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  1. The Cut-Up Method of Brion Gysin

    The Cut-Up Method of Brion Gysin

    Meri Alexandra Raita - 11.02.2012 - 11:35

  2. Almanacco Letterario Bompiani 1962

    A periodical about the theme of electronic calculators and computers applied to moral sciences and literature, subtitled "Le applicazioni dei calcolatori elettronici alle scienze morali e alla letteratura".

    "Tape Mark I" appears published here for the first time (pp. 145-151).

    The 324-page collection contains works by Nanni Balestrini, Giovanni Anceschi, Silvio Ceccato, Umberto Eco, Karl Gerstner, Bruno Munari, Dieter Rot, among other authors.

    Alvaro Seica - 19.02.2016 - 17:52

  3. Man, Play, and Games

    From the publisher: According to Roger Caillois, play is "an occasion of pure waste: waste of time, energy, ingenuity, skill, and often of money." In spite of this--or because of it--play constitutes an essential element of human social and spiritual development.

    In this classic study, Caillois defines play as a free and voluntary activity that occurs in a pure space, isolated and protected from the rest of life. Play is uncertain, since the outcome may not be foreseen, and it is governed by rules that provide a level playing field for all participants. In its most basic form, play consists of finding a response to the opponent's action--or to the play situation--that is free within the limits set by the rules.

    Heidi Haugsdal Kvinge - 27.09.2021 - 18:11

  4. Cybernetics: Or Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine

    With the influential book Cybernetics, first published in 1948, Norbert Wiener laid the theoretical foundations for the multidisciplinary field of cybernetics, the study of controlling the flow of information in systems with feedback loops, be they biological, mechanical, cognitive, or social. At the core of Wiener's theory is the message (information), sent and responded to (feedback); the functionality of a machine, organism, or society depends on the quality of messages. Information corrupted by noise prevents homeostasis, or equilibrium. And yet Cybernetics is as philosophical as it is technical, with the first chapter devoted to Newtonian and Bergsonian time and the philosophical mixed with the technical throughout. This book brings the 1961 second edition back into print, with new forewords by Doug Hill and Sanjoy Mitter.

    Andreas Vik - 03.10.2021 - 21:15