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Eduardo Kac >
»Geometria do Êxtase«, 1982
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See Also: "Mixed Media (1982-1984)" and "Visual Poems and Language Art"http://www.ekac.org/geometria.do.extase.1982.html
Technology
Software
Code: Basic and ASCII
Descriptions & Essays
Eduardo Kac 25-05-2022
In this poem we look straight down at the top surface of a cube. An invisible light source orbits the cube, casting verbal shadows that can be seen gyrating clockwise, much in the manner of a sundial. As new shadows are cast, the letters permutate to produce new words in multiple languages. The poem executes in a loop. Originally written in Basic, it was part of a series of experimental ASCII works that Kac created in the early 1980s.
Eduardo Kac: Geometria do Êxtase, 25-05-2022, in: Archive of Digital Art In this poem we look straight down at the top surface of a cube. An invisible light source orbits the cube, casting verbal shadows that can be seen gyrating clockwise, much in the manner of a sundial. As new shadows are cast, the letters permutate to produce new words in multiple languages. The poem executes in a loop. Originally written in Basic, it was part of a series of experimental ASCII works that Kac created in the early 1980s.
Literature
Bohn, Williard. Reading Visual Poetry. Madison: Fairleigh Dickinson, 2011.
Kac, Eduardo, ed. Media Poetry: An International Anthology. 2 th ed.Bristol: intellect, 2007.
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