Eduardo Kac, Geometria do Êxtase (Geometry of Ecstasy), 1982. Runtime looped digital animation, silent, Apple III computer, 44.4 (W) x 46.2 (D) x 12.2 (H) cm [17.4 x 18.1 x 4.7 inches]
Geometria do Êxtase (Geometry of Ecstasy), 1982.
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.
