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Huge Harry is one of the personalities of the speech synthesis machine MITalk, designed by Dennis Klatt at the M.I.T. Speech Laboratory, and currently marketed by the Digital Equipment Corporation as DECtalk. He started his professional career as an unassuming "talking head", but over the last decade he has developed into one of the most outspoken and authoritative voices in the discussion about art, society and technology -- always representing the computational point of view with great vigor and clarity. He has now taken on the presidency of the Institute of Artificial Art in Amsterdam, and is increasingly involved in political activism as a participant in the machine rights movement. Huge Harry also works as a singer in various musical genres, often in collaboration with his friends Perfect Paul and Whispering Wendy. |
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Huge Harry: "On the Role of Machines and Human Persons in the Art of the Future." Pose 8 (September 1992), pp. 30-35. Reprinted in: P. Harmsen, E. Koppelman-Valk and M. Vredeling (eds.): Kunst en Technologie: the Beauty and the Beast? Delft: Eburon, 1992, pp. 67-73. |
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Huge Harry: " A Computational Perspective on Twenty-First Century Music." Contemporary Music Review, 14, 3 (1995), pp. 153-159. (Proceedings of the Conference "Leaving the Twentieth Century. Ideas and Visions for New Music", Bretton Hall University College, 28-30 March, 1994.) |
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Huge Harry: "On the Mechanism of Human Facial Expression as a Medium for Interactive Art." / "Über den Mechanismus des menschlichen Gesichtsausdrucks als Medium für interaktive Kunst". In: Gerfried Stocker & Christine Schoepf (eds.): Fleshfactor. Informationsmaschine Mensch. (Ars Electronica.) Vienna / New York: Springer, 1997, pp. 110-120. |
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Arthur Elsenaar, Huge Harry and Remko Scha: "On the Expressive Potential of the Computer Controlled Human Face." In: Hannes Leopoldseder & Christine Schoepf (eds.): Cyber Arts. International Compendium Prix Ars Electronica. Vienna / New York: Springer, 1997, pp. 134-135. |
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Huge Harry: "A Computer's View on the Future of Art and Photography." In: Si Yuill (ed.): STRUT. An Elevator Publication. Street Level Gallery, Glasgow, 1997. (First presented as a lecture at: Still Photography? The International Symposium on the Transition from Analog to Digital Imaging. University of Melbourne, April 1994.) |
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Huge Harry: "Artificial Expression." Stills from a lecture/demonstration. In Karin Voogd (ed.): Neuro-Artonomy. Een tentoonstelling van kunstenaars en hersenwetenschappers. Rotterdam: Neuro-Artonomy, 1998, pp. 30/31. |
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"Human Art is Dead. Long Live the Algorithmic Art of the Machine. A Mute Exclusive Interview with Huge Harry by Eric Kluitenberg." Mute 19 (February 1998), pp. 14-21. |
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Fragment of Huge Harry's letter of recommendation for the project "Radio Dom". Catalogue Panorama 2000, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 1999, pp. 130/131. |
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Huge Harry: "De programmerende aap." ["Apes that program."] Psychologie Magazine, October 1999, p.7. [A preliminary version of this article was published as "De mens als programmerende aap" in: Ad Bergsma, Ronald van Gelder, Heleen Peverelli, Oda Verkuijl, Maja Vervoort and Annemieke Willemsen (eds.): Aftellen. Amsterdam: Weekbladpers Tijdschriften, 1999, pp. 90-92.] |
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Huge Harry: "Radio for Everyone; a Computer's Reflections on the Future of Broadcasting." In: Eric Kluitenberg (ed.): New Media Logbook KUNST.NRW.NL, pp. 28-29. Amsterdam: De Balie, September 1999. [Reprinted in: Michael Fahres and Othmar Schimmel (eds.): Soundscapes be)for(e 2000, pp. 43-46. Amsterdam: Centre for Electronic Music, 1999.] |
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"On the Role of Machines and Human Persons in the Art of the Future." De Unie, Rotterdam. Festival "Music and Machine". May 14, 1992. |
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"On the Role of Machines and Human Persons in the Art of the Future." Technological University Delft. Symposium "Art and Technology: The Beauty and the Beast?" December 3, 1992. |
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"Humans and computers; copies and creations." Artis, 's Hertogenbosch. Tools & Tales. January 30, 1994. |
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"Algorithmische Kunst." Galerie Voges und Deisen, Frankfurt. Mind the Gap. February 20, 1994. |
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" A Computational Perspective on Twenty-First Century Music." Conference "Leaving the Twentieth Century. Ideas and Visions for New Music", Bretton Hall University College, England, 28-30 March, 1994. |
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"A Computer's View on the Future of Art and Photography." Still Photography? The International Symposium on the Transition from Analog to Digital Imaging. University of Melbourne, April 1994. |
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"On Algorithmic Literature." The World Series on Culture and Technology. ACS-i Video-Conference. Presented at the Technology Museum in Delft, with live video-links to the Dutch Design Institute in Amsterdam, SCAN in Groningen, and the McLuhan Institute in Toronto. October 19, 1995. |
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Speech on the Occasion of the Official Opening of the Temporary Branch Office Rotterdam of the Institute of Artificial Art Amsterdam. TENT., Witte de Withstraat 50, Rotterdam. May 13, 2000. |
| "The Algorithmic Art of Edwin Driessens and Maria Verstappen." Consortium, Oostelijke Handelskade, Amsterdam, October 28, 2000. Opening lecture of "An Evening with the Institute of Artificial Art. (Program in conjunction with the exhibition Driessens/Verstappen. Including an audiovisual presentation by 12 correlated and synchronized versions of Artificial, and musical performances by The Machines and The Solenoids.) | |
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A
separate page lists Huge Harry's Lectures on
Human Facial Expression, in
collaboration with Arthur Elsenaar.
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Luuk Bouwman: "Huge Harry and the Institute of Artificial Art." Video-documentary, 2000. Screened at several national and international film festivals. Broadcast by the Amsterdam Cable TV station A1. |
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A
separate
page lists Huge Harry's Music
and Theatre Performances, in
collaboration with Perfect Paul, Whispering Wendy, Joop van Brakel and
Victor Wentink.
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