“DADA_ENGINE”
new media art piece, code artwork / 2016 ongoing
https://vimeo.com/fddoh/dada
The DADA_ENGINE is a Java-based search engine that I have developed. State-of-the-art search engines like Google and Yahoo etc. provide the user with the possibility to write the desired search term into an input field and within a fraction of a second the user has tens of thousands of search results available. These results are in turn listed according to ranking and economic relevance.
The DADA_Engine on the other hand, does not require an external Input but randomly generates an entry from within the program. The Engine endlessly displays the alphabet as a purely random string. At the same time, it scans the letter sequence to be output for certain words. In the case that the random output produces an Intelligible expression, the program delivers the found word by an electronically generated voice.