Data Epics Live Reading: an Evening at The Grocery Studios

3001 21st Avenue South,Seattle WA 98144

14 May, 2022

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Live readings from the Data Epics project. What if our home data was reimagined and translated into a story? What if our home data was reimagined and translated into a story? In brief, Data Epics is a collection of short stories written by fiction writers based on people’s smart devices’ datasets. Data Epics is a project that invites owners of smart devices to encounter their data differently. From voice assistants to smart plugs and cameras, our lives in and around the home produce a wealth of data. This data remains largely untapped––that is, for its producers. But what if data had a story? What relationship would we develop with data then and, by extension, with the daily gestures and habits that create it? These questions drove the project of Data Epics. In this live event, authors from the Data Epics will read excerpts from the short stories they wrote for the project. The event will also include the public launch of the Data Epics website which allows anyone to read the 28 short fiction stories written for the Data Epics. At The Grocery Studios on Beacon Hill in Seattle, 3001 21st Ave S, Seattle 98144 COVID protocols: Please wear a mask while not sipping, eating, or presenting. Remarks and introduction at 7pmLive readings start at 7:15pm, followed by Q&A with authors The website for Data Epics will be launched on May 14th!The short fiction writers are: Alma García Alma García’s short fiction has appeared as an award-winner in Narrative Magazine, Enizagam, Passages North, and Boulevard; has most recently appeared in phoebe journal, Kweli Journal, Duende, and Bluestem; and appears in anthologies including Puro Chicanx Writers of the 21st Century (Cutthroat Journal of the Arts). She is a past recipient of a fellowship from the Rona Jaffe Foundation. Her first novel, Here and Over There, is forthcoming from Camino del Sol (University of Arizona Press) in 2023. Originally from west Texas and northern New Mexico, she lives with her husband and son in Seattle, where she teaches fiction writing at the Hugo House and is a manuscript consultant. https://twitter.com/writer_alma J. King-Yost J. King-Yost grew up in the mountains of western NC, spending equal time imagining storylines for their friend’s horse figurines, writing derivative fantasy novels, playing video games, and messing around in the guts of computers. They received their MFA in Fiction from the Inland Northwest Center for Writers in 2014, studying under Gregory Spatz. By day they work as a video game developer. They’re currently working on a novel. https://sites.google.com/view/jkingyost/home https://www.linkedin.com/in/jkingyost/ Lahim Lamar Lahim Lamar is a queer writer, disability advocate, and Accessibility Engineer living in Seattle, WA. He is currently working on a book of interconnected short stories. Originally from New York, he is interested in telling stories that have remained untold or forgotten. https://lahimlamar.substack.com/ Alex Madison Alex Madison is a writer of fiction and nonfiction based in Seattle. Her work has appeared in the Harvard Review, Indiana Review, Salon, Witness and elsewhere. Garrett Saleen Garrett Saleen is a writer and visual artist from Southern California. His fiction has appeared multiple times in the Santa Monica Review, as well in Funicular, The Collagist, and elsewhere. His collage art has appeared in venues and ventures in Washington and California. He is editing his first collection of short fiction, entitled Yuppie Nightmare Cycle. https://www.instagram.com/jan_homm/?hl=en Elizabeth Tachick Born in Fairbanks, Elizabeth now lives in Seattle with her husband and two kids. She's an avid gardener, cook, and baker. She also loves reading and going on long walks with her two shelter pups. Writing has been a passion since elementary school. Joshua Marie Wilkinson Born and raised in Seattle, Joshua Marie Wilkinson is the author of several books of poetry as well as Trouble Finds You, a novel due out next year. His writing has appeared in Tin House, Pen America, Poetry, The Believer, and in more than a dozen anthologies. He's taught in MFA programs in Chicago and Tucson, and abroad in Italy, Slovakia, and Turkey. In 2019 he was the Writer-in-Residence at Rhodes University in South Africa. He lives in Seattle with the writer Lisa Wells and their son Jude. Currently, he teaches at Hugo House and is training to become a psychotherapist. https://joshuamariewilkinson.com/ The project was conceptualized by Audrey Desjardins, assistant professor in interaction design at University of Washington and director of Studio Tilt, in collaboration with students: Gabrielle Benabdallah, Heidi Biggs, Elva Chen, Auden Finch, Jackson Jiang, Hannah Liao, Riley Mehl, Aivy Phan, Yuna Shin, Chandler Simon, Stephanie Tang Waldrop, and Janey Yee.