Nick Montfort
@docmofo.bsky.social
Computational & experimental poet, teacher, curator, editor, researcher. Faculty at MIT & UiB. Lab/studio: The Trope Tank. Micropress: Bad Quarto
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Nick Montfort
@docmofo.bsky.social
· Dec 2
Output
An anthology of seven decades of English-language outputs from computer generation systems, chronicling the vast history of machine-written texts created lon...
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OUTPUT: An Anthology of Computer-Generated Text, 1953–2023 (co-edited w/ Lillian-Yvonne Bertram) is out from @mitpress.bsky.social & Counterpath!
mitpress.mit.edu/978026254981...
It’s been awesome to encounter texts & many author/programmers over the years. Glad to share this joy via this book!
mitpress.mit.edu/978026254981...
It’s been awesome to encounter texts & many author/programmers over the years. Glad to share this joy via this book!
Daniel Temkin’s book Forty-Four Esolangs, coming from the MIT Press on Sep 23 in the Hardcopy series, is reviewed & @dtemkin.bsky.social himself is interviewed in IEEE Spectrum
spectrum.ieee.org/esoteric-pro...
spectrum.ieee.org/esoteric-pro...
Can You Code With Pictures? Esoteric Languages Challenge How We Code
Esoteric languages spark creativity by challenging conventional coding. Daniel Temkin is writing codes to confront the lack of creativity in AI code.
spectrum.ieee.org
September 15, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Daniel Temkin’s book Forty-Four Esolangs, coming from the MIT Press on Sep 23 in the Hardcopy series, is reviewed & @dtemkin.bsky.social himself is interviewed in IEEE Spectrum
spectrum.ieee.org/esoteric-pro...
spectrum.ieee.org/esoteric-pro...
A teaser trailer for START ME UP, a short film by Albert Figurt & Nick Montfort (that’s me), is now online
nickm.com/collab/figur...
nickm.com/collab/figur...
Start Me Up
nickm.com
August 30, 2025 at 2:05 PM
A teaser trailer for START ME UP, a short film by Albert Figurt & Nick Montfort (that’s me), is now online
nickm.com/collab/figur...
nickm.com/collab/figur...
Awesome time at WordHack in #NYC last night, where we premiered our film START ME UP to a sold-out Wonderville!
Thanks (and CONGRATULATIONS!) to Todd Anderson, founder & host of WordHack, and thanks to director Albert Figurt and star Henry Jenkins for joining us via video for a Q&A
Thanks (and CONGRATULATIONS!) to Todd Anderson, founder & host of WordHack, and thanks to director Albert Figurt and star Henry Jenkins for joining us via video for a Q&A
August 22, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Awesome time at WordHack in #NYC last night, where we premiered our film START ME UP to a sold-out Wonderville!
Thanks (and CONGRATULATIONS!) to Todd Anderson, founder & host of WordHack, and thanks to director Albert Figurt and star Henry Jenkins for joining us via video for a Q&A
Thanks (and CONGRATULATIONS!) to Todd Anderson, founder & host of WordHack, and thanks to director Albert Figurt and star Henry Jenkins for joining us via video for a Q&A
Reposted by Nick Montfort
happy to be in this wonderful anthology of coded poetry edited by @docmofo.bsky.social
August 12, 2025 at 1:37 PM
happy to be in this wonderful anthology of coded poetry edited by @docmofo.bsky.social
My & Albert Figurt’s short film START ME UP will have its world premiere on August 21, 2025 at 7pm at WordHack, Wonderville, in the Brooklyn part of #NYC
nickm.com/collab/figur...
nickm.com/collab/figur...
Start Me Up
nickm.com
August 9, 2025 at 12:28 AM
My & Albert Figurt’s short film START ME UP will have its world premiere on August 21, 2025 at 7pm at WordHack, Wonderville, in the Brooklyn part of #NYC
nickm.com/collab/figur...
nickm.com/collab/figur...
w () { s=($1); echo -n ${s[$RANDOM%5]}; }
s () { echo -n "$1 "; }
w "old still dim calm wide"; s; w "pond tree log cave fen"; echo; \
s "frog"; w "jumps swims looks drops flicks"; s; w "in out past up off"; \
echo; w "splish drip glint hum sob"; echo;
s () { echo -n "$1 "; }
w "old still dim calm wide"; s; w "pond tree log cave fen"; echo; \
s "frog"; w "jumps swims looks drops flicks"; s; w "in out past up off"; \
echo; w "splish drip glint hum sob"; echo;
August 4, 2025 at 7:50 PM
w () { s=($1); echo -n ${s[$RANDOM%5]}; }
s () { echo -n "$1 "; }
w "old still dim calm wide"; s; w "pond tree log cave fen"; echo; \
s "frog"; w "jumps swims looks drops flicks"; s; w "in out past up off"; \
echo; w "splish drip glint hum sob"; echo;
s () { echo -n "$1 "; }
w "old still dim calm wide"; s; w "pond tree log cave fen"; echo; \
s "frog"; w "jumps swims looks drops flicks"; s; w "in out past up off"; \
echo; w "splish drip glint hum sob"; echo;
John Cayley stages his The code is saying[.js] for the Web
programmatology.com/apps/saying/
Originally presented in print in RUN RUN RUN
badquar.to/publications...
programmatology.com/apps/saying/
Originally presented in print in RUN RUN RUN
badquar.to/publications...
August 2, 2025 at 9:35 PM
John Cayley stages his The code is saying[.js] for the Web
programmatology.com/apps/saying/
Originally presented in print in RUN RUN RUN
badquar.to/publications...
programmatology.com/apps/saying/
Originally presented in print in RUN RUN RUN
badquar.to/publications...
Bad Quarto is pleased to present a new artistic & poetic booklet with short programs and their output
badquar.to/publications...
badquar.to/publications...
Run Run Run
A zine with short text-generating computer programs and their outputs.
badquar.to
July 27, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Bad Quarto is pleased to present a new artistic & poetic booklet with short programs and their output
badquar.to/publications...
badquar.to/publications...
At the #NYC Swiss Institute last Saturday, a great performance by @l-a-n-g-u-a-g-e.bsky.social & davidebalula.com documented a bit although not captured in this nice article in Jacket2 — with some product placement for the OUTPUT anthology!
jacket2.org/commentary/A...
jacket2.org/commentary/A...
Poetry Has No Future Unless It Comes to an End: Intelligent Artifice and the Poetics of Artificial Intelligence | Jacket2
jacket2.org
July 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM
At the #NYC Swiss Institute last Saturday, a great performance by @l-a-n-g-u-a-g-e.bsky.social & davidebalula.com documented a bit although not captured in this nice article in Jacket2 — with some product placement for the OUTPUT anthology!
jacket2.org/commentary/A...
jacket2.org/commentary/A...
A new OA article, this one in Global Hip Hop Studies. I discuss hip hop visions of the future, with a strong focus on two albums from 2000 & their lyrical content
www.doi.org/10.1386/ghhs...
www.doi.org/10.1386/ghhs...
Rap beyond the Afterfuture | Intellect
A comparison of two visions of the future from the year 2000: Deltron 3030 by the trio of the same name and Welcome to the Afterfuture by Mike Ladd. Many aspects of these albums are considered, includ...
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July 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
A new OA article, this one in Global Hip Hop Studies. I discuss hip hop visions of the future, with a strong focus on two albums from 2000 & their lyrical content
www.doi.org/10.1386/ghhs...
www.doi.org/10.1386/ghhs...
Just finished an @elo2025.bsky.social workshop using codeberg.org/nickmontfort... — a *very* short program to not only explain some about Markov chain generation, but also to allow people to use different documents for generation, try different parameters, and make modifications to the code.
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Generate a text by using a Markov process on a specified file
codeberg.org
July 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Just finished an @elo2025.bsky.social workshop using codeberg.org/nickmontfort... — a *very* short program to not only explain some about Markov chain generation, but also to allow people to use different documents for generation, try different parameters, and make modifications to the code.
Reposted by Nick Montfort
I’m reading on July 10, 7:30pm at TYPE Books 883 Queen St W #Toronto with a wonderful group! We’re celebrating the publication of Kyle Booten’s GYMS, I’ll read from my new ALL THE WAY FOR THE WIN w/ @lillianyvonne.bsky.social & Ivetta Sunyoung Kang
July 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I’m reading on July 10, 7:30pm at TYPE Books 883 Queen St W #Toronto with a wonderful group! We’re celebrating the publication of Kyle Booten’s GYMS, I’ll read from my new ALL THE WAY FOR THE WIN w/ @lillianyvonne.bsky.social & Ivetta Sunyoung Kang
Reposted by Nick Montfort
From an anthology of computer-generated text to a model for the equitably resilient city, MIT News's 2025 Summer Reading List includes 12 Press books from MIT authors: news.mit.edu/2025/summer-...
Summer 2025 reading from MIT
A summer reading list features books by MIT faculty and staff that were published from July 2024 to June 2025.
news.mit.edu
July 4, 2025 at 7:28 PM
From an anthology of computer-generated text to a model for the equitably resilient city, MIT News's 2025 Summer Reading List includes 12 Press books from MIT authors: news.mit.edu/2025/summer-...
I’m reading on July 10, 7:30pm at TYPE Books 883 Queen St W #Toronto with a wonderful group! We’re celebrating the publication of Kyle Booten’s GYMS, I’ll read from my new ALL THE WAY FOR THE WIN w/ @lillianyvonne.bsky.social & Ivetta Sunyoung Kang
July 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I’m reading on July 10, 7:30pm at TYPE Books 883 Queen St W #Toronto with a wonderful group! We’re celebrating the publication of Kyle Booten’s GYMS, I’ll read from my new ALL THE WAY FOR THE WIN w/ @lillianyvonne.bsky.social & Ivetta Sunyoung Kang
Reposted by Nick Montfort
"Sonnets"-- Issue 14 of Taper is OUT.Read it, get inspired, submit to #15 here: taper.badquar.to/14 #DigitalPoetry #ElectronicLiterature #CreativeCoding #LitJournal #OnlineLitMag #CodeArt #InteractivePoetry
@wolfchirp.bsky.social @geryon.bsky.social @leoflores.bsky.social @docmofo.bsky.social
@wolfchirp.bsky.social @geryon.bsky.social @leoflores.bsky.social @docmofo.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 10:48 AM
"Sonnets"-- Issue 14 of Taper is OUT.Read it, get inspired, submit to #15 here: taper.badquar.to/14 #DigitalPoetry #ElectronicLiterature #CreativeCoding #LitJournal #OnlineLitMag #CodeArt #InteractivePoetry
@wolfchirp.bsky.social @geryon.bsky.social @leoflores.bsky.social @docmofo.bsky.social
@wolfchirp.bsky.social @geryon.bsky.social @leoflores.bsky.social @docmofo.bsky.social
June 26, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Taper #14 : Sonnets is now out! This issue has 28 diverse works of computational poetry (broadly imagined), and, as always, they are all free software for you to study, share, and modify. Many thanks to the authors & editors
taper.badquar.to/14/
taper.badquar.to/14/
Taper #14
taper.badquar.to
June 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Taper #14 : Sonnets is now out! This issue has 28 diverse works of computational poetry (broadly imagined), and, as always, they are all free software for you to study, share, and modify. Many thanks to the authors & editors
taper.badquar.to/14/
taper.badquar.to/14/
An MIT publication with some coverage of my general concerns & recent work
betterworld.mit.edu/spectrum/iss...
betterworld.mit.edu/spectrum/iss...
The Art of Computer Programming
MIT professor Nick Montfort SM ’98 brings poetry and computer programming together with artistic results
betterworld.mit.edu
May 30, 2025 at 1:03 PM
An MIT publication with some coverage of my general concerns & recent work
betterworld.mit.edu/spectrum/iss...
betterworld.mit.edu/spectrum/iss...
Reposted by Nick Montfort
PhD fellowship advertised here at the Center for Digital Narrative to research Computational Narrative Systems with @docmofo.bsky.social - applications due August 15! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
PhD Research Fellowship in Digital Culture with the Center for Digital Narrative (280653) | University of Bergen
Job title: PhD Research Fellowship in Digital Culture with the Center for Digital Narrative (280653), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Friday, August 15, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
May 28, 2025 at 1:42 PM
PhD fellowship advertised here at the Center for Digital Narrative to research Computational Narrative Systems with @docmofo.bsky.social - applications due August 15! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
In less than two days, Allison Parrish’s book TWO OF PENTACLES, published by Nothing to Say, will be launched! I’m delighted that I’ll be reading at the event #NYC
www.eventbrite.com/e/two-of-pen...
www.eventbrite.com/e/two-of-pen...
Two of Pentacles Release Party
We are excited to invite you to a special evening celebrating the release of Two of Pentacles by Allison Parish!
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April 25, 2025 at 1:56 AM
In less than two days, Allison Parrish’s book TWO OF PENTACLES, published by Nothing to Say, will be launched! I’m delighted that I’ll be reading at the event #NYC
www.eventbrite.com/e/two-of-pen...
www.eventbrite.com/e/two-of-pen...
A collection of computer-generated poems from the turn of the century — coming in August in the MIT Press series Hardcopy, which I edit with @maryflanagan.bsky.social
mitpress.mit.edu/978026255286...
mitpress.mit.edu/978026255286...
The Complete Stein Poems
The Stein poems of Jackson Mac Low (1922–2004) were written between 1998 and 2003. Comprising more than 500 pages of text, this edited series of 161 po...
mitpress.mit.edu
April 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
A collection of computer-generated poems from the turn of the century — coming in August in the MIT Press series Hardcopy, which I edit with @maryflanagan.bsky.social
mitpress.mit.edu/978026255286...
mitpress.mit.edu/978026255286...
Reposted by Nick Montfort
OUTPUT at the Illinois State University AI & the Humanities Symposium! @docmofo.bsky.social
April 17, 2025 at 10:16 PM
OUTPUT at the Illinois State University AI & the Humanities Symposium! @docmofo.bsky.social
You can't be gangsta without angst
April 5, 2025 at 9:08 PM
You can't be gangsta without angst
My & Patsy Baudoin’s French/English text-generating installation will be part of the show at Jeu de Paume in Paris, April 11 – September 21. The public opening is April 10!
jeudepaume.org/evenement/ex...
jeudepaume.org/evenement/ex...
Exposition : Le monde selon l'IA - Jeu de Paume
Les IA génératives en art, photographie, cinéma, littérature et musique suscitent étonnement, frayeur, enthousiasme ou scepticisme.
jeudepaume.org
April 3, 2025 at 1:05 AM
My & Patsy Baudoin’s French/English text-generating installation will be part of the show at Jeu de Paume in Paris, April 11 – September 21. The public opening is April 10!
jeudepaume.org/evenement/ex...
jeudepaume.org/evenement/ex...
No foolin', @lillianyvonne.bsky.social & I are doing a *free* and *public* event about our anthology OUTPUT in #Baltimore this Saturday at 11:30am —
CityLit Festival
Lord Baltimore Hotel
Hanover Suite A, Mezzanine
www.citylitproject.org/event/the-li...
CityLit Festival
Lord Baltimore Hotel
Hanover Suite A, Mezzanine
www.citylitproject.org/event/the-li...
CityLit Festival presents The Literary Life of AI: Output Through the Years – CityLit Project
www.citylitproject.org
April 1, 2025 at 5:36 PM
No foolin', @lillianyvonne.bsky.social & I are doing a *free* and *public* event about our anthology OUTPUT in #Baltimore this Saturday at 11:30am —
CityLit Festival
Lord Baltimore Hotel
Hanover Suite A, Mezzanine
www.citylitproject.org/event/the-li...
CityLit Festival
Lord Baltimore Hotel
Hanover Suite A, Mezzanine
www.citylitproject.org/event/the-li...