PRISCILLA STADLER
The Oracle of Random Quotes [ORQ]













The Oracle of Random Quotes [ORQ] is an interactive project that invites
visitors to use random texts to answer a question – and to dialogue about
the ways we make meaning. Over 150 consultations have been provided for
those who are grappling with questions, needing advice, enmeshed in a
quandary, facing a conundrum, deciphering a dilemma, involved in an
embroglio, or just plain curious. Skeptics and believers alike are welcome
to consult with ORQ whenever it is available. ORQ references the
millenia-old practices of divination known as bibliomancy (divination by
reading books) or stychomancy (divination by reading lines).

The Oracle has made numerous appearances since 2008, usually in New York.
In 2009 it spent two weeks at Local Project Gallery, Long Island CIty,
N.Y., where its installation also encompassed the video installation "Four
Oracles, One Question", drawings, and consultations for visitors. Other
ORQ appearances have occurred across the street from MoMA P.S.1 and the
Sculpture Center in Long Island City, N.Y., and at the Wassaic Project.
More details about ORQ are available on the ORQ blog:
http://www.solanima.net/ORQ/.