Example books created with programming¶
Gregor Weichbrodt – Grundgesets (2015)¶
In „Gruntgesets“ wurde der Verfassungstext für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland neu geschrieben. Grundlage für die Bearbeitung war ein Schriftbild, das sich in Sozialen Netzwerken und Kommentarspalten im Internet wiederfinden lässt: aus dem Affekt niedergeschriebene, hasserfüllte Texte in Großbuchstaben, missglückter Rechtschreibung und überdeutlicher Interpunktion. Erstellt mit Hilfe eines Python-Scripts und einer langen Liste von Schreibfehlern.
Philipp Schmitt: Computed Curation (2016-17/18)¶
Computed Curation is a photobook created by a computer. Taking the human editor out of the loop, it uses machine learning and computer vision tools to curate a series of photos from an archive of pictures.
Considering both image content and composition — but through the sober eyes of neural networks, vectors and pixels — the algorithms uncover unexpected connections and interpretations that a human editor might have missed.
Machine learning based image recognition tools are already adept at recognizing training images (umbrella, dog on a beach, car), but quickly expose their flaws and biases when challenged with more complex input.
In Computed Curation, these flaws surface in often bizarre and sometimes poetic captions, tags and connections. Moreover, by urging the viewer to constantly speculate on the logic behind its arrangement, the book teaches how to see the world through the eyes of an algorithm.
