Title: Square No. 1 (seeing the discreet)
Square No. 3 (this world aches)
Square No. 5 (simple-mindedness stirred)
Square No. 14 (purple driving silence)
Square No. 16 (violence satisfies)
Square No. 17 (the ancient prophet)
Square No. 19 (others struggled)
%C2%A9 2023 R. Prost
Square No. 3 (this world aches)
Square No. 5 (simple-mindedness stirred)
Square No. 14 (purple driving silence)
Square No. 16 (violence satisfies)
Square No. 17 (the ancient prophet)
Square No. 19 (others struggled)
%C2%A9 2023 R. Prost
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R. Prost
Biography
I was born and raised in Chicago with a background in literature rather than the visual arts.
I work with language in its many forms. I makes books, altered books, and what I term "literary objects". I also work on paper with collage and mixd media.
Recently I have been exploring the use of algorithmic randomizing and presentation techniques to make literature.
I have been fortunate enough to have my work in many public and private collections throughout the worldand to have participated in a number of international exhibitions.
I work with language in its many forms. I makes books, altered books, and what I term "literary objects". I also work on paper with collage and mixd media.
Recently I have been exploring the use of algorithmic randomizing and presentation techniques to make literature.
I have been fortunate enough to have my work in many public and private collections throughout the worldand to have participated in a number of international exhibitions.
Statement
My work has primarily been involved with the visual aspects of language and the contexts in which language is found.
These pieces are from a series of algorithmically-generated texts entitled "Five Minutes of Marmalade."
The premise was to generate visually square poems. This necessitated a prescribed line count with each line comprised of the same number of characters. A monospace font was chosen to enhance the line presentation.
This program was written to build the poems by randomly selecting from a previously accumulated trove of words. This selection is completely governed by chance. It makes use of the random number generator imbedded in the programming language itself. The choice is based on the length of the word needed to accumulate and fit into the character count of the line. All punctuation is excluded to avoid influencing the way a line is read.
These pieces often read the way the mind works -- jumping from thought to thought.
In a way, this allows the randomness of the making to carry into the reading.
This project is only somewhat similar to AI. AI makes use of grammar and punctuation rules to emulate human speech patterns, "Five Minutes of Marmalade" has no such intention (nor, indeed, capability). Whereas AI can capture the natural flow of language, my project is entirely
dependent on the codified accidents needed to make a square of words.
These pieces are pulled from the ether by moving electrons.
These pieces are from a series of algorithmically-generated texts entitled "Five Minutes of Marmalade."
The premise was to generate visually square poems. This necessitated a prescribed line count with each line comprised of the same number of characters. A monospace font was chosen to enhance the line presentation.
This program was written to build the poems by randomly selecting from a previously accumulated trove of words. This selection is completely governed by chance. It makes use of the random number generator imbedded in the programming language itself. The choice is based on the length of the word needed to accumulate and fit into the character count of the line. All punctuation is excluded to avoid influencing the way a line is read.
These pieces often read the way the mind works -- jumping from thought to thought.
In a way, this allows the randomness of the making to carry into the reading.
This project is only somewhat similar to AI. AI makes use of grammar and punctuation rules to emulate human speech patterns, "Five Minutes of Marmalade" has no such intention (nor, indeed, capability). Whereas AI can capture the natural flow of language, my project is entirely
dependent on the codified accidents needed to make a square of words.
These pieces are pulled from the ether by moving electrons.
