Poems in the Public Domain: "Fabliau of Florida" (IGNITE 2023 Special Edition) #10/10

Wallace Stevens’ poem “Fabliau of Florida” is a special edition from Ana María Caballero and hieroglyphica’s sold-out generative collection POEMS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN [PITPD]. This artwork was live-coded during South Florida's IGNITE Art + Tech Festival in January 2023, during which participants submitted comments that were incorporated into the project’s algorithm to create this unique, hand-annotated poem. PITPD explores authorship. When a poem enters the public domain, it no longer belongs to its author but to its readers. In the intimate moments we read a poem, we link it to our private, pulsating worlds & help ensure others will read it, too. If history’s palms hadn’t held Sappho’s wor...View all