{"product_id":"poetry-for-corporations-paperback","title":"Poetry for Corporations - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBruna Mori\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKylie King\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eWendy Belt\u003c\/b\u003e (Designed by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoetry for Corporations\u003cbr\u003e by Bruna Mori\u003cbr\u003e with Kylie King and Wendy Belt\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull color, 100 pages\u003cbr\u003e Available in Hardbound or Paperback\u003cbr\u003e Hardbound edition ISBN: 978-1-947322-81-3 \u003cbr\u003e Paperback edition ISBN: 978-1-947322-94-3\u003cbr\u003e Cover Price $55.00 \/ $32.00\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePoetry for Corporations\u003c\/em\u003e is a selection of copy written for notable brands between 2000 - 2015, repurposed and arranged in sections on content, form, and correspondence. Stock photography curated by writer Kylie King; design by creative director Wendy Belt. Conceptual, confessional, or constraint-based, there is a place for parroting one's livelihood toward a content doom in 2018, to remember when humans were encouraged to write like machines, as machines are now asked to have humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePoetry for Corporations\u003c\/em\u003e marks a vanishing era, back when there was no faux #taxbreak. Raw copy deck forms document a moment before AI transitions a livelihood--a time when we became ghosts for corporations, cobbling together taxonomies, disclaimers, word counts based on calculated attention spans, top 10 benign adjectives in some combination that conveyed the essence of a brand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost poetry about corporations looks at the phenomena through the lens of disaster capitalism (or more recently, accelerationism). \u003cem\u003ePoetry for Corporations\u003c\/em\u003e is the lightly placed disaster (or potential) itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--Bruna Mori\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Familiar and ice-cold, \u003cem\u003ePoetry for Corporations\u003c\/em\u003e marks the spot where the second person singular collapses under the volume of false address now aimed its way. 'Whoops  You failed to make a selection.' Put this book in a time capsule. Let it document how the post-human world sounded.\"\u003cbr\u003e --Rae Armantrout\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"World building, powered by Bruna Mori, advances the study of immersive and collaborative storytelling as it intersects with emergent technologies. It's a powerful new narrative process destined to impact the future of entertainment as the richly detailed world becomes a container for countless stories.\"\u003cbr\u003e --McKenzie Wark\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"As should be clear to everyone by now, the original artificial intelligence is that creature called 'Corporation.' It speaks to us, at us, through us, and for us, slurping up the training data known as human language. \u003cem\u003ePoetry for Corporations\u003c\/em\u003e flips the script, parses the source, and minds the gap between advertising copy and what advertising can never copy.\"\u003cbr\u003e --Julieta Aranda\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 100\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.26 x 9.25 x 7.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 17, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42106804469895,"sku":"9781947322943","price":34.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/64aad34d6b3e794f4848dc7e4ce3af7c.webp?v=1732448586","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/poetry-for-corporations-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}