kathy wu is a cross-disciplinary artist, poet, and educator based in Providence, RI on Narragansett land. Their practice utilizes code, fiber, language, and performance to examine histories of science, technology, and surveillance. Their art and writing has been anthologized through Nightboat Books, Fonograf Editions, MoMA BioDesign Project, and The New School. Their hybrid poetry book about the geology of computation is forthcoming with Wendy’s Subway in November 2025. They teach at Rhode Island School of Design.
“I will create an interactive installation of projected poetry, weather balloons, and haze which asks: What are technology’s affordances and limits in future-telling? Despite state attempts to know and control the planet, we know knowledge alone isn’t enough to secure our climate future. Inspired by Hito Steyerl’s How Not to Be Seen and Zhanyi Chen’s satellite poetry, I will solicit live audience questions, both online and in the CultureHub space—only to offer cryptic answers modulated by a NYC weather API. The resulting texts will morph alongside temperature, wind, rain, and other vectors of fortune-telling. ”