Infinity's Kitchen

RiTa - software toolkit for generative literature [del.icio.us]

dylan_k — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 08:54:48 PST

RiTa is an easy-to-use natural language library that provides simple tools for experimenting with generative literature. The philosophy behind the API is to be as simple and intuitive as possible, while still providing adequate flexibility for more advanced users.

Is Experimenal Lit All Academic? [del.icio.us]

dylan_k — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:09:08 PST

The eggheads kidnapped the most popular of artforms, locked in the proverbial ivory tower until it withered, and have virtually eliminated from mainstream readership.

bpNichol [del.icio.us]

dylan_k — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 21:42:13 PDT

in his lifetime he wrote (somewhere between) poetry, novels, short fiction, children’s books, musical scores, comic book art, collage/assemblage, and computer texts. Nichol was also an inveterate collaborator, working with the sound poetry ensemble The Four Horsemen (whose members were Nichol, Rafael Barreto-Rivera, Paul Dutton, and Steve McCaffery); Steve McCaffery as part of the Toronto Research Group (TRG); the visual artist Barbara Caruso; and countless other writers

How to write flarf [del.icio.us]

dylan_k — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 06:22:51 PDT

What is flarf poetry? Where did it come from? How do you make it?

Typotranslation

Infinity's Kitchen — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 04:37:18 +0000

On more than one occasion, the artist Marcel Duchamp produced, in limited edition, a box full of small handwritten and drawn notes. The translation of these notes, from French to English, and from...

Feeling Good

Infinity's Kitchen — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:57:53 +0000

This video, by Tamara Connolly was done for a motion graphics class in the SVA MFA Design program. The assignment was to create a music video using just type and typographic elements in black and...

Graphic Texts: Looking at Text and Image Combined

Infinity's Kitchen — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 05:53:08 +0000

This reading list offeres a survey of various different kinds of “graphic texts” in all senses of the world. The author of this reading list asks “What “graphic texts” have you encountered and...

Postmodern American Literature

Infinity's Kitchen — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 05:48:10 +0000

Underscribble

Infinity's Kitchen — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 15:32:27 +0000

A collaboration between choreographer Jonah Bokaer, and video artist Michael Cole that has been animated, choreographed, and performed by the artists through the use of digital choreographic...

“False Start” by Jonah Bokaer

Infinity's Kitchen — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 15:16:48 +0000

Jonah Bokaer is a choreographer who experiments with computer models of the human body. By simulating iterations of movements until they verge upon the impossible, he is able to find new movements...

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS [del.icio.us]

dylan_k — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 21:44:51 PDT

We would like to cover the following topics: The ___(noun)____ of __(noun)_____ Four _____(noun pl.)___ ___(verb) ____ to the ___(pun)____ ____(verb) ___ and ___(verb)____. We welcome submissions of 500-1500 words related to the above and sometimes---but not necessarily---to art.

Atlas Press [del.icio.us]

dylan_k — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 20:04:15 PDT

"Atlas Press specialises in extremist and avant-garde prose writing from the 1890s to the present day. We are the largest publisher in English of books on Surrealism and have an extensive list relating to Dada, Expressionism, the Oulipo, the College of ’Pataphysics, among others."

Les Figues Press: Press/Media [del.icio.us]

dylan_k — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 19:27:23 PDT

Journalistic press, reviews and blogger commentary about various works of experimental literature

Les Figues Press: Belief [del.icio.us]

dylan_k — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 19:26:29 PDT

aesthetic essays from the authors published by Les Figues Press

Les Figues Press [del.icio.us]

dylan_k — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 19:20:32 PDT

"Les Figues Press creates aesthetic conversations between Writers/Artists and readers, especially those interested in innovative/experimental/avant-garde work. The Press intends in the most premeditated fashion to champion the trinity of Beauty, Belief, and Bawdry."

fugue state press [del.icio.us]

dylan_k — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 19:13:11 PDT

"We publish novels. To us, the long form of a novel, in which everything is said, can have an emotional impact only matched by the other large forms: film, opera, symphony, epic. So for fifteen years we've published ambitious innovative novels of a high literary quality. Our novels tend to be unusual--singular, eccentric, impractical, emotional, visionary. They are also "experimental" in the sense that any good art is experimental. It comes down to one person looking for truth."

Infinity’s Kitchen no. 4

Infinity's Kitchen — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 20:00:35 +0000

Finally, the fourth issue of Infinity's Kitchen is being printed. We'd like to thank the contributors for their patience, in particular, and to express the hope that this new issue is worth the wait.

The Experimental Literature Cook Off

Infinity's Kitchen — Sun, 08 May 2011 21:22:14 +0000

We’ve all read literature in the usual forms. These forms include poems, short stories, novellas, plays and novels… but for most of us, that’s it! What other literary forms can be written? What else...

Traumgedanken

Infinity's Kitchen — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 21:37:08 +0000

Traumgedanken ("Thoughts on dreams") contains a collection of literary, philosophical, psychological and scientifical texts which provide an insight into different dream theories.

textsound

Infinity's Kitchen — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 21:48:16 +0000

Textsound is a bi-annual online journal of experimental soundworks. It is like a combined publication and mixtape.

More Generative Writing Exercises

Infinity's Kitchen — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 17:27:01 +0000

A while ago, I published a list of generative writing exercises. They seem to be quite popular and so I submit to you, even more generative writing exercises. Do you know of any others? Let's hear...

Futurist Typography and the Liberated Text

Infinity's Kitchen — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 18:46:32 +0000

Google Books has a preview copy of Futurist typography and the liberated text By Alan Bartram

5 Oulipo Constraints

Infinity's Kitchen — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:29:10 +0000

Oulipo, or Workshop of Potential Literature, is a group of writers and thinkers interested in the notion of “constraint”. You can think of constraint as something like the rules of a...

One Hour of Television

Infinity's Kitchen — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:50:58 +0000

The author has some interesting things to say about how the book was created, and what sort of style it is written in.

Poor. Old. Tired. Horse.

Infinity's Kitchen — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 01:23:57 +0000

An new exhibition of concrete poetry is on display at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London. The exhibition is titled "Poor. Old. Tired. Horse." gets its name from a periodical by that name...

Interactive DVD Novel

Infinity's Kitchen — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:11:07 +0000

Existing not only as an art installation, but also as a book and a DVD-ROM, The Imaginary 20th Century proposes a new approach to narrative.

Vorticism

Infinity's Kitchen — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:14:43 +0000

In a Vorticist painting modern life is shown as an array of bold lines and harsh colours drawing the viewer's eye into the centre of the canvas.

Asemic Writing

Infinity's Kitchen — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:34:35 +0000

It looks like writing, but we can't read it. Asemic writing has been made by poets, writers, painters, calligraphers, children, and scribblers, all around the world. Most people make asemic writing...

Roulette TV: New and Experimental Music

Infinity's Kitchen — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 02:42:41 +0000

Roulette TV is an on-going, innovative video series which presents unique contemporary music in compelling and engaging performances given by the creators themselves.

Anderbo

Infinity's Kitchen — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 17:51:16 +0000

Anderbo.com is one of an increasing number of online literary journals. The magazine publishes three issues online and one print issue annually. It features poetry, fiction and “fact”...

Link is Dead. Long Live Locus!

Infinity's Kitchen — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 05:55:59 +0000

Tonight the torch was passed to a new publication in Baltimore, Locus Art Magazine. Locus has already published a fifth issue, and was named the 2008 best art magazine by Baltimore Magazine.

Experimental Writing Conference

Infinity's Kitchen — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:07:14 +0000

If you're in the Los Angeles area, and you read Infinity's Kitchen, then you should definitely check out the "Untitled" conference. If anything cool goes online, as a result of this conference, we'll...

Live From the High Zero Music Festival

Infinity's Kitchen — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:25:59 +0000

A small taste of what audiences have experienced in the last ten years at the festival that Signal to Noise Magazine called "A fertile laboratory of musical possibility without equal."

Proposed Poetry Bailout to Restore Readers’ Confidence

Infinity's Kitchen — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:39:16 +0000

Harper's Magazine online reports today that the poetry market is also affected by the recent downturn in the market. Charles Bernstein proposes a "bailout plan".

A Documentary Saga of the Oulipo

Infinity's Kitchen — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:44:31 +0000

OULIPO is the "Workshop of Potential Literature". This is a group of writers and mathematicians whose goal is not to create new literature, but to invent new forms of literature. These short videos...

A History of the Future of Narrative

Infinity's Kitchen — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:41:11 +0000

Novelist Robert Coover's keynote address at the Electronic Literature in Europe seminar (elitineurope.net), September 13th, 2008. Introduced by Scott Rettberg.

Experimental Literature & Artists’ Books

Infinity's Kitchen — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:20:48 +0000

There will be an exhibition of Jack Kerouac’s original manuscript for “On the Road”, at Columbia College in Chicago this fall. (Hopefully, this one will allow photographs.) In...

Digital Fever: Archiving Art and Poetry Online

Infinity's Kitchen — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 04:20:44 +0000

If you’ve ever wanted to learn about the state-of-the-art, when it comes to digitally archiving artworks and poetry on the internet, here’s a treat for you. “Digital Fever:...

Generative Writing Exercises

Infinity's Kitchen — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:15:16 +0000

Generative writing uses a system, such as a set of rules, a computer program, a machine, or other procedure, which is set into motion with some degree of autonomy resulting in a completed work of art.

Poetry on the Broad Side of a Barn

Infinity's Kitchen — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 04:52:33 +0000

The side of a barn, photographed aslant, with the raised letters of a poem running along each running stratum of board on a wide side of the building. The sun is sharp and harsh against the words.

Illuminated Manuscript

Infinity's Kitchen — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 04:42:03 +0000

It doesn't take lights and circuits to create an "illuminated" manscript. The tradition goes way back. Here's an interesting overview of that history, from the earliest printed books, to the latest...

The Validity of Experimenal Literature

Infinity's Kitchen — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 02:32:42 +0000

In 2002, there was a big debate over the validity of experimental literature. It was sparked by an article in the New Yorker, September 30 2002, where “Jonathan Franzen writes about the career...

Radical Small-Press Writing

Infinity's Kitchen — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:37:18 +0000

Eclipse is "a free on-line archive focusing on digital facsimiles of the most radical small-press writing from the last quarter century".

Dreaming Methods’ Digital Storytelling

Infinity's Kitchen — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:41:39 +0000

Dreaming Methods is a fusion of writing and atmospheric new media that explores digital storytelling, imaginary memories and dream-inspired states.

Vispo in The World

Infinity's Kitchen — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:45:12 +0000

Repugno Selects is a new blogzine for visual poetry / word art / text objects “” as they intervene in the world. Each issue, Repugno the editor, gives us an interesting collection of graffiti,...

The First Ever Flux-Olympiad at the Tate Modern

Infinity's Kitchen — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:52:05 +0000

Fluxus uses humour as well as Zen philosophy to blur the boundary between art and everyday life. During the Flux-Olympiad, participants crossed the line between sports and performance art, with a...

Visual Poetry in the Avant Writing Collection

Infinity's Kitchen — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:36:53 +0000

Recently, The Avant Writing Collection has published a catalog of visual poetry, Visual Poetry in the Avant Writing Collection. It includes many samples from the collection, along with critical...

Three Visual Poems

Infinity's Kitchen — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:18:34 +0000

Michael Basinski, visual poet, has three visual poems published in Anti-. Anti- is "interested in work that blurs boundaries: between verse and prose, traditional and cutting edge, narrative and...

Approaches to the New Poetics

Infinity's Kitchen — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 05:00:38 +0000

Ron Silliman is afraid of getting into trouble for saying it, but he done said it anyhow. He sees some interesting parallels between the new poetry today and the poetry that was new in the 1950's. He...

National Poetry Slam 2008

Infinity's Kitchen — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:24:06 +0000

Poets and spoken word performers from all over the United States are getting ready for the National Poetry Slam this August.

Spoken Word from the Bending Corners Podcast

Infinity's Kitchen — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:37:45 +0000

An exploration of poetry, scat, spoken word, cadence, and even rap and scat. Word to your mother!

Infinity’s Kitchen no. 2

Infinity's Kitchen — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:19:46 +0000

Right after cooking up that first batch of words and music, with the first issue and the release party, we've done it again! Infinity's Kitchen no. 2 is finally ready.

Concrete Poetry

Infinity's Kitchen — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:51:15 +0000

lesabres in unlesbares ubersetzen by Claus Bremer (1963). Translated from German. Concrete poetry is writing with physical aspects. Concrete poetry happens when the physical qualities of words take...

Issue 2 is Coming Soon

Infinity's Kitchen — Wed, 21 May 2008 03:47:36 +0000

Infinity’s Kitchen is boiling over with good stuff to read in the upcoming issue. That means that submissions are closed for the second issue, but we’re still accepting submissions for...

Release Party

Infinity's Kitchen — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 01:53:16 +0000

To celebrate the publication of the inaugural issue of Infinity's Kitchen, there was an opening held at the Metro Gallery on Feb. 22 at 7 p.m.