JUNK DNA OF THE DIGITAL MIND
L i s t of v i s ta s , p henomena a r c hite c tu r e , land s c a p e s and c on c e p t s r e v ealed th r ough c i r c uit b ending p s y c hi c p i x el c an y on s hund r ed s of mile s dee p r ea c h into one p i x el c i v ili z ation s T o p olog y of the p r e - inte r net c olle c ti v e un c on s c iou s A digital O uija b oa r d a uni v e r s al c ode ( a b o v e and b e y ond national b ounda r ie s ) an em b r y oni c digital o v e r mind em p t y s t r eetfight s c ene H igh Rolle r $ dolla r glit c h r e v e A l s a hidden
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truth in a balLbearing S c r o l l i n g 3 D c h e q u e r b o a r ds Grim reapers mill around flat digital squares Unknown starscapes Emulation errors Op-art interference patterns S c r e e c h i n g h i ss i n g t h u ds Numbers as if measuring intergalactic cubits Memories drifting through abstract b a t t l e f i e l ds i n c o n f i g u r a t i o n s d e s i g n e r s could never have anticipated Kafka’s labyrinth with no start or finish marks Existential stages Pillars in lurid shades O r i g a m i l a n ds c a p e s
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NEON Gothic cathedrals Ruins UPON mountains B r o k en peng u i n s , D N A f o u l u p s B i o l og i c a l S P a c e s h i p s a t e v o l u t i on a r y d e a d en d s C a f f e i n a t e d CIRCL E S c y c l e t h r o u g h c r u d e f o r m s s ee k i ng t r a n s c en d en c e
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E l e c t r on i c s c r een p r i n t s C i t y s c a pe s v i e w e d f r o m a t h o u s a n d m i l e s away A l i en m o t i f s Me s s a ge s w r i t t en i n e l e c t r on i c c u ne i f o r m A r o s e t t a s t one s t r e t c h i ng b a c k t o t h e d a w n o f t h e e l e c t r on i c e r a F i nge r p r i n t s o f t h e p r og r a m m e r s S h a r d s o f m e m o r i e s s t i m u l a t i ng d eepe r
meaning than the games themselves D i g i t a l D NA e x p o s e d Data distress signals Futurist easter island heads Totems and 8-bit nightmares Fragments of nevereneding explosions like the birth of stars Silent and unending C l a n k c l u n k b u m p AS v i s u a l r e p r e s e n t a t i o n s
Sunsets Silohuettes Dawns Signals from an era of destruction Frustration and pleasure in measured increments Verdant pixel world
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Moire patterns on beige Royal blue RGB s c a n l i n e s Cubist flying saucers in a polka dot sky Perforated gallows wisps of chemical sky Monads of the digital overmind Neon strip lighting Tokyo downtown through a filter of electronic lens flare Ghost of minotaur Apparitions abyss Fossilised lightning blue fire running on fire swastika motifs and men running in caricature
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One part innuendo one part roman catholic latin Sashimi bonus points a city waiting to explode
Co d e d m o t i f s o f s h a r e d e x p e r i e n c e t h a t transcends borders Beige oatmeal neon pink Palettes of rebellion Teenage boys investing billions of man hourS OF pent up energy into these data constructs Rigid structures interrupted LIFE e m e r g e s l i k e f a i r y r i n g s Rigid code structures interrupted A d d r e ss e r r o r
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D iamond c he q ue r Can ’ t hold a thought no mo r e Sa c r ed digital geomet r ie s
T e x tu r e s deg r ading like analogue V H S v ideo du b s D ete r io r ate s ea c h time w a r me r fu z z
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A r c hite c t s p lan s Va s t un r eali s ed v i r tual w o r ld s L adde r e s c alato r c lim b ing T omo r r o w s w o r ld c he q ue r b oa r d t w o tone
dange r ahead c and y flo s s s he r b et I nte r fe r en c e r h y thm fu r r o w s of la s e r b eam s
t r o p i c ana ult r a r ed p illa r s uno r thodo x p alette s that ne v e r c ame to fa s hion galileo p e r fe c ted ult r a geomet r ie s
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r e p eated s ta r field like an a s t r onome r in an ult r a r igid uni v e r s e
v iolent film b o r r o w ed f r om the p et r ol s tation v ideo li b r a r y ea c h p i x el r efle c t s the lo w v oltage s y na p ti c fla s h of a thought o r b u r ied p i x el
o b eli s k s of digital info r mation p i c tog r a p h s of the mundane p et s t r i p s to the z oo s hi p p ing c ontaine r s egg time r s b undle s of undeli v e r ed ne w s p a p e r s im p o s s i b le s ha p e s leo p a r d d r a w n c u r tain s s k y s c r a p e r s one p i x el w ide e q uali s e r s on b ulk y hi - fi e q ui p ment c it y s c a p e s at night jagged teeth of du b iou s p r odu c tion p lant s s and b ank s s aha r a de s e r t s leading to the b ounda r ie s of c itie s
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rare items and relics in lava landscape gridded night skies where gravity ceases Parameters made visual but yet to be fully defined Unorthodox borders vultures on shredded trees scythes and tiered landscapes alien invasions of beans and black voids emerging from repeat pattern ocean drives angry mountains lilac barcodes data displays tables in hexidecimal bleeding contrast forever lost phantom light trails marking borders designated at random
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