The Hugo Ball

Creative Work
Author: 
Talan Memmott
Year: 
2006
Publisher: 
Drunken Boat
URL: 
The Hugo Ball (Drunken Boat)
Language: 
English
Publication Type: 
Published on the Web (online journal)
Platform/Software: 
Flash
Event: 
Reading by Talan Memmott (Electronic Literature Research Group, UiB)
Record Status: 
Incomplete record (stub)
Tags: 
Flashsound poetrydadaHugo Ballnonsense
Description (in English): 

The Hugo Ball, subtitled Algorithmic Improvisations on the 74 unique words of Gadji Beri Bimba is exactly that. Using Hugo Ball’s Dadaist poem as a source this piece remixes the 74 unique words of the poem to generate – on the fly – countless variations.

(Source: Author's description from his site)

Electronic Literature Directory entry: 
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Technical notes: 

Flash

Research Collection that references this work:

Title
Electronic Literature, Chapter 5: Kinetic and Interactive Poetry

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Critical writing that references this work:

Title Author Year
Dada Redux: Elements of Dadaist Practice in Contemporary Electronic Literature Scott Rettberg 2008
Individual Work: Hugo Ball Davin Heckman 2010
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