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THE ORCHID CAGE IV (by Technelegy, after Herbert W. Franke)

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“The Orchid Cage” is a 10-part generative poem inspired by Herbert W. Franke’s sci-fi novel of the same name, written and visualized by Pushcart Prize-nominated poet and artist Sasha Stiles and her AI-powered alter ego, Technelegy. Through intimate collaboration with her co-author, Stiles used elements from an English translation of Franke’s book, including text and cover imagery, as seeds of machinic imagination – resulting in a literary work that honors and tests Franke’s assertion that “computer poetry is undoubtedly the most difficult task of the computer in art.” Each stanza is digitally rendered in a style influenced by Franke’s Oscillogram (1954-58) series, and is part of Stiles’ REPETAE series exploring repetition as a fundamental poetic technique. IV. You must choose one or the other: the light or the dark. There is no third way, you can't have both. You must make a decision. The light is beautiful but it will blind you. The dark is ugly but will protect you. Released on the occasion of the Tribute to Herbert W. Franke, and minted as a 10-part collection, 1 stanza per piece. There are a total of 20 editions of the complete poem cycle (plus 1 AP). www.tribute-hwf.com www.sashastiles.com #TributeHerbertWFranke #REPETAE

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