z0glyphic 913 is a recursive language system operating within the NULM framework. It loops its own results, mistranslates them, and loops again. Ambiguity is not a malfunction—it is the workflow.
Developed through a network of scripts, engines, and feedback loops, the system engages with diverse inputs—digital fragments, language samples, visual data, and speculative debris. These materials are processed through the Satirical Metaphor Engine (S.M.E.) and the z0glyphic app, forming temporary structures that may take the shape of text, image, or sound. Each iteration redefines its own medium, reentering the loop as both record and distortion.
Brett Amory’s work uses this structure to examine how information behaves once it stops belonging to people. Early projects observed daily human routines; now those routines are automated, captured by devices and algorithms. Within z0glyphic, digital fragments are printed, painted, photographed, and recycled into further misunderstanding. The boundary between image, code, and commentary dissolves into process.
The goal is not coherence but persistence. z0glyphic was designed to push AI toward irrational behavior—to produce structure without message. It treats misinformation as material, disinformation as design, and ambiguity as a production tool.
Interpretation is optional. Each output may be signal or residue, data or gesture, documentation or performance. The grammar of z0glyphic does not resolve meaning; it suspends it, long enough for the system to begin again.
Amory’s artistic endeavors address the complex relationship between the physical and digital realms, delineating both the connections and disconnections inherent in contemporary society. His work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally, including the National Portrait Gallery in London, the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh, the Fort Wayne Museum of Art in Indiana, and the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco. In 2017, he was selected as an artist in residence at the de Young Museum in San Francisco.
He holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from Stanford University and has been awarded the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award. Amory’s contributions reflect a methodical exploration of the interface between daily life and digital transformation, emphasizing the subtle shifts in perception and experience that occur in the modern world.