rot 6

1961

Prose/Poetry (Computer-Generated)

The Library

Description

Max Bense’s Rot #6: Modelle is the sixth volume in the art-book series published by Bense and Elisabeth Walther-Bense. It focuses on Bense’s pioneering work in what he called “artificial poetry,” which fused avant-garde literary experimentation with technical innovation—and paved the way for the text generation systems of today.

Published in German, the volume contains two texts generated by a computer mainframe, the ZUSE Z22 at the University of Stuttgart’s computing center. One of these is a stochastic text programmed by the computer scientist Theo Lutz, which applies grammar rules to the recombining of words drawn from a corpus of texts—also printed in the book—by figures including Gertrude Stein, Jean Genet, and Hegel.

The other is a Markovian text, using probability calculations based on a frequency dictionary compiled by Walther-Bense, derived from work by French poet Francis Ponge. (The technical implementation was by Monika Bense.)

Stochastische Texte (Augenblick 1'4) by Theo Lutz, 1959

Stochastische Texte (Augenblick 1'4) Theo Lutz1959 Prose/Poetry

rot 11 - Monolog der Terry Jo by Max Bense, 1963

rot 11 - Monolog der Terry Jo Max Bense1963 Prose/Poetry

16 4 66 Multiple Artists1966 Print

rot 19 - computer-grafik by Georg Nees, 1965

rot 19 - computer-grafik Multiple Artists1965 Book

Recreational Mathematics by Ben Francis Laposky, 1961

Recreational Mathematics Ben Francis Laposky1961 Book

Synthesized Speech by Bell Telephone Laboratories (Bell Labs), 1961

Synthesized Speech Bell Telephone Laboratories (Bell Labs)1961 Sound

Untitled from Drawing Machine One by Desmond Paul Henry, 1961

Untitled from Drawing Machine One Desmond Paul Henry1961 Machine Drawing

A House of Dust Alison Knowles1967 Prose/Poetry