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Neil Hennessey’s JABBER produces random streams of letters that form clusters based on the likelihood of their creating sounds in English. These sounds merge into words, and an evolving poem of nonsense–much like the experiments of Lewis Carroll that inspired the project and the works of the early twentieth century absurdists and dadaists.
Hennessey explains the project in terms more scientific than literary, noting that “JABBER realises a linguistic chemistry with letters as atoms and words as molecules.” JABBER offers an interesting and playful way of exploring both the evolution of language and emergent complexity.
. Historian Shae Davidson's research interests include public policy and the relationship between culture and civil society. His publications range from articles on industrial history to absurdist poetry.
Neil Hennessey’s JABBER produces random streams of letters that form clusters based on the likelihood of their creating sounds in English. These sounds merge into words, and an evolving poem of nonsense–much like the experiments of Lewis Carroll that inspired the project and the works of the early twentieth century absurdists and dadaists.