chance operations

OAB Definition

creative convention that uses incidental or serendipitous activity, materials, information, etc. to produce work. Many see this practice as a means of freeing the artist from deliberated decision-making and opening access to subconscious intentionality.  

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Additional Resources

https://poets.org/glossary/chance-operations

Chance Operations definition from The Future of Indeterminacy, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, University of Dundee