The School for Poetic Computation (SFPC) is a hybrid of a school, residency and research group that was founded in 2013[1] in New York City. A small group of students and faculty work closely to explore the intersections of code, art, hardware and theory—focusing especially on artistic intervention, including code poetry.[2] Rather than formal classes, the students at the school focus on creative projects.[3] The school's motto is "more poems, less demos."
The school was co-founded by Zachary Lieberman, Taeyoon Choi, Amit Pitaru, and Jen Lowe.[4] In the summer of 2020, amidst discussions about how the administrators had handled issues related to Black Lives Matter, the school transitioned to a more collective organization. Lieberman publicly stepped down,[5] and the other members of the former administration team wrote a post that was published from Choi's Medium account.[6] SFPC is now run by the "SFPC Stewards" who are committed to running a "beautiful school" centering BIPOC, disabled, and queer makers. These co-directors are Zainab Aliyu, Todd Anderson, American Artist, Neta Bomani, Melanie Hoff, Galen Macdonald and Celine Wong Katzman.[7]