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Poetry: Medora Chevalier

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The word: „Cyberspace“ is known now as an artword, its born from the word „Cyber“ (a shortform from the english word „Cybernetic“ that again comes from the greek word „Kybernetike“; „The art of navigate“ and the word „Space“.

On the worldfamous Macy-Conferences in the years 1946 till 1953 Cybernetik was something of high interest. Wellknown and famous scientists as Alan Turing, John von Neumann and Heinz von Foerster started here from scratch the mo­dern computertechnics and the programm-architecture, today the basics for the Cyberspace. The real Cyberspace was opened by Secondlife. So you speak of web 3-D or so called Metaverses. The Metaverses are Internet-based virtual timespace-infrastructures. The miracle that we are experiencing today: the Cyberspace, the dematerialized virtual time-space, the worldwide webbed society. where we „surf around„ with lightspeed. An artist that is NOT using this virtual universe as a challenge and a goal doesnt deserve the name „Avantgarde“ This e-book dedicated to the pioneer of the Cybernetic Art

Nicolas Schöffer.

He was one of the most important artists of the second half of twentieth century. Father of Cybernetic Art, thus of so-called „interactivity“, he wanted to bring a prospective and nonbackward-looking vision of Art, which could help mankind to develop itself with a good hold on true creative and liberating possibilities of our times.

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dragon emoticon Poetry: Medora Chevalier animation: Josina Burgess edited by Vealzquez Bonetto

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1 DISTRACTION It tickled me, this little beast Between the toes. I laughed.

This tiny - mammal? It‘s furry!

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2 SURPRISE To see this thing!

Hahahahahahahahaha One thousand dragons

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3 AMAZEMENT Darkness sundered Teeth break shell Life! Light! Hunger!

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4 SERENITY Smoke rides aross the sky Sun tips the horizon We sail above the sea

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5 JOY Chasing the breeze Riding the currents Aflame! Aflame!

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6 ECSTASY Flame at the neck Claws deep on thighs Make a dragon child!

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7 APPREHENSION Nostrils quiver Scales shimmer A footstep on our grave

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8 FEAR Never stopping, always hating Men cheat with metal!

Where to rest from flight?

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9 TERROR In the forests they come Deep in stone they dig Oh my children !

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10 ACCEPTANCE After thousands of years we die Accepting, go on to fly across Vast inner spaces of your psyche

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11 TRUST Nature let us go from earthy life.

Trusting in her embrace We awake in hyperspace.

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12 ADMIRATION We admire your brains and souls Their infinite potential And laugh that you don‘t know.

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13 ANNOYANCE How come you don‘t see it?

Our scales more sensitive than skin?

The Earth crying. It‘s nothing????

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14 ANGER Never, never, never do we kill Without a hunt and hunger.

But YOU! Your own! You make us flame!

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15 RAGE You never hear the universe call?

You cretins, morons, piss brains!

Mouths open screaming rage!

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16 BOREDOM Listening, white ears up!

What comes to us?

Idle chatter, idle minds.

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17 DISGUST Lands we avoid.

Limitless stinking miles Of what you throw „away“

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18 LOATHING They call him saint He pierced my love‘s heart.

Spit poison on his grave!

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19 PENSIVENESS All emptiness?

Why were we?

And then were not?

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20 SADNESS All that glory All that fire Lost, lost, lost, lost, lost...

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21 GRIEF Grief for that love you lost?

Grief for yourself?

Grieve then maybe for Every One.

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22 INTEREST Earth in my nostrils, Blood traces...

What was dying here?

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23 ANTICIPATION Oh it is coming!

We feel it! Smell it! Taste it!

The Change! The Change!

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24 VIGILANCE We Guardians of This Planet Warn YOU humans.

Wake up!! Now!!

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