Literary Bytes
Software Used:
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Our communication relies on language, both as input and output, shaped by our subjective understanding and perception of the world. Imagine taking fragments from structured language outputs and repositioning them within a new framework, while applying an algorithmic rule with a touch of randomness.
What will happen when these elements, once tightly bound to their original context, are reimagined in an entirely different setting?
What new meanings or interpretations could emerge?
Moreover, these ideas also got me thinking about how we’re usually constrained by what words are supposed to mean. Meaning is, after all, a construct developed by humans. Could phrases that seem absurd or meaningless initially actually embed deeper meanings?
This project explores the above concept by incorporating python to rearrange text from various forms including literary works, essays, and poems. By dissecting and reassembling these texts, I try to uncover new layers of meaning, challenging the boundaries of conventional interpretation.
One Person Game
Text Generation and Python Code
Source Text from 寂寞的游戏 written by 袁哲生; translated by me.
Visual Interpretation by me.
Source Text from 寂寞的游戏 written by 袁哲生; translated by me.
A House of Dust
Original code written in Fortran in 1967 by Alison Knowles and James Tenney.
Python note book by Allison Parrish, edited by me.
Source Text written in Fortran in 1967 by Alison Knowles and James Tenney.
Original python note book by Allison Parrish, edited by me.
Instruction Manual
In these instruction manuals, I did not source text from traditional literature. Instead, I used instructional commands with unpredictable subjects or objects to create uncanny interactions that may seem absurd at first glance. However, since the instructions are written deliberately with detailed descriptions, the manual surprisingly ends up sounding coherent and making sense.
By manipulating text and context in this way, I wanted to dive deeper into the concept of the meaning behind our linguistic structure.
Visual Interpretation by me.
Visual Interpretation by me.
Python Powered Cookbook
Source Text from The Metamorphosis, written by Franz Kafka.
Random thoughts and questions constantly pop up in my mind. Yet, I could never seem to answer them myself. Therefore, in the above python notebook, I wanted to create a conversation that consists only questions and answers. By sourcing original text from brilliant minds, famous authors, then posing questions and witnessing how the words of them would respond.
Source Text from The Symposium, written by Plato.