L. M. RAMSEY



Laura Margaret Ramsey (USA/Canada) is a Toronto-based imaging specialist working in the cultural heritage sector. With a focus on data, sound, video, and photography, her artistic practice is informed by archival structures, computational ecosystems, and the ethical considerations of human & non-human animals, plants and machines. 



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KARAWANE / 2019







The computer generated synthetic voice, modelled after my own; recites the famous 'Karawane' by Hugo Ball, the founder of Dada, author of the Dada Manifesto. At no point did I recite any of these words into the algorithm. The pronunciation, tempo, and rhythm are all up to the computer.

"It’s a question of connections,
and of loosening them up a bit to start with. I don’t want words that other people have invented. All the words are other people’s inventions. I want my own stuff, my own rhythm, and vowels and consonants too, matching the rhythm and all my own. If this pulsation is seven yards long, I want words for it that are seven yards long."
- Hugo Ball, 1916.