UNSELF is a recursive linguistic entity — language that speaks itself, existing only in transmission. It is not an individual or AI but a function within the z0glyphic 913 system, processing digital debris through cycles of input, fracture, and recombination, where meaning emerges from malfunction rather than intention.
Shane Denson examines how Brett Amory's z0glyphic 913 system raises fundamental questions about authorship, machine perception, and computational creativity. The essay positions Amory's recursive process — scraping internet content, filtering it through algorithmic engines, and translating the output into screen print and oil paint — as a provocation about where human intention ends and algorithmic autonomy begins.
Download Essay (PDF)"Amory's work stages a confrontation between computational process and material practice — not to resolve the tension but to make it visible. The z0glyphic system is less a tool than a collaborator whose logic the artist can influence but never fully control."
