[NetBehaviour] Reverse Contradictionary Workshop: Language, AI and Creative Resistance (King's College London Monday 29 June 4-6pm)

Sat Jun 13 15:36:55 CEST 2026

You're not wrong there. 🤣

Wishing you well.

Marc

==================================

Feral Class, by Marc Garrett.
Available at Minor Compositions.
https://www.minorcompositions.info/

Currently editing '30 years of Furtherfield: Art. Technology and Eco-Social Change.
Eds, Marc Garrett, Regine DeBatty and Martin Zeilinger. 2026.

Frankenstein Reanimated: Creation & Technology in the 21st Century.
Marc Garrett & Yiannis Colakides, 2022.https://torquetorque.net/publications/frankenstein-reanimated/

Dr Marc Garrett.
Furtherfield - https://www.furtherfield.org/
Furtherfield Legacy - https://diwologue.co.uk/Feral Class - https://marcgarrett.org/

Sent from [Proton Mail](https://proton.me/mail/home) for Android.

-------- Original Message --------
On Friday, 06/12/26 at 14:52 Helen Varley Jamieson <helen at creative-catalyst.com> wrote:

> not just a long time, never ending! 😂
>
> On 10.06.26 11:58, marc.garrett wrote:
>
>> Hi Helen,
>>
>> Thanks for sharing that link.
>>
>> I'm still going through the ardous process of updating Furtherfield web pages, which takes a long time.
>>
>> Wishing you well.
>>
>> Marc
>>
>> ==================================
>>
>> Feral Class, by Marc Garrett.
>> Available at Minor Compositions.
>> https://www.minorcompositions.info/
>>
>> Currently editing '30 years of Furtherfield: Art. Technology and Eco-Social Change.
>> Eds, Marc Garrett, Regine DeBatty and Martin Zeilinger. 2026.
>>
>> Frankenstein Reanimated: Creation & Technology in the 21st Century.
>> Marc Garrett & Yiannis Colakides, 2022. https://torquetorque.net/publications/frankenstein-reanimated/
>>
>> Dr Marc Garrett.
>> Furtherfield - https://www.furtherfield.org/
>> Furtherfield Legacy - https://diwologue.co.uk/ Feral Class - https://marcgarrett.org/
>>
>> Sent with [Proton Mail](https://proton.me/mail/home) secure email.
>>
>> On Wednesday, 10 June 2026 at 10:32, Helen Varley Jamieson via NetBehaviour [<netbehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org>](mailto:netbehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org) wrote:
>>
>>> 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](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>](mailto:netbehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org) wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Dear list members,
>>>>>
>>>>> Please join us for the Reverse Contradictionary workshop on 29th 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 29th 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/)
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> NetBehaviour mailing list
>>>>> NetBehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org
>>>>> https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> NetBehaviour mailing list
>>>> NetBehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org
>>>>
>>>> https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> helen varley jamieson
>>>
>>> helen at creative-catalyst.com
>>> http://www.creative-catalyst.com
>>> http://www.upstage.org.nz
>>> [https://mobilise-demobilise.eu](https://mobilise-demobilise.eu/)
>
> --
>
> helen varley jamieson
>
> helen at creative-catalyst.com
> http://www.creative-catalyst.com
> http://www.upstage.org.nz
> [https://mobilise-demobilise.eu](https://mobilise-demobilise.eu/)
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.netbehaviour.org/pipermail/netbehaviour/attachments/20260613/381d181c/attachment.htm>