-2020 3:00 PM
Abstract
Poememes for the Quarantine will begin with a short introduction to the language of Internet Memes with an emphasis on its poetic potential. Participants will then be led through the exploration of a series of free online resources to locate, research and remix Internet Memes focusing on the ones that ridicule and comment on the Covid-19 crisis. The session will conclude with each participant writing and sharing a poememe that reflects their own experience during the 2020 pandemic, resulting in texts that will be at once personal and communal.
Poememes for the Quarantine requires no previous experience with remixing or posting Internet Memes but will be limited to 15 participants.
Recommended reading: A triptych para pandemia (De la Rosa Carrillo, 2020).
Poememes for the quarantine
Poememes for the Quarantine will begin with a short introduction to the language of Internet Memes with an emphasis on its poetic potential. Participants will then be led through the exploration of a series of free online resources to locate, research and remix Internet Memes focusing on the ones that ridicule and comment on the Covid-19 crisis. The session will conclude with each participant writing and sharing a poememe that reflects their own experience during the 2020 pandemic, resulting in texts that will be at once personal and communal.
Poememes for the Quarantine requires no previous experience with remixing or posting Internet Memes but will be limited to 15 participants.
Recommended reading: A triptych para pandemia (De la Rosa Carrillo, 2020).
Bio
León De la Rosa-Carrillo is a remixologist and pedagogue. He is a professor and researcher in the Art Department at Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez since 2005, where he leads courses on audiovisual art, ethics, and contemporary image theory. His videos, poetry, glitches, multimedia performances and pedagogies have been shared in Mexico, the United States and Germany among others. His PhD in Art History and Education is from the University of Arizona, where he researched the language of internet memes for his dissertation. His recent publications deal with the potential of hacker practices, open source ideals and emojis in art education.
His most recent solo show is The Remix Room at the Univeersity of New Mexico Art Museum as part of their Creative-in-Residence program. La frontera smashed him into shape,