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Deforming Gertrude Stein: A scholarly book in progressMain MenuIntroduction:Deformance as a critical-creative research methodDEFORMANCES - OBJECTS | OBJECTSSupplement: What's Behind the Door? Large Language Models in Humanities Experimental MethodsWorks CitedAcknowledgementsMonique Tschofena6f08a24bf34f58cae1b84d81d2df391582b801f
The place was shown to be very like the last time. - Gertrude Stein, "A FRIGHTFUL RELEASE," Tender Buttons, 1913.
The deformances below each take prose from Stein's Tender Buttons and use them as prompts in off-the-shelf text-generating sound, image, and video LLMs.
Annotations linked at the end of each artwork interpret the deformance and the critical research questions that are opened up.