Monorepo for Aesthetic.Computer
aesthetic.computer
feat: add collected reader — 173-page draft combining all papers + grants
- Title page, clickable TOC, global page numbering, draft timestamp
- Part I: 26 papers (thematically grouped: platform, kidlisp, instruments, etc.)
- Part II: LACMA 2026 grant application
- Part III: ELS '26 conference paper
- Build: xelatex papers/reader.tex (two passes for TOC)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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% !TEX program = xelatex
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% Aesthetic Computer — Collected Papers & Grants (Reader)
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% Auto-generated reader that merges all papers and grant applications
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% into a single printable PDF with global page numbering.
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\documentclass[12pt,letterpaper]{article}
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% === PACKAGES ===
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\usepackage[top=1in, bottom=1in, left=1in, right=1in]{geometry}
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\usepackage{fontspec}
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\usepackage{xcolor}
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\usepackage{pdfpages}
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\usepackage{fancyhdr}
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\usepackage{hyperref}
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\usepackage{eso-pic}
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\usepackage{tikz}
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\usepackage{ragged2e}
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% === FONTS ===
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\setmainfont{Latin Modern Sans}
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\newfontfamily\acbold{ywft-processing-bold}[
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Path=../system/public/type/webfonts/,
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Extension=.ttf
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]
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% === COLORS ===
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\definecolor{acpink}{RGB}{180,72,135}
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\definecolor{acpurple}{RGB}{120,80,180}
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\definecolor{acgray}{RGB}{119,119,119}
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% === HYPERREF ===
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\hypersetup{
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colorlinks=true,
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linkcolor=acpurple,
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urlcolor=acpurple,
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pdftitle={Aesthetic Computer — Collected Papers & Grants (Reader Draft)},
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pdfauthor={Jeffrey Alan Scudder},
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}
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% === PARAGRAPH ===
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\setlength{\parindent}{0em}
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\setlength{\parskip}{0.5em}
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\RaggedRight
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% === HEADER/FOOTER ===
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\pagestyle{fancy}
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\fancyhf{}
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\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
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\fancyhead[L]{\small\color{acgray}\textit{Aesthetic Computer Reader --- Draft \today}}
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\fancyhead[R]{\small\color{acgray}\textit{\thepage}}
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\fancyfoot{}
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% === INCLUDED-PDF FOOTER OVERLAY ===
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% This style overlays global page numbers on included PDFs
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\fancypagestyle{included}{%
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\fancyhf{}%
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\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}%
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\fancyhead[L]{\small\color{acgray}\textit{Aesthetic Computer Reader --- Draft \today}}%
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\fancyhead[R]{\small\color{acgray}\textit{\thepage}}%
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}
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% === HELPER: include a paper with a TOC entry ===
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\newcommand{\readerpart}[2]{%
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% #1 = TOC title, #2 = PDF path
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\cleardoublepage
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\phantomsection
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\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{#1}%
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\includepdf[pages=-, pagecommand={\thispagestyle{included}}]{#2}%
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}
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% ===================================================================
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\begin{document}
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% === TITLE PAGE ===
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\thispagestyle{empty}
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\begin{center}
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\vspace*{3cm}
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{\acbold\fontsize{36pt}{40pt}\selectfont Aesthetic{\color{acpink}.}Computer}
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\vspace{1cm}
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{\LARGE Collected Papers \& Grants}
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\vspace{0.5cm}
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{\large\color{acgray} Reader Draft}
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\vspace{2cm}
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{\color{acgray}
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Jeffrey Alan Scudder\\[4pt]
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Los Angeles, CA\\[12pt]
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\href{https://aesthetic.computer}{aesthetic.computer}
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}
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\vspace{3cm}
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{\color{acgray}\small
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Generated \today\\[4pt]
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26 papers + 1 grant application\\[4pt]
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\textit{This reader is a working draft for review and printing.}
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}
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\vfill
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{\color{acpink}\rule{0.4\textwidth}{1.5pt}}
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\end{center}
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\newpage
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% === TABLE OF CONTENTS ===
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\thispagestyle{fancy}
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\phantomsection
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\begin{center}
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{\large\bfseries Contents}
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\end{center}
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\vspace{0.5em}
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\tableofcontents
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\newpage
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% ===================================================================
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% PART I: PAPERS
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% ===================================================================
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\thispagestyle{fancy}
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\begin{center}
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\vspace*{2cm}
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{\color{acpink}\rule{0.3\textwidth}{1.5pt}}\\[1em]
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{\LARGE\bfseries Part I: Papers}\\[0.5em]
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{\color{acgray} 26 working papers on creative computing}\\[1em]
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{\color{acpink}\rule{0.3\textwidth}{1.5pt}}
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\end{center}
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\newpage
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% --- Core Platform ---
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\readerpart{Aesthetic Computer '26: A Mobile-First Runtime for Creative Computing}{arxiv-ac/ac.pdf}
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\readerpart{AC Native OS '26: A Bare-Metal Creative Computing Operating System}{arxiv-os/os.pdf}
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\readerpart{From setup() to boot(): Processing at the Core of the Piece API}{arxiv-api/api.pdf}
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\readerpart{Pieces Not Programs}{arxiv-pieces/pieces.pdf}
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\readerpart{The URL Tradition: Addressable Creative Computing from HyperCard to AC}{arxiv-url-tradition/url-tradition.pdf}
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% --- KidLisp ---
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\readerpart{KidLisp '26: A Minimal Lisp for Generative Art}{arxiv-kidlisp/kidlisp.pdf}
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\readerpart{KidLisp Language Reference: 118 Built-ins in 12 Categories}{arxiv-kidlisp-reference/kidlisp-reference.pdf}
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\readerpart{KidLisp Cards: Programs That Fit on a Card}{arxiv-kidlisp-cards/kidlisp-cards.pdf}
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% --- Instruments & Sound ---
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\readerpart{notepat.com: From Keyboard Toy to System Front Door}{arxiv-notepat/notepat.pdf}
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\readerpart{Playable Folk Songs: Oral Tradition Meets the Browser Keyboard}{arxiv-folk-songs/folk-songs.pdf}
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\readerpart{Every Sound is a Painting: Sampling as Visual-Auditory Practice}{arxiv-sampling/sampling.pdf}
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\readerpart{PLOrk'ing the Planet: From Laptop Orchestra to Planetary Organ}{arxiv-plork/plork.pdf}
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% --- Performance & Social ---
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\readerpart{Whistlegraph: Drawing, Singing, and the Graphic Score as Viral Form}{arxiv-whistlegraph/whistlegraph.pdf}
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\readerpart{Network Audit: Who Uses Aesthetic Computer and What Do They Make?}{arxiv-network-audit/network-audit.pdf}
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\readerpart{Handle Identity on the AT Protocol: From Auth0 to Decentralized Sign-In}{arxiv-identity/identity.pdf}
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% --- History & Criticism ---
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\readerpart{Repository Archaeology: Tracing the Evolution Through Git History}{arxiv-archaeology/archaeology.pdf}
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\readerpart{Dead Ends: Failed Experiments and Abandoned Approaches}{arxiv-dead-ends/dead-ends.pdf}
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\readerpart{Sucking on the Complex: Platform Hegemony and Anti-Environments}{arxiv-complex/complex.pdf}
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\readerpart{Radical Computer Art: Goodiepalian Approaches}{arxiv-goodiepal/goodiepal.pdf}
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\readerpart{The Potter and the Prompt: John Holden's Proto-Cognitive Music Theory}{arxiv-holden/holden.pdf}
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% --- Education & Sustainability ---
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\readerpart{Get Closed Source Out of Schools: Every Chromebook Is a Gateway Denied}{arxiv-open-schools/open-schools.pdf}
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\readerpart{CalArts, Callouts, and Papers: Art School as Operating System}{arxiv-calarts/calarts.pdf}
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\readerpart{Two Departments, One Building: Funding in UCLA Arts}{arxiv-ucla-arts/ucla-arts.pdf}
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\readerpart{Who Pays for Creative Tools?}{arxiv-sustainability/sustainability.pdf}
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% --- Meta & Future ---
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\readerpart{Five Years from Now: What Aesthetic Computer Probably Becomes}{arxiv-futures/futures.pdf}
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\readerpart{Reading the Score}{arxiv-score-analysis/score-analysis.pdf}
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\readerpart{Diversity and Inclusion in AC Paper Citations}{arxiv-diversity/diversity.pdf}
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% ===================================================================
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% PART II: GRANTS
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% ===================================================================
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\cleardoublepage
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\thispagestyle{fancy}
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\begin{center}
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\vspace*{2cm}
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{\color{acpink}\rule{0.3\textwidth}{1.5pt}}\\[1em]
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{\LARGE\bfseries Part II: Grants}\\[0.5em]
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{\color{acgray} Applications and proposals}\\[1em]
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{\color{acpink}\rule{0.3\textwidth}{1.5pt}}
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\end{center}
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\newpage
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\readerpart{LACMA Art + Technology Lab 2026: The Unfinished Instrument}{../grants/lacma-2026/lacma-2026.pdf}
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% PART III: CONFERENCE PAPERS
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% ===================================================================
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\cleardoublepage
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\thispagestyle{fancy}
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\begin{center}
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\vspace*{2cm}
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{\color{acpink}\rule{0.3\textwidth}{1.5pt}}\\[1em]
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{\LARGE\bfseries Part III: Conference Papers}\\[0.5em]
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{\color{acgray} Peer-reviewed submissions}\\[1em]
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{\color{acpink}\rule{0.3\textwidth}{1.5pt}}
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\end{center}
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\newpage
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\readerpart{KidLisp: A Minimal Lisp for Generative Art (ELS '26)}{els-kidlisp/els-kidlisp.pdf}
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\end{document}