the tech museum of innovation 1993
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i remember
the field trip where ma
was invisible artist,
chaperone
hand-holder exhibits
her work
the color and projects
the classmates and questions
the buttons and walking
the feeling of getting lost
and not being harmed
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i remember
the field trip where ma
was invisible artist,
chaperone
hand-holder exhibits
her work
the color and projects
the classmates and questions
the buttons and walking
the feeling of getting lost
and not being harmed
the tech museum of innovation 2006
the 'in the clean room' exhibit
showcases videos signage
etcher stepper
microscope
wafer board making
buttons plexiglass
i remember it empty no one
but me and my brother
cousin , "this is where
ma works!"
plexiglass
how you are hanging on the wall
how there is no kinship here
how the boots fall over in a locker
how her livelihood is on display
how the very process you mimic
how machines work as you watch
how children cannot see,
cannot play with
how you cannot fathom. dream.
imagine. feel. empathize. care. help.
touch
how no one wishes
for this 0110101001101111011010101101100101000
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showcases videos signage
etcher stepper
microscope
wafer board making
buttons plexiglass
i remember it empty no one
but me and my brother
cousin , "this is where
ma works!"
plexiglass
how you are hanging on the wall
how there is no kinship here
how the boots fall over in a locker
how her livelihood is on display
how the very process you mimic
how machines work as you watch
how children cannot see,
cannot play with
how you cannot fathom. dream.
imagine. feel. empathize. care. help.
touch
how no one wishes
for this 0110101001101111011010101101100101000
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the tech museum of innovation of 2012
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0110100001010 the 'reactable' exhibit is an interactive tabletop microchips control a blending of global music in the auditorium 0110101001101111011010101101100101000 0110100001010 'reface' combines visitors' eyes, noses and mouths by random and deliberate choices to make various expressions 0110101001101111011010101101100101000 0110100001010 we took a picture of us taking a picture of us taking a picture. 0110101001101111011010101101100101000 0110100001010 'resolution' allows visitors to play with physical pixels; children spell their names each hand-held piece its own computer |
011101110110100001111001 even though we are small do you see us? |
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JANICE LOBO SAPIGAO is a Pinay poet, writer, and educator born and raised in San José, CA. Her first book microchips for millions will be forthcoming from PAWA, Inc in Fall 2016. She is also the author of the chapbook toxic city (tinder tender press, 2015). Find her online at www.janicewrites.com.
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