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This thesis is an
exploration of new media poetry, which I am defining as any type of electronic poetry,
whether on the web, in Storyspace, etc. I focused on kinetic poetry, which Edward Kac,
pioneer in this field, describes as "language floating in space and time, being
discontinuous, breaking down, melting and dissolving, and recombining itself to produce
new meanings." (qtd. in "Language's Uncertainty Principle: An Interview with
Eduardo Kac," http://www.columbia.edu/~bm118/xenia/2/osthoff.htm [Accessed 26 October
1999].) My goal with this work was to examine: the differences between print and new media poetry, particularly focusing on what movement does to text; the importance of body in new media; and the role of bird imagery in both print and new media literature and culture. Please read this venture in free form with your feet forgetting the earth and the sky closer than the flow of rhythm unknoting itself. |
