exquisite_code

Description (in English)

exquisite_code is an algorithmic performance system for heterogeneous groups of writers. The writers generate prompts and responses for var1 minute session at the end of which computational devices select/mangle text according to var2 edit. Mangled text outputs get displayed to writers who, in unrelenting sessions, generate further prompts and responses, with chunk on chunk piled up to create a c[ad]aver[n]ous exquisite_code life-work.

(Source: Work website.)

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A new exquisite code novel coming off the printer
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Exquisite code book with Bergen exquisite code procedures
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Contributors note

exquisite_code was conceived by Brendan Howell and Sabrina Small. Jonathan Kemp brought an expanded form of ex_code to London in February 2010.