Electronic Literature, Chapter 2: Combinatory Poetics
This research collection includes references from the second chapter of Electronic Literature by Scott Rettberg (Polity, 2018) on Combinatory Poetics. Computer programs access and present data, whether internal to the program and provided by external sources and user input, and then through algorithmic processes, modify or substitute the data presented by the system. It is in this procedural substitution of data, and of language, that computation is most concretely connected to combinatory poetics in experimental writing traditions such as Dada, Surrealism, and Oulipo. This chapter of Electronic Literature considers how elements of chance and procedurality served as the foundation for combinatory and generative art and literature. Combinatory poetics emerged in twentieth-century avant-garde movements, further developed in poetry generators in the early history of computing and remains today an essential mode of practice in electronic literature.
People:
Name | Residency |
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Christopher Strachey |
United Kingdom
GB
|
Nanette Wylde |
Redwood City
, CA
United States
California US
|
Brian Lennon |
PA
United States
Pennsylvania US
|
Eric Snodgrass |
Sweden
SE
|
J. R. Carpenter |
United Kingdom
GB
|
David Jhave Johnston |
Montreal
, QC
Canada
Quebec CA
|
Jim Carpenter |
United States
US
|
Daniel C. Howe |
Hong Kong
Hong Kong S.A.R., China
HK
|
Raymond Queneau |
France
FR
|
Theo Lutz |
Esslingen
Germany
DE
|
Stephanie Strickland |
New York City
, NY
United States
New York US
|
R.M. Worthy |
United States
US
|
Håkan Jonson |
Stockholm
Sweden
SE
|
Jim Andrews |
Vancouver
, BC
Canada
British Columbia CA
|
Allison Parrish |
New York
, NY
United States
New York US
|
Mark Sample |
Davidson
, NC
United States
North Carolina US
|
Everest Pipkin |
Austin
, TX
United States
Texas US
|
Talan Memmott |
United States
US
|
Jason Nelson |
Witheren
, QLD
Australia
Queensland AU
|
Ian Hatcher |
New York
United States
US
|
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Creative works:
Title | Author | Year |
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#! [Shebang] | Nick Montfort | 2014 |
Stir Fry Texts | Jim Andrews, Brian Lennon, Pauline Masurel | 1999 |
The Jew's Daughter | Judd Morrissey | 2000 |
Self Portrait(s) [as Other(s)] | Talan Memmott | 2003 |
This is how you will die | Jason Nelson | 2005 |
open.ended | Daniel C. Howe, Aya Natalia Karpinska | 2004 |
Taroko Gorge | Nick Montfort | 2009 |
Tokyo Garage | Scott Rettberg | 2009 |
Gorge | J. R. Carpenter | 2010 |
Toy Garbage | Talan Memmott | 2011 |
Yoko Engorged | Eric Snodgrass | 2011 |
Takei, George | Mark Sample | 2011 |
Sea and Spar Between | Nick Montfort, Stephanie Strickland | 2011 |
Frequency | Scott Rettberg | 2009 |
Evolution | Johannes Heldén, Håkan Jonson | 2013 |
Abra | Amaranth Borsuk, Kate Durbin, Ian Hatcher | 2014 |
Pentametron | Ranjit Bhatnagar | 2012 |
Times Haiku | Jacob Harris | 2013 |
@everyword | Allison Parrish | 2007 |
Tiny Star Fields | Everest Pipkin | 2014 |
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Critical Writing:
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