Ringing the Changes

Poetry. Stephanie Strickland's RINGING THE CHANGES takes as its master metaphor the embodied practices of English bell ringing, in which seven different bells are rung in highly organized permutations that are mathematically precise. Programmed in Python, her coded work calculates various combinations based on the mathematical group theory that underlies the methods of bell ringing. Her 'ringing' then creates hypertextual juxtapositions citing passages from works on mathematics, particle physics, computational theory, environmental awareness, and the science and art of bell ringing (among many other topics) to gesture toward the larger changes that the new millennium is bringing about. What gradually emerges is a rich medley of changes in the ways we think about what being human means, both in traditional and contemporary contexts. This work, combining the science of permutations with the art of brilliantly crafted selections, showcases the unique gifts that make Strickland's work both powerfully suggestive and wonderfully illuminating.--N. Katherine Hayles

Author: Stephanie Strickland
Publisher: Counterpath Press
Published: 11/30/2019
Pages: 164
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 8.20h x 6.00w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781933996714

About the Author
Strickland, Stephanie: - Stephanie Strickland's nine books of poetry include RINGING THE CHANGES (Counterpath, 2019), HOW THE UNIVERSE ID MADE: POEMS NEW & SELECTED (Ahsahta Press, 2019), V: WAVETERCETS / LOSING L'UNA (SpringGun Press, 2014) DRAGON LOGIC (Ahsata Press, 2013), ZONE: ZERO (Ahsahta Press, 2008), and The Red Virgin: A Poem of Simone Weil. She has also published 11 digital poems, most recently House of Trust, with Ian Hatcher, a generative poem in praise of free public libraries, and Hours of the Night, an MP4 PowerPoint poem probing age and sleep, with M.D. Coverley. Strickland is a long-time Director of the Electronic Literature Organization and co-editor of the first Electronic Literature Collection. Her work across print and multiple media is being collected by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Duke University.

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