I chose the artwork: “Reabracadabra” from Eduardo Kac.
The work is an animated visual poem composed of a large letter A, surrounded by orbiting consonants from the word “abracadabra”.
I was really confused when I first watched the video. I cannot figure out what is going on. After reading the background information, I knew that this visual poem was created and displayed on Videotexto, Brazil’s pre-Internet telecommunications network, which was implemented in 1982 to provide public information and user-to-user messaging systems through special terminals. Since telephone lines in Brazil were a rare and valuable commodity at that time, most of them could be used in public places such as libraries or shops.
I felt like this work is kind of text-driven media, which means the poem’s meaning should be understood as part of a dynamic overall environment. From this method, I can see that poetry or text is dynamic, although a little abstract.