Robert Kendall (poet)

Robert Kendall is an influential figure in the field of digital poetry. Canadian-born, he now lives in the United States.[1] He has a master's degree in Musicology and has taught electronic poetry for the New School University's online course.[2]

In 1990, he used DOS to create two 'kinetic poems', The Clue: a MiniMystery and It all Comes Down to ________.[3] [4] Kendall refers to these two early poems as "SoftPoems", in which words and phrases are animated to match movement with meaning.[1] He later worked with Visual Basic, using this Microsoft programming language to create a book-length hypertext poem, A Life Set for Two, in 1996.[5] Kendall has also created work for Flash and the Web. Kendall serves on the board of directors for the Electronic Literature Organization.[6]

Works
  • Kendall, Robert (2006). Logoza.
  • Kendall, Robert (2004). Candles for a Street Corner. A work of multimedia poetry.
  • Kendall, Robert (2002). Clues. A work of detective noir interactive poetry.
  • Kendall, Robert (2001). Faith. A work of kinetic concrete poetry.
  • Kendall, Robert (2000). A Study in Shades. A a two part poem about dealing with Alzheimer's disease.
  • Kendall, Robert (1996). A Life Set for Two. Eastgate Systems, Inc.
  • Kendall, Robert (1992). A Wandering City. Issue 33 of CSU poetry series. Cleveland State University Poetry Center. ISBN 0-914946-86-2.

See also

References
  1. New, William H. (2002). Encyclopedia of literature in Canada. University of Toronto Press. p. 1092. ISBN 0-8020-0761-9.
  2. "E-poets on the State of their Electronic Art: Robert Kendall". Currents in Electronic Literacy. 5. Fall 2001. Archived from the original on 2009-07-24.
  3. Kac, Eduardo (2007). Media poetry: an international anthology. Intellect Books. p. 277. ISBN 1-84150-030-5.
  4. Johnston, David Jhave; Ollivier Dyens (21 October 2008). "1990: Robert Kendall's It All Comes Down to _______". Digital Poetry Overview. Concordia University. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
  5. Landow, George P. (1997). Hypertext 2.0 (2 ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 217. ISBN 0-8018-5585-3.
  6. "People – Electronic Literature Organization". eliterature.org. Retrieved 2017-10-20.


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