[NetBehaviour] Reverse Contradictionary Workshop: Language, AI and Creative Resistance (King's College London Monday 29 June 4-6pm)
Helen Varley Jamieson
helen at creative-catalyst.com
Wed Jun 10 11:32:00 CEST 2026
the ghost of rosalind is never far away -
https://web.archive.org/web/20140704204519/http://furtherfield.org/get-involved/lexicon/
On 28.05.26 14:58, Michael Szpakowski via NetBehaviour wrote:
>
> great! puts me in mind of Furtherfield's participatory 'Rosalind'
> project from, almost unbelievably, 2004...
> The link seems dead but I'm pasting below an extract of a mail from
> 2005 which gives a flavour. It's pleasing to see the combination of
> appreciation & scepticism ( different of course from the *unrelenting
> hostility & opposition* which is the proper response to 'AI') towards
> all things digital evinced within a ground breaking new media
> site/organisation even then. How far sighted!
>
> **************++
>
>
> (3) Rosalind. Furtherfield Project.
> - Upstart Media Art lexicon.
> =================================================
>
> Rosalind.
> http://www.furtherfield.org/rosalind/
> An upstart new media art lexicon. Feed Rosalind with your own words and
> definitions to express and declare what you are, what you do and the
> worlds you create, on your own terms. Influence and mutate her, help her
> to maturity.
>
> Your words may :
>
> - describe something very particular to your life/experience/work.
> - be invented in a moment of desperation.
> - arise in conversation with others.
> - already be in circulation.
>
> Examples:
>
> mail listlessness - Anxiety and ennui due to overwhelming list mail in
> inbox as a consequence of phobic sense of missing something which is not
> there. Added by Patrick Lichty.
>
> Glass Roots - An unacknowledged discriminatory barrier that prevents
> those minorities privileged by class or financial resources from
> accessing the source of distributed power or responsibility, as exists
> within a local community. Added by ruth catlow.
>
> telememetics - Study of how memes transmit over networks, what effect
> the existence and use of networks has on the spread and uptake of
> memetic infection I invented the word, it is itself a meme. Reference :
> http://www.telememetics.com - Added by ivan007.
>
> netropy - propriety that implies that through time, the Internet is
> forced to always become more and more chaotic. Added by Clemos.
>
> catechstrophy - a disastrous technology problem or breakdown,
> particularly used in the context of live art, performance or
> installation which involves computers. added by Neil Jenkins.
>
> parasitic media - "The parasite is the mystical computer glitch. The
> parasite is the bandwidth thief. The parasite is the invisible usurper.
> The shift that takes place in the host, if any, is one so gradual the
> parasite will be able to feed and thrive without detection. The
> invisibility of the parasite is only through the eyes of its host
> organism." Reference : http://www.carbondefense.org/writing_7.html -
> Added by
> Ryan griffis Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone
> <https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=nativeplacement&c=Global_Acquisition_YMktg_315_Internal_EmailSignature&af_sub1=Acquisition&af_sub2=Global_YMktg&af_sub3=&af_sub4=100000604&af_sub5=EmailSignature__Static_&af_ios_store_cpp=9d3a686e-218d-4849-8298-b480188dc8ac&af_android_url=https%3A%2F%2Fplay.google.com%2Fstore%2Fapps%2Fdetails%3Fid%3Dcom.yahoo.mobile.client.android.mail%26listing%3Demail_signature>
>
> On Thursday, May 28, 2026, 1:16 pm, Paolo Ruffino via NetBehaviour
> <netbehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org> wrote:
>
> Dear list members,
>
> Please join us for the *Reverse Contradictionary workshop* on
> 29^th June, 4-6pm. Together, we will challenge the predatory logic
> of AI and experiment with word-making as a creative practice of
> resistance.
>
> The /Reverse Contradictionary
> <https://reverse-contradictionary.net/>/ is a "Dictionary of New
> Wor(l)ds" created by net.artist Vuk Ćosić, the collective IOCOSE,
> and academic and artist Vladan Joler. The book
> <https://www.krisispublishing.com/prodotto/reverse-contradictionary/> presents
> confrontational neologisms designed to challenge and overturn the
> predatory, algorithmic logic of statistical language.
>
> We'll start by introducing the project, its approach, and some of
> its most provocative entries, brought to life through
> illustrations by Vladan Joler.
>
> In the second half of the session, participants will be divided
> into small groups and invited to invent new words: neologisms that
> push back against the computational mediocrity of Large Language
> Models. Through rapid brainstorming and collective making, your
> contributions could find their way into a future edition of the
> book (with full credit given!).
>
> This event brings together academics, artists, postgraduate
> students, and practitioners from arts and culture institutions for
> an afternoon of creative exchange, critical debate, and playful
> resistance. No prior expertise in linguistics, technology, or the
> arts is required.
>
> /A drinks reception will follow. /
>
> //
>
> This event is hosted and organised by members of KCL's Centre for
> Digital Culture <https://www.kcl.ac.uk/research/cdc> Paolo Ruffino
> (who is also a member of the collective IOCOSE), Joanna Zylinska,
> and David Young.
>
> *Book your (free) ticket here*:
> https://www.tickettailor.com/events/kingscollegelondoncentrefordigitalculture/2230477
>
> *Date: *Monday 29^th June, 4-6pm*
> Address*: King's College London, Bush House Northeast Wing, room
> BH (NE)1.03
>
> *Contact email*: contact at iocose.org
>
> Best wishes,
>
> --
> Paolo - IOCOSE <https://iocose.org/works/>
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