What is Cut'n'Mix? The "Cut'n'Mix" application facilitates a process of deconstruction, reformulation and juxtapositioning of different textual, auditory or visual elements. Some may identify the concept as something called "mashup". On this site, Cut'n'Mix refers mainly to a software application which has been available online for download since the mid 1990's: It is a unique word processing application which helps creative writers generate new ideas through the use of different methods of text randomization and manipulation. Cut'n'Mix expands the palette of tools available to writers with functions not available in standard word processors. Core features of the application provide the abilities to:
- Quickly rearrange the positions of words in text using a simulated paper-and-scissors cut-up interface called the "Cut-up Laboratory". (Also commonly referred to as "Fridge Magnet Poetry")
- Generate pools of random words from Cut'n'Mix's embedded English dictionary database to inspire a more creative use of language (we explore a theory of why it is that in the "hands" of Shakespeare, English words become so plastic and malleable)
New experimental novels: Mark Leyner - The Sugar Frosted Nutsack, Chuck Palahniuk - Invisible Monsters Remix.
C.P.Bryan's new writing project critiques the current state of participatory democracy
in the west and proposes a new system for political representation called Democracy Sucks!
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Check out the Experimental Writing Theory page for further analysis
of the use of random strategies and chance operations in creative writing. (There are also some book reviews of classic and current experimental texts.)
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Further study: For a listing of more useful tools and resources and where to find them,
have a look at the Cut'n'Mix Resource Links page.
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The Cut'n'Mix ROBOPOEM function:
Download Cut 'n' Mix 6.0