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DEFORMANCES - OBJECTS | OBJECTS

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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.

This page has paths:

  1. Introduction: Monique Tschofen

Contents of this path:

  1. A CARAFE, THAT IS A BLIND GLASS | GLASS BLIND A IS THAT, CARAFE A
  2. A CHAIR | CHAIR A (A widow in a wise veil)
  3. A CHAIR | CHAIR A (A suitable establishment)
  4. A CHAIR | CHAIR A (A sofa)
  5. A CHAIR | CHAIR A (Practice measurement)
  6. A METHOD OF A CLOAK | CLOAK A OF METHOD A
  7. A LONG DRESS | DRESS LONG A
  8. A NEW CUP AND SAUCER | SAUCER AND CUP NEW A
  9. EYEGLASSES
  10. ANY LITTLE THING IS WATER | WATER IS THING LITTLE ANY
  11. AN EYEGLASS | GLASSEYE AN

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