Why string theory and not string transformations? Just curious. One thing comes to mind - if you page fast down, you get motion - there are people who have made ascii films that way - and I think even Guy Debord's situationist film was treated that way - Alan
On Fri, 10 Jul 2009, james morris wrote: > > ...desrever neeb sah gnirts sihT > > We coul\ \d, for \ \instanc\ \e say t\ \hat Imp\ > \ression\ \ism emp\ \loys a \ \visual \ > \languag\ > \e based\ \ not on\ \ a flow\ \ing gra\ \dation > \ > \of colo\ \r but a\ \ more s\ \egmente\ \d, > grad\ > \ual bui\ \lding o\ \f color\ \. I don\ \'t > know\ > \ if eve\ \ryone w\ \ould ag\ \ree tha\ \t > this \ > \is corr\ \ect but\ \ that's\ \ beside\ \ > the po > \ \int. Th\ \e thing\ \ is tha\ \t a lot\ \ > of pe > o\ \ple wer\ \e so ha\ \ppy wit\ \h the n\ > \eo-cl > as\ \sical "\ \flow" o\ \f color\ \s (impe\ > \ccab > ly \ \blended\ \ gradie\ \nts, et\ \c.) tha\ > \t t > hey \ \couldn'\ \t under\ \stand w\ \hy some\ > \on > e wou\ \ld want\ \ to bre\ \ak that\ \ up int\ > \o > somet\ \hing sp\ \lotchy \ \and pat\ \chy. To\ > \ > the cr\ \itics i\ \t just \ \didn't \ \make se\ > \nse to \ \attempt\ \ a text\ \ural re\ > \present\ > \ation o\ \f somet\ \hing ba\ \sed on \ \a > textu\ > \re that\ \ just w\ \asn't t\ \here. T\ \his > was\ > \ a visu\ \al lang\ \uage us\ \ed by t\ \he > impr\ > \essioni\ \sts. Th\ \en we g\ \et the \ > \same so\ > \rt of t\ \hing wi\ \th Duch\ \amp whe\ \re > no o > \ \ne unde\ \rstands\ \ the co\ \nceptua\ > \l lang > u\ \age of \ \his sug\ \gestion\ \ that a\ > \n ups > id\ \e down \ \urinal \ \can be \ \a work \ > \of a > rt \ \worthy \ \of a sp\ \ot in a\ \ museum\ > \ si > mply\ \ becaus\ \e the a\ \rtist h\ \as sign\ > \ed > it. \ \Kandins\ \ky didn\ \'t even\ \ expect\ > \ > people\ \ to und\ \erstand\ \ his vi\ \sual la\ > \ > nguage \ \so he w\ \rote "d\ \ictiona\ \ries" > o\ > \f sorts\ \ to exp\ \lain it\ \. I say\ \ that > a\ > \rt is a\ \lways e\ \litist \ \because\ \ the > ac\ > \t of cr\ \eating \ \somethi\ \ng as a\ \rt > sugg\ > \ests th\ \at it t\ \he arti\ \st's "v\ > \ersion"\ > \ has so\ \me tran\ \scenden\ \tal qua\ > \lity to\ > \ it. Ev\ \en in t\ \he case\ \ of Tho\ > \mas Kin > \ \caid. T\ \he fact\ \ that h\ \e creat\ > \es pai > n\ \ting su\ \ggests \ \that he\ \, at le\ > \ast, > fe\ \els tha\ \t the r\ \esult o\ \f his b\ > \rush > wor\ \k someh\ \ow tran\ \scends \ \the act\ > \ual > obj\ \ects he\ \'s pain\ \ting. I\ \n the b\ > \ro > adest\ \ sense \ \of the \ \word, t\ \hat has\ > \ > to cou\ \nt as a\ \ type o\ \f eliti\ \sm. > > ##########(1)(3)###############(2)####(1)(3)###############(2)## > ##(1)(3)###############(2)####(1)(3)###############(2)####(1)(3) > ###############(2)####(1)(3)###############(2)####(1)(3)######## > #######(2)####(1)(3)###############(2)####(1)(3)###############( > 2)####(1)(3)###############(2)####(1)(3)###############(2)####(1 > )(3)###############(2)####(1)(3)###############(2)####(1)(3)#### > ###########(2)####(1)(3)###############(2)####(1)(3)############ > ###(2)####(1)(3)###############(2)####(1)(3)###############(2)## > ##(1)(3)###############(2)####(1)(3)###############(2)####(1)(3) > ###############(2)####(1)(3)###############(2)####(1)(3)######## > #######(2)####(1)(3)###############(2)####(1)(3)###############( > 2)####(1)(3)###############(2)####(1)(3)###############(2)####(1 > )(3)###############(2)####(1)(3)###############(2)####(1)(3)#### > ###########(2)####(1)(3)###############(2)####(1)(3)############ > ###(2)####(1)(3)###############(2)####(1)(3)###############(2)## > ##(1)(3)###############(2)####(1)(3)###############(2)####(1)(3) > ###############(2)####(1)(3)###############(2)####(1)(3)######## > #######(2)####(1)(3)###############(2)####(1)(3)###############( > 2)####(1)(3)###############(2)####(1)(3)###############(2)####(1 > )(3)###############(2)####(1)(3)###############(2)#### > > this string will be repeated once:this string will be repeated once: > > th#s #trin# #as#b##n r#n#omly #ar### #ith # h##h ##arac###. > t#i# str#n# #a##b#en rand##l# #ark#d w#th a##a#h cha###te## > th#s#string#h#s #e###randomly#m#rked #it# # hash ch##acter. > th## stri## #as#b#en##and#mly#marked wi#h a##### cha###t#r# > thi# st#in# has #een#rando##y #ar#ed with # ha#h#c#####t#r. > > Thi*s string* ha*s be*en r*and*omly* sp*lit int*o s*ubstr*ing*s > betwe*en 3 *and 8* cha*racte*rs long* and *glued *back to*gether > * (then h*ard w*rapped t*o 64 *chars w*idth)..*. > This str*ing* has be*en rando*mly spl*it into* substr*ings b*etw > een 3* and 8 *char*acters* long an*d gl*ued* back to*gethe*r (th > en *hard* wr*apped to* 64 cha*rs wid*th)... > This s*tring *has* been *rand*omly spl*it into *substrin*gs bet* > ween 3 *and 8* ch*ara*cte*rs lon*g and *glued *back to*geth*er ( > t*hen* har*d wr*app*ed *to 6*4 c*har*s width)*... > > 'this string will be rotated left by one character each time...' > 'his string will be rotated left by one character each time...t' > 'is string will be rotated left by one character each time...th' > 's string will be rotated left by one character each time...thi' > ' string will be rotated left by one character each time...this' > 'string will be rotated left by one character each time...this ' > 'tring will be rotated left by one character each time...this s' > 'ring will be rotated left by one character each time...this st' > 'ing will be rotated left by one character each time...this str' > 'ng will be rotated left by one character each time...this stri' > 'g will be rotated left by one character each time...this strin' > ' will be rotated left by one character each time...this string' > 'will be rotated left by one character each time...this string ' > 'ill be rotated left by one character each time...this string w' > 'll be rotated left by one character each time...this string wi' > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > | Alan Sondheim Mail archive: http://sondheim.rupamsunyata.org/ | Webpage (directory) at http://www.alansondheim.org | [email protected], [email protected], tel US 718-813-3285 ! http://www.facebook.com/alan.sondheim _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
