“Computers are bringing about a situation that’s like the invention of harmony. Subroutines are like chords. No one would think of keeping a chord to himself. You’d give it to anyone who wanted it. You’d welcome alterations of it. Subroutines are altered by a single punch. We’re getting music made by man himself, not just one man.”
Open source subtitle editing for the movie Ghost in the Shell: Innocence.
The concept of ‘readymade’ is based on the principles of uncreative writing. While creative writing demands originality,
inspiration, and expression of subjectivity, uncreative writing is based on copying, methodology, and removing the
author. A valid way to create literature is to try to suppress expressivity and use the techniques of reproduction and
plagiarism, taking advantage of the hyperabundance of language generated by the contemporary world. The paradox that
justifies this action is that the suppression of expressivity is impossible. It is therefore demonstrated that the
recontextualization of the writings is a powerful way of generating new meanings and interpretations. (2)