L. M. RAMSEY



Laura Margaret Ramsey (Canada/USA) is an NYC based imaging specialist and artist working with 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. 

She is currently the Manager of Conservation Documentation at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Adjunct Lecturer in New York University’s Moving Image Archiving and Preservation MA program



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.