These works had their beginnings in a three-day Digital Literature Hackathon organized in April 2021, where the genre’s representatives commingled and together developed concepts for new pieces of digital literature. All of the working groups behind the works published in this issue were formed while producing these very pieces, which all incorporate themes of climate […]

This issue opens with an interactive version of Sana päivässä (One Word A Day), a procedural project by poet Reetta Pekkanen. She wrote the poems one word per day and the process is visible in the interactive version where reader can reveal the poems word by word. The piece is coded by Teemu T. Tuovinen. […]

We open with Romance/Tension by our web designer Teemu Tuovinen. These two kinetic poems apply mathematical concepts to movement and words. What do romance and tension entail when you take a closer look? Poet Karri Kokko is known for his conceptual works. In his essay Uutisia jotka pysyvät uutisina (News that stays news) Kokko addresses […]

Olli Aarni debuted in Nokturno in 2018 as our poet-in-digital-residence. He has now created a new piece of sound poetry called Pisarassa. An earlier version of the poem was heard at the Poetry Moon festival in Helsinki earlier this year. Audio tracks in the poem are recorded in Vantaa, Helsinki, Joutsa and Oulu, Finland and […]