updated 9 mar 2020
I've added a couple images of the actual medium, 72-column teletype paper printout from the OUTWEST or other performance. The web page (simulated teletype output) from 1999 follows. The teletype paper roll really was a bright yellow, called "canary".
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* STORY TELLER INSTALLATION *
* AT PLAN B, SEP/OCT 1999 *
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1. WHERE.
2. ABOUT STORY TELLER.
3. ABOUT
ALAN TURING.
4. ABOUT
ANDREW HODGES (TURING'S BIOGRAPHER).
5. SOURCES.
6. ZINE
FOR THE SHOW. INCLUDES COMPLETE OUTPUT
6. OF THE STORY TELLER,
SIMULATED (PRINT FORMAT).
A. THE 'ABOUT TURING' WALL INFO.
B. THE 'ABOUT STORY TELLER' WALL
INFO.
C. TURING'S PORTRAIT IN ITA2 CHARACTER
SET.
D. TURING'S PORTRAIT ITA2 CHARACTER SET, HI
RES
ENCAPSULATED POSTSCRIPT (850
KILO-BYTES).
WHERE
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STORY TELLER IS BEING SHOWN
AT THE "OUT WEST"
SHOW, "PLAN B" GALLERY IN
SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO,
3 SEPT THROUGH 24 OCT,
1999. CURATED BY
HARMONY HAMMOND, "OUT WEST"
FEATURES WORK BY
LESBIAN, GAY, TRANSGENDERED
AND TWO-SPIRITED
ARTISTS LIVING INTHE
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.
STORY TELLER
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STORY TELLER IS MEDIA, AN AHISTORIC
FORGERY,
SOMETHING THAT IMPOSSIBLY
MIGHT HAVE BEEN. IT IS
ABOUT MEDIATION, AND ABOUT
COMMUNICATIONS, AND
ABOUT TELLING HUMAN STORIES
IN AN INHUMAN WAY.
THE STORY IS PRESENTED AS
MULTI-HOUR PERFORMANCE
BY THE STORY TELLER SYSTEM,
CONSISTING
OF PRINTED TEXT AND
VOCALIZATIONS. THE MEDIUM IS
1" WIDE
PAPER TAPE, ABOUT 650 FEET
LONG.
SUPPORTING INFORMATION IS
PRESENTED AT THE SITE.
TURING
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FOR THE "OUT WEST" SHOW
I'VE WRITTEN A BRIEF
BIOGRAPHY OF ALAN
TURING,
AN OUT-OF-THE-CLOSET
ATHEIST HOMOSEXUAL
BRITISH MATHEMATICIAN
EARLIER THIS CENTURY
(1912--1954). IN 1936 HE
WROTE A MATHEMATICAL
PAPER THAT DEFINED A
HYPOTHETICAL "UNIVERSAL
MACHINE" THAT ESSENTIALLY
MECHANISED WHAT WAS
THOUGHT TO BE THE EXCLUSIVE
REALM OF THE HUMAN
MIND; DURING WORLD-WAR-TWO
HE DEVISED METHODS
AND MACHINES TO DO CODE
BREAKING, WHICH WAS
DECISIVE IN WINNING THE
WAR; POST-WAR HE DESIGNED
COMPUTERS, AND WROTE THE
FIRST PROGRAMMING
MANUAL; HE DEVOTED MUCH OF
THE REMAINDER OF HIS
LIFE TO MACHINE
INTELLIGENCE AND BIOLOGY, AMIDST
A WITHERING COLD-WAR
ENVIRONMENT THAT HAUNTED HIM
UNTIL HIS SUICIDE IN 1954
AT AGE 42.
ALAN HELD HIGH STANDARDS
FOR HIMSELF AND THE
WORLD, AND VALUED HONESTY
ABOVE ALL ELSE. HE
WAS UNAPOLOGETICALLY
HOMOSEXUAL THROUGHOUT
HIS LIFE, NO SMALL FEAT
DURING WORLD WAR TWO
AND THE LONG, COLD, WAR
THAT FOLLOWED IT.
THERE IS NO SMALL AMOUNT OF
IRONY AND SYNERGY
BETWEEN TURING'S "UNIVERSAL
MACHINE" AND
THE PAPER TAPE MEDIUM OF
HIS TIME, AS USED
IN THE STORY-TELLER
SYSTEM.
HODGES
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(AN ABSOLUTELY ENORMOUS
DEBT IS OWED TO ANDREW
HODGES, ALAN TURING'S
BIOGRAPHER, IT IS SAFE
TO SAY WITHOUT WHOM TURING
WOULD HAVE REMAINED
AN ENIGMA... I PERSONALLY
OWE HIM THANKS BECAUSE
WITHOUT HIS BOOK MY LIFE
WOULD BE POORER, NEVER
MIND THAT MY ENTIRE 'STORY
TELLER' SYSTEM AND
THIS STORY WAS INSPIRED BY
WHAT I READ OF
TURING'S
LIFE.)
SOURCES.
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ALAN TURING: THE ENIGMA by
Andrew Hodges, 1983
ISBN 0-671-49207-2, out of
print
A new edition is expected
in 2000.
ALAN TURING: THE ENIGMA by
Andrew Hodges, 1992
ISBN 0-09-911641-3, UK
publication
Same as above but new
preface and documents found
since 1983.
A HISTORY OF COMPUTING IN
THE 20TH CENTURY, 1980
ISBN 0-12-491650-3, out of
print.
A collection of papers by
many of the original
pre-1950 participants at
the dawn of the
computer age.
TURING, Andrew Hodges,
1997
ISBN
0-75380-192-2
Subtitled "A natural
philosopher", a brief (60
page) essay on Turings
philosophy of mind,
showing more of his wit and
brilliance, and
some of the results of his
discussions with
Wittgenstein. Obtainable
from AMAZON.CO.UK
ALAN TURING: THE ARCHITECT
OF THE COMPUTER AGE,
by Ted Gottfried,
1996
ISBN
0-531-11287-X
A brief biography intended
for young students;
what it lack in depth is
made up for in its
frank and enlightened
treatment of Alan's sexuality.
It does a decent job of
explaining Alan's
work. An excellent stealth
book to sneak into
libraries. Gottfried
appears to be a prolific
writer of
biographies.
INTERNET.
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THE ALAN TURING
HOMEPAGE
ANDREW HODGES
HOMEPAGE
BREAKING
THE CODE, a play by Hugh Whitemore,
is described
here.
AMAZON.COM, the usual monster bookstore.
A better source of Hodges work.
Purchase/shipping to the
U.S. not a problem
with a credit
card.
"http://www.bookshop.co.uk", overseas
ordering not
a problem.
Long lost photos
No, really. These have been in the directory for decades, but most were not linked to by any html. Oopsie.