REVUE FAIRE 47 & 48: MECHANICAL TRANSLATIONS by Revue Faire
| Title | Revue Faire 47 & 48: Mechanical Translations |
| Author(s)/Editor(s) | Camille Pageard, Simon Renaud |
| Publisher | Editions Empire |
| Pages | 68 |
| Dimensions |
210 x 300 mm |
| Format | Softcover |
| Year | 2024 |
Special double issue:
n°47 — Machines, Accents, and Affects. Author: Camille Pageard
Built at the very end of the 19th century to study the physiology of the voice, Dr. Marage’s vowel machine sheds new light on the origins of sound measurement and the extensive field of writing the voice. Throughout the 20th century, the machine’s appearances in print were driven by a constant scientific curiosity for the mechanical reproduction of the voice along with an upheaval in affective relationships with machines. Coupled with the history of graphic inscription of the voice, it reveals a unique history of our attraction and repulsion to technical objects. Through its visual representations and mechanical and technological transfer, an “order of language” also emerges—a politics of language that continues to be exercised in contemporary forms of subjugation.
n°48 — Electric Letters. Author: Simon Renaud
To understand what digital computing does to writing, it is interesting to examine its origins: the treatment of binary code. This transformation of writing by machine and its emergence finds its roots in telegraphs and the advent of electricity in the 19th century. Mastery of this physical phenomenon converts our alphabet into new symbols drawn from electrical signals.
Our writings, initially addressed and interpreted by humans, are completed by a code that can be manipulated by the machine. Both of these worlds are intertwined so that a common code can exist. Each one uses the symbol that corresponds to it: the signal for machines and the sign for humans. This new code operates in the material dimension of the signals and is based on the presence or absence of an electrical current. This minimal activity establishes its form and, paradoxically, allows it to become completely detached from said form.
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Title
Revue Faire 47 & 48: Mechanical Translations
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Publisher
Revue Faire
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Pages
68
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Dimensions
210 x 300mm
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Format
Softcover
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Year
2024
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