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\vspace{1cm}{\LARGE Collected Papers \& Grants}
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\vspace{2cm}{\color{acgray} Jeffrey Alan Scudder\\[4pt] Los Angeles, CA\\[12pt] \href{https://aesthetic.computer}{aesthetic.computer}}
\vspace{3cm}{\color{acgray}\small Generated \today\\[4pt] 26 papers + 1 grant application\\[4pt] \textit{This reader is a working draft for review and printing.}}
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% ===================================================================% PART I: PAPERS% ===================================================================\thispagestyle{fancy}\begin{center} \vspace*{2cm} {\color{acpink}\rule{0.3\textwidth}{1.5pt}}\\[1em] {\LARGE\bfseries Part I: Papers}\\[0.5em] {\color{acgray} 26 working papers on creative computing}\\[1em] {\color{acpink}\rule{0.3\textwidth}{1.5pt}}\end{center}\newpage
% --- Core Platform ---\readerpart{Aesthetic Computer '26: A Mobile-First Runtime for Creative Computing}{arxiv-ac/ac.pdf}\readerpart{AC Native OS '26: A Bare-Metal Creative Computing Operating System}{arxiv-os/os.pdf}\readerpart{From setup() to boot(): Processing at the Core of the Piece API}{arxiv-api/api.pdf}\readerpart{Pieces Not Programs}{arxiv-pieces/pieces.pdf}\readerpart{The URL Tradition: Addressable Creative Computing from HyperCard to AC}{arxiv-url-tradition/url-tradition.pdf}
% --- KidLisp ---\readerpart{KidLisp '26: A Minimal Lisp for Generative Art}{arxiv-kidlisp/kidlisp.pdf}\readerpart{KidLisp Language Reference: 118 Built-ins in 12 Categories}{arxiv-kidlisp-reference/kidlisp-reference.pdf}\readerpart{KidLisp Cards: Programs That Fit on a Card}{arxiv-kidlisp-cards/kidlisp-cards.pdf}
% --- Instruments & Sound ---\readerpart{notepat.com: From Keyboard Toy to System Front Door}{arxiv-notepat/notepat.pdf}\readerpart{Playable Folk Songs: Oral Tradition Meets the Browser Keyboard}{arxiv-folk-songs/folk-songs.pdf}\readerpart{Every Sound is a Painting: Sampling as Visual-Auditory Practice}{arxiv-sampling/sampling.pdf}\readerpart{PLOrk'ing the Planet: From Laptop Orchestra to Planetary Organ}{arxiv-plork/plork.pdf}
% --- Performance & Social ---\readerpart{Whistlegraph: Drawing, Singing, and the Graphic Score as Viral Form}{arxiv-whistlegraph/whistlegraph.pdf}\readerpart{Network Audit: Who Uses Aesthetic Computer and What Do They Make?}{arxiv-network-audit/network-audit.pdf}\readerpart{Handle Identity on the AT Protocol: From Auth0 to Decentralized Sign-In}{arxiv-identity/identity.pdf}
% --- History & Criticism ---\readerpart{Repository Archaeology: Tracing the Evolution Through Git History}{arxiv-archaeology/archaeology.pdf}\readerpart{Dead Ends: Failed Experiments and Abandoned Approaches}{arxiv-dead-ends/dead-ends.pdf}\readerpart{Sucking on the Complex: Platform Hegemony and Anti-Environments}{arxiv-complex/complex.pdf}\readerpart{Radical Computer Art: Goodiepalian Approaches}{arxiv-goodiepal/goodiepal.pdf}\readerpart{The Potter and the Prompt: John Holden's Proto-Cognitive Music Theory}{arxiv-holden/holden.pdf}
% --- Education & Sustainability ---\readerpart{Get Closed Source Out of Schools: Every Chromebook Is a Gateway Denied}{arxiv-open-schools/open-schools.pdf}\readerpart{CalArts, Callouts, and Papers: Art School as Operating System}{arxiv-calarts/calarts.pdf}\readerpart{Two Departments, One Building: Funding in UCLA Arts}{arxiv-ucla-arts/ucla-arts.pdf}\readerpart{Who Pays for Creative Tools?}{arxiv-sustainability/sustainability.pdf}
% --- Meta & Future ---\readerpart{Five Years from Now: What Aesthetic Computer Probably Becomes}{arxiv-futures/futures.pdf}\readerpart{Reading the Score}{arxiv-score-analysis/score-analysis.pdf}\readerpart{Diversity and Inclusion in AC Paper Citations}{arxiv-diversity/diversity.pdf}
% ===================================================================% PART II: GRANTS% ===================================================================\cleardoublepage\thispagestyle{fancy}\begin{center} \vspace*{2cm} {\color{acpink}\rule{0.3\textwidth}{1.5pt}}\\[1em] {\LARGE\bfseries Part II: Grants}\\[0.5em] {\color{acgray} Applications and proposals}\\[1em] {\color{acpink}\rule{0.3\textwidth}{1.5pt}}\end{center}\newpage
\readerpart{LACMA Art + Technology Lab 2026: Personal Computers Are Not Done Yet}{../grants/lacma-2026/lacma-2026.pdf}
% ===================================================================% PART III: CONFERENCE PAPERS% ===================================================================\cleardoublepage\thispagestyle{fancy}\begin{center} \vspace*{2cm} {\color{acpink}\rule{0.3\textwidth}{1.5pt}}\\[1em] {\LARGE\bfseries Part III: Conference Papers}\\[0.5em] {\color{acgray} Peer-reviewed submissions}\\[1em] {\color{acpink}\rule{0.3\textwidth}{1.5pt}}\end{center}\newpage
\readerpart{KidLisp: A Minimal Lisp for Generative Art (ELS '26)}{els-kidlisp/els-kidlisp.pdf}
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