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1. Truisms

   Holzer began her career as a text artist in the late seventies by writing out phrases–truisms–on stickers and posting them around Manhattan. Later her truisms and subsequent writings have been displayed on tickers on Times Square, they’ve been carved in granite and published in books and posted on the web. Holzer’s works sometimes present micronarratives, but open, viral distribution by the general public has not been a focus in her work. Instead, she herself has planned each new spot her words are displayed.

   The project is ongoing.

   Jill Walker Rettberg - 02.02.2011 - 22:11

2. A Literatura Cibernética 1: Autopoemas Gerados por Computador

   Pedro Barbosa’s pioneering work introduced computer-generated literature (CGL) in Portugal in 1975. Having worked with Abraham A. Moles at the University of Strasbourg, Barbosa published three theoretical-practical volumes of his programming experiences with the FORTRAN and BASIC languages. These volumes deal with combinatorics and randomness, developing algorithms able to ally computing and literary production, bearing in mind a perspective of computational text theory.
   

   Scott Rettberg - 10.07.2013 - 14:26

3. Porto

   According to Funkhouser’s reading of Barbosa’s poem “Porto” (1977), “Porto, a city built on steep granite cliffs on the coast of Portugal, is the inspiration for the language presented and rearranged by the author for poetic effect. The output appears as a block of text of capitalized letters, and as such it has a strong visual quality. Barbosa’s program, while certainly cyclical (…) enables 40,320 permutations. (…) The addition of prepositions adds three times as many configurations and prevents the poem from reflecting a slot apparatus.” (2007: 40). “(…) the overall effect that is achieved by Barbosa’s program is that endless different phrases are built that transmit different dimensions of the same sentiment.” (41) Funkhouser considers that there is a “sense of the passage of time (…) [and] other cultural aspects of the city and its people may be read into the lines, some of which nearly defy interpretation.” (41)

   Scott Rettberg - 11.07.2013 - 11:36

4. 25 de Novembro

   25 de Novembro

   Alvaro Seica - 01.05.2015 - 16:59

5. Aveiro

   Aveiro

   Alvaro Seica - 01.05.2015 - 17:00

6. Verão

   Verão

   Alvaro Seica - 01.05.2015 - 21:34

7. Silêncios

   Silêncios

   Alvaro Seica - 01.05.2015 - 21:37

8. Camões e as Voltas que o Computador (lhe) Dá

   Camões e as Voltas que o Computador (lhe) Dá

   Alvaro Seica - 02.05.2015 - 14:57

9. É Preciso Dizer...

   É Preciso Dizer...

   Alvaro Seica - 02.05.2015 - 15:03

10. The Theory of Affordances

    James J. Gibson originally introduced the term “affordance” in his 1977 article ‘The Theory of Affordances’, which he subsequently elaborated his book The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception in 1979. Gibson defined affordances as all “action possibilities” latent in the environment, objectively measurable and independent of the individual’s ability to recognize them, but always in relation to agents and therefore dependent on their capabilities. For instance, a set of steps which rises four feet high does not afford the act of climbing if the actor is a crawling infant.

    An affordance is a relation between an object or an environment and an organism, that affords the opportunity for that organism to perform an action. For example, a knob affords twisting, and perhaps pushing, while a cord affords pulling. As a relation, an affordance exhibits the possibility of some action, and is not a property of either an organism or its environment alone.

    Alisa Nikolaevna Ammosova - 29.09.2021 - 01:33