Uncreative Writing

Two weeks ago as a class we were introduced to an idea of transcribing various video clips that were chosen by each tribe member in the class. This was inspired by Kenneth Goldsmith, who made various methods to show the concept of authorship. Most of the pieces we looked at were self generated poems which included a variety of works put in a code and then controlled by AI to construct it as their own poem. Which then brings up the question, is literature becoming digitally modern as we move on through time? We are further reflecting on a future where the definition of a Arthur might be changed. Referring back to the article from Goldsmith, the art of transcribing was shown as he made his students watch project runway and then turn what was typed into a poem. This was shown to

Then came time for our tribe to transcribe various videos that were chosen by our tribe and other tribes in the class. In order to record each line of transcription, all tribe members were invited in a google chat. Here is a screenshot of what we were doing when the videos were playing. As you can see each tribe member were typing whatever they were hearing. No matter the typos or repetitiveness, it's all a part of the art form. As most can see, a lot of funny things were recorded and each tribe member enjoyed this activity.

The ending result was the product of what was transcribed. We put it in a google doc and editing various lines to construct a poem. Overall, actually working as if we were text generators, gave us a new point of view. Although it seems impossible, a poem can be made from a AI text generator but for now it can be highly difficult to make it look believable.