With origins in Dada poetry, OULIPO (The Workshop of Potential Literature) and conceptual art (e.g. Dan Graham’sSchema), writers and artists have explored the generation of writing through the use of text engines — ‘machines’ which generate new text or reprocess existing text into new text through the application of a series of rules or algorithms. Related projects include Kenny Goldsmith’s ‘uncreative writing’ and the work of the collective, ‘Information as Material.’

Panelists: Craig Dworkin, University of Utah; Robert Fitterman, New York University and Bard College; and Joey Yearous-Algozin. Moderator: Stephen Bury, Frick Art Reference Library.

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