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title: Halim Madi - computational poet, performer, software-leaning
url: https://www.halimmadi.com/
description: "Halim Madi is a computational poet and performer working with machines: computer theater, machine poetry with Singulars, and language revitalization with Wikitongues. Keynotes, workshops, and performances."
generated: 2026-09-06
---

# Halim trains machines and performs with them on stage.

## halim-madi

Poet and performer, software-leaning: computer theater, machine poetry, language revitalization.

## stage.jpg

![Halim performing computer theater in a grand hall, the machine projected behind him.](https://www.halimmadi.com/Assets/images/works/computer-theater-feature.jpg)
*on stage with the machines*

![reinforcement.exe, Halim writing against the clock inside the glass cube at Devconnect in Buenos Aires.](https://www.halimmadi.com/Assets/images/works/reinforcement-exe/_MG_5037.jpg)
*reinforcement.exe, buenos aires*

![Borderline, a full-body multimedia poem made at Counterpulse AIR in San Francisco.](https://www.halimmadi.com/Assets/images/works/borderline/featured.jpg)
*borderline, san francisco*

![I've Always Wanted to Become Everyone, the interactive theatre piece at CultureHub in Los Angeles.](https://www.halimmadi.com/Assets/images/works/ive-always-wanted-to-become-everyone-2026/featured.jpeg)
*i've always wanted to become everyone, culturehub la*

## about.txt

- **[computer theater](https://www.halimmadi.com/computer-theater/)**: As an artist researcher, Halim performs on stage with web artifacts and the models he fine-tunes: computer theater.

  Performances and web pieces where the machine is a character.

- **[machine poetry](https://www.halimmadi.com/singulars/)**: He trains poetry models on his own writing and duels them live with Singulars: machine poetry.

  A live poetry duel with a model he trained. The audience votes, and his winning poems retrain it. More on [computational poetry](https://www.halimmadi.com/computational-poetry/).

- **[language revitalization](https://www.halimmadi.com/wikitongues/)**: And as AI lead of Wikitongues, he builds AI that keeps endangered languages spoken: language revitalization.

  AI that speaks endangered languages, and the first community-owned benchmark for it.

## upcoming/

[all engagements](https://www.halimmadi.com/engagements/)