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This page is part of the Special Issue # 28 [[Writing Machines–Protocols–Feedback]]. It is provides a record of the various writing machines proposed or made during the production of that Special Issue.<br>
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[[Image:ExquisiteCorpseMachineOverview.jpg|thumb|Analog Exquisite Corpse Machine]]<br>
'''Writing Machine # 1'''<br>
Title: Analog Exquisite Corpse Machine (2025) by Steve Rushton<br>
Machine overview:<br>
Five columns of words which can slide up and down to form new sentences. A loose interpretation of the Surrealist Exquisite Corpse.<br>
Media: Paper; Libre Office; glue; alphabet (English)<br>
 
 
 
[[Image:ExquisiteCorpseMachine2.jpg]]<br>
[[Image:ExquisiteCorpseMachine3.jpg]]<br>
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[[Image:ExquisiteCorpseMachine4.jpg]]<br>
Machine output (example)<br>
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Earlier output (1925-26). The first recorded stanza using this form (by André Breton and his Surrealist friends) is recorded as: “The-exquisite-corpse-will-drink-new-wine.”
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'''Writing Machine # 2'''<br>
 
 
Title: The Writing Machine of...(2025) by Steve Rushton.<br>
Machine overview: A reworking of The House of Dust Redux by Nick Montfort<br>
Link:https://nickm.com/memslam/<br>
based on a 1967 work by Alison Knowles & James Tenney<br>
in Python 2/3<br>
 
Here is an example of output generated by Alison Knowles’ House of Dust (1967)
 
"A HOUSE OF WOOD<br>
UNDER WATER <br>
USING NATURAL LIGHT <br>
INHABITED BY FRIENDS <br><br><br>
 
A HOUSE OF LEAVES<br>
IN A METROPOLIS <br>
USING ALL AVAILABLE LIGHTING <br>
INHABITED BY ALL RACES OF MAN REPRESENTED WEARING PREDOMINANTLY RED CLOTHING <br><br><br>
 
A HOUSE OF ROOTS <br>
IN AN OVERPOPULATED AREA <br>
USING ELECTRICITY <br>
INHABITED BY HORSES AND BIRDS… <br><br><br>
 
A HOUSE OF WOOD <br>
IN A METROPOLIS <br>
USING ELECTRICITY <br>
INHABITED BY FRIENDS AND ENEMIES"<br><br>
 
...and this is an example of the output from The Writing Machine of (2025)...
 
[[Image:WritingMachinePoem1.jpeg|Output: HTML page]]<br>
Output: HTML page of "self-generating poem"<br>
 
[[Image:DustCodeFragment.jpg|Python code of the above]]<br>
Output: Code of the above (fragment)<br>
 
'''Writing Machine # 3'''<br>
Title: Barthes Radio (c. 2023) Death of the Author (1967) by Roland Barthes  read by Xpub + Xpub tutors (2023) <br>
Machine overview: Twenty-four sound files<br>
Output (a): [[BarthesRadio]]<br>
Output (b): Pad – text with list of readers: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/BarthesWormRadio
 
 
 
'''Writing Machine Group 3:''' The Interpersonal word chain (exquisite corpse)
[[File:Writing machine.png|thumb|The Interpersonal words chain]]
 
A chain of words, starting point is a word from someones personal notes from the class
 
Each person sees only the word of the person before them, and picks a word from the notes they associate with the previous word
The words are notated on one side of a notebook
 
The words are notated on one side of a notebook
 
The next round goes against reading direction
Words can be read in increments of 5 words, but also by order of the book.
 
Words can be read in increments of 5 words, but also by order of the book.
 
Sentences can be read per 5, the number of the people in the group
 
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