Semantic Disturbances 2005-2008

A. Andreas

a Series of Nonlineair Poetic Automata.
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Words used to generate the works:

«restoration», «community», «europe», «wound», «luguber», «wahrheit», «memento mori», «augury», «destruction», «signs», «tracks», «bridge», «industrial», «catastrophe», «destruction», «architecture», «radiator», «rural», «urban» and many more

Inner workings:

All words were fed into Google's search engine, the resulting quotes and references were stored in a database to be used as the source of the artworks.

Intentionally using simple, public accessible, carefully selected one-word searches and algorithmically combining the source input, the series generates a self-repeating flow of moving typographical ornamented textual elements (words), on (semi) static images.

Whether because of its sensory effects or because of its intrinsic hermetics, these works tend to manifest a 'new, hitherto hidden', meaning not contained in the, 'rather mundane', original Google results.


restoration 3'21" ::: view :::

bridge 4'32" ::: view :::

industrial 2'34'' ::: view :::

augury 3'21'' ::: view :::


architexture 1'21" ::: view :::

fluidal 3'32" ::: view :::

destruction 3'04'' ::: view :::

radiator 2'21'' ::: view :::

More of this work @ Nictoglobe magazine
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about

A. Andreas (Andreas G. A. Maria Jacobs - NL 1956) is an artist, writer and editor, studied physics and mathematics at the University of Amsterdam NL, sonology (electronic and computer music) at the State University Utrecht NL and holds a BSc. in software engineering (University of Applied Sciences - The Hague NL). Among his works are Ors Vibranter Wurld 2008, Creative Resistance - New Media as Soft Arms 2007, Semantic Disturbances 200X, Fiat Lux 2005 and Gerausche aus der Helle 1989. His pieces have appeared in Hyperhiz:New Media Cultures, Issue 5 2008, New River Journal (Fall, 2007) and Nictoglobe (Volume 14 Issue 3, 2005) as well as being performed at various Europian festivals and nightclubs. An agent for the Brahamian Intelligence Service }|{ Online. He has publiced essays in project.Arnolfini (UK 2008), seecult.org (Serbia 2007), MetaMute (UK 2007) among others. He is publisher/editor of Nictoglobe magazine, ISSN 1874-9534, online since 1986! An irregular contributor to Poetry Kessel-Lo Belgium and the Theory and Wryting mailinglist. A. Andreas is currently living in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Walkenried, Germany with Judith V. and their 3 children. More of their work can be found at Nictoglobe.