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By Jill Walker Rettberg, 9 June, 2013

A Travesty Generator for Micros

Author
Hugh Kenner
Joseph O'Rourke
Publication Type
Article in a print journal
Year
Publisher
BYTE
Journal volume and issue
9.12, Nov 1984
Record Status
Approved record
Tags
generative
poetry
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Abstract (in English)

Literary critical Hugh Kenner and computer scientist Joseph O'Rourke introduced their Perl text scrambler "Travesty" in an issue of BYTE magazine.

Attachment
A Travesty Generator for Micros -- Full text PDF (19.61 MB)
Platform referenced
Perl
Creative Works referenced
Travesty

News Reader

Content type
Creative Work
Author
Noah Wardrip-Fruin
Brion Moss
David Durand
Elaine Froehlich
Year
Publisher
Turbulence
URL
Turbulence Comission Presentation
News Reader (authors presentation)
Language
English
Publication Type
Application
Published on the Web (individual site)
Published on the Web (online gallery)
License
CC Attribution
Record Status
Approved record
Tags
textual instrument
news
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Description (in English)

News Reader is software for reading and playing the network news environment. News Reader initially offers the current "top stories" from Yahoo! News — which are always drawn from mainstream sources. Playing these stories brings forth texts generated from alternative press stories, portions of which are (through interaction) introduced into the starting texts, gradually altering them. News Reader is an artwork designed for daily use, providing an at times humorous, at times disturbing experience of our news and the chains of language that run through it.

Source: Turbulence

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