[spectre] Why Aren't We Reading Turing?

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Why Aren't We Reading Turing?

By robert jackson.

What if Turing's centenary was not just a way of recapitulating or 
celebrating the discoveries of his legacy, but a rare chance for 
unearthing some surprises within Turing's own constructions which reveal 
new ways of approaching the agency of computation? Robert Jackson 
reflects on how the humanities and the arts could reclaim the 
unpredictable elements of Turing's legacy which other fields seemingly 
ignore.

http://www.furtherfield.org/features/articles/why-arent-we-reading-turing

Robert Jackson, is currently studying an MPhil/PhD at the University of 
Plymouth, in the research group KURATOR/Arts and Social Technologies, 
Faculty of Arts and Media (formally Faculty of Technology). His thesis 
focuses on Algorithmic Artworks, Art Formalism and Speculative Realist 
Ontologies, looking at digital artworks which operate as configurable 
units rather than networked systems, and attain independent autonomy 
themselves which are capable of aesthetics, rather than any supposed 
primary function as communicative, rational tools.

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