Join us for a feast of alt-text to celebrate the launch of the Alt-Text as Poetry website and workbook! Join us on Thursday, December 3rd, as we celebrate the launch of a new website and workbook for Alt Text as Poetry, a multi-year exploration of the poetic potential of image description by Bojana Coklyat and Eyebeam alum Shannon Finnegan. The launch will feature the project in new forms including a website by collaborators Laurel Schwulst and Taichi Wi (Abundant Blue), a hard-copy-version designed by Lexi Visco and Calvin Rocchio (Companion–Platform), and will be marked by a newly commissioned composition by JJJJJerome Ellis. In the spirit of access that is nourishing and shared in the community, we invite attendees to bring a favorite piece of alt-text or image description to the event as their contribution to the “potluck.” We’ll read some of these aloud at the event and savor them together. Thursday, December 3rd, 4:00 to 5:30 pm EST, via Zoom ASL interpretation and Live captioning available Bojana and Shannon's project Alt Text as Poetry, developed in part during Shannon's 2019 Eyebeam Residency, is a multi-year exploration of the poetic potential of image description, creating opportunities for practice and discussion. We are so excited to share the project in new forms: a website by Laurel Schwulst and Taichi Wi and a workbook in many formats including a hard-copy-version designed by Companion–Platform. The event will also debut a composition by JJJJJerome Ellis, commissioned as part of this project. In the spirit of access that is nourishing and shared in community, we invite attendees to bring a favorite piece of alt-text or image description to the event, something you’ve written or something you’ve read. We’ll read some of these aloud at the event and savor them together. What is alt-text? Alt-text is a written description of a digital image. It is a form of access to visual content for people who are blind, low vision, or have certain cognitive disabilities. Alt-text is a type of “hard-coded” metadata associated with an image that exists as HTML. It is most often included in an alt-text field when uploading an image, for example, on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, or a personal or business website. Alt-text can also be added to documents, PDFs, and Power Points. — Adapted from this blog post by Rooted in Rights Access information: The event will take place on Zoom with live-captioning and ASL interpretation. We’ll be sharing some images of the website and workbook — all images will be described. Anything shared in the chat will be read aloud. If you have access questions or requests, contact J. Soto prior to the event via email at j.soto@eyebeam.org. RSVPs will close 30 minutes prior to the start of the event. This event will be recorded.