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if:
pre alphanumeric//pre network n-cluded
use ov com.put[ty/fillah]ers offline
then:
n-turr-rest in network system[ic]z stemmed
fromme a more organic base, collaborationz were via real-time fleshmeat
N n-stallation based
[d-tail n-hance.ment//philo.soph[omore]icall
link wish n-sert:
movin amongst the pack[ette] ov life,
we n-gage/ah-lert senzez that latah pull threads 2gether in2 a netwurked
w.hole. x-samp.elle::when present-ting a papah on comp[lex]uter art
in 93, the seed waz so[?]wn N x-periment.all edgez merged in2 the format
of the aware, the concreted creatiff shift. all i hadde 2 do waz wait]
then:
the first html do[a]cumen.t
_cutting spacez_ gestated in 1995, a hybridity year encased via
a terminal discovered on the campus of wollongong university. many h[ertz]ourz
spent chatting on Cybersite and Kajplats,
channels dis[cobolos]coverin
the er[k]rrorz N jo[uissance]y
of this new textual realm. jumping fromme one terminal 2 the next//running
three chat-roomz at once via three diffurrent terminal[behaviour]z sew
as 2 opt.tim[id no lonah]ize the time d-layz, chairz blurring b-tween
as the monitorz flashed fiction wurdz that [k]neededÖbleed.ed e.vent[ingz]ualli
into the cutting spaces doccoÖ
[pause]
brief 4ray int MOOs; e.mail dependancee
startz; transfer.all ov play became crucial here, while avatar patterns
b-came e-vee-dent/m-merg-NT. di-wreck MOO based e.moti[vate]ng n-corporated
in2 general fiction cre[che]ation. every.da[ze]y chrono.logical time
constricturez erased; temporal awarenezz irretrivably alt[.ctrl.delete]ered;
geophysical statez became a hazy con[ned]struckt ov a "rl" [real life]
parameter, with text no longah static and punct.ewe.ation actualizing in2
langue.
[d-tail n-hance.ment//physical
link wish n-sert:
the computer became the real. terminal
waz no longer a wurd 2 b feared, n-dicating abortive allusionz, but N actual
object d-sign[n symbol]ed 2 n-hance, open, mutate. _my_ time became _mi_
own, mi text, mi fictional boundaries gellin with.in otherz azz yet known
in a physical senze. blood N bone where no longah paramount outside of
a textual wreck.cog[ging][ig]nition. B-ing parte ov the network opened
up the fiction gatez N eye crossed ova in2 Bled Text:
[see the first won; _cutting spaces_
captured thizz s-sence of thredding and bleeding spaces on & offline,
making the line bend N x-tending in2 both functional states. Oth[ub]er
projects pre/sent-mezangelle n-clood _a
disgruntled book of wizzdumb_// _Blood
Puppetz_// Project
M-E-Z// etc ad nauseumÖ.
_cyberspace_ b-came siphonspace,
cypherspace, psychastheniaspace. Mz Post Modemizmís birthe pre-M-ted
her knowledge ov avatarian statez. 96 bought aff.[terra]firma.tion;
mailing lizt act.ion became de rigueur; until 98 the projectz flowed
N the mails spreade bac N 4th, 4th N bacÖensemble///fleshfactor//7-11//American
Express//recode//rhizome//nettime - u name it, avartarian statements
were there. avatarz breeding in this trubbled space were mani, with
psiborgs b-cumming sciborgs b-come.in[here] sighborgzÖ.
[if mez =
mezchine//emauler//mz post mortemism/modemism//flesque//mezflesque.exe//etc
then i.d.entitee
= flow =
_internal damage report_ & _fleshistics_]
[deep x-posure 2 telesthesia & teledildonics
allowed fictiothermal currents 2 circ[e].u.late;
collab.awe.ration grew frome others in the stream respon.d[ance]ing,
playin, without reference 2 any narratiff structure ore awareness ov
procedure]
wot a time.
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