William Burroughs

William Burroughs incorporated the cut-up technique in his work. This technique called for one to take a literary work, cut it up and randomly recombine words to create new works...like a collage. I think the utilization of this practice has paved the way for future developments such as the recent programing created by Ken Perlin which allow for entire stories to be created and recreated using certain characters and scenarios. The random recombination allows for great possibilities in the world of soap operas, gaming, and film previsualization.