‘Grafted trees’ takes quotes about trees from existing works. Each graft is defined by its gardener, who is present with a short biography scraped from Wikipedia. The reader chooses the amount of seasons the graft will grow. A random noun is picked and defined as a 'bud' from which a new branch grows by replacing the word by its definition. The algorithm is inspired by Oulipo's constraint of 'Littérature définitionnelle', invented by Marcel Bénabou in 1966: in a given phrase, one replaces every significant element (noun, adjective, verb, adverb) by one of its definitions in a given dictionary; one reiterates the operation on the newly received phrase, and again.
‘Grafted trees’ takes quotes about trees from existing works. Each graft is defined by its gardener, who is present with a short biography scraped from Wikipedia. The reader chooses the amount of seasons the graft will grow. A random noun is picked and defined as a 'bud' from which a new branch grows by replacing the word by its definition. The algorithm is inspired by Oulipo's constraint of 'Littérature définitionnelle', invented by Marcel Bénabou in 1966: in a given phrase, one replaces every significant element (noun, adjective, verb, adverb) by one of its definitions in a given dictionary; one reiterates the operation on the newly received phrase, and again.
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<formaction="{{ BASEURL }}/graft"method="POST">
<formaction="{{ BASEURL }}/graft"method="POST">
Graft a tree for <inputtype="number"name="years"value="3"max="25"min="0"size="4" /> years.<br/><br/>
Graft a tree for <inputtype="number"name="years"value="3"max="25"min="0"size="3" /> years.<br/><br/>
<buttontype="submit">Graft & download</button>
<buttontype="submit">Graft & download</button>
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