Lessness:Randomness, Consciousness and Meaning
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Elizabeth Drew and Mads Haahr `Lessness:Randomness, Consciousness and Meaning? in proceedings of Consciousness Reframed 2002: 4th International CAiiA-STAR Research Conference, Perth, Australia, August, ed. Michael Punt, Curtin University of Technology, 2002Download Item:
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Abstract:
Lessness is a prose piece by Samuel Beckett in which he
used random permutation to order sentences. Like interactive
artworks, the piece is experienced as a process that depends upon the
participant?s attempts to comprehend and create meaning. Although
Lessness is linear prose, its orderly disorder sets up a non-linear
reading process in which contradictory perspectives are viewed
simultaneously. The piece comprises two of the approximately 8.3
x1081 possible orderings of Beckett?s 60 sentences. The authors have
developed a web site that generates versions of Lessness, exploring the
effects of the capabilities of computing in the creation and exploration
of art.
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Chaos, Randomness, Samuel Beckett, postmodern fiction, permutation, consciousnessThe following license files are associated with this item: