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IMPLEMENTING IMAGE-J: CONCEPT AS PARTICLE.
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IMPLEMENTING IMAGE-J: CONCEPT AS PARTICLE • I composed a list of questions and sent them to more than one-hundred esteemed poets. Then in collaboration with molecular biologist, Brad Davidson, I took the respondent’s text and used data analysis software, “Image J 1.38X”, created by the National Institute of Health, to visually assess the material. This software is a multiple pixel intensity region growing algorithm for surface reconstruction. In other words, the region grows outward in 3-D space from an initial pixel known to be within the region. • In this sample text the steps taken include: shrinking, duplication of the binary mask, adjustment of contrast threshold, measurements for center of mass, and finally analysis of particles.
Image analysis of respondent text Procedure: Shrinking Duplication Thresholding Center of Mass Particle Analysis
Overlay on Respondents’ text Select particle with most mass
What is conceptual poetry? “Poetry pregnant with ideas.” -Bernstein \
“A poetry that thinks “with” other and others’ ideas. . .” -Lee Ann Brown
What is conceptual poetry? Collaborative conception + Live Delivery = Birth of the unthought Extends Notions of Textuality