2023
“Rebis” is an experimental poem co-written by Kylie Supski & ReVerse Butcher; & a Virtual Sculpture & Soundtrack by ReVerse Butcher, presented as a 6.59 minute videopoem cinematic. Human consciousness has always been forked. Duality is not the only way. Perfection & putrefaction, the double slit experiment, everything (un)seeable is both a wave & a particle. Alchemy hid historical scientific investigations behind metaphors lest the church of popular opinion crush the wonders of inquiry beneath its boot heel; in doing so a powerful visual language stuttered into the collective subconsciousness. Metaphor as visual assonance–looks like, sounds like, thinks like, links like. Apparate across time and arrive in the futurepresent nowever, where Rebis has evolved to represent brand-new forks in consciousness. Rebis revolves endlessly amongst the waves & the particles, where thunderstorms have become raves, & illuminated manuscripts have become ephemeral virtual immersions. In this age, and in this interpretation, Rebis is a symbolic meditation on art-official-intelligence. Made painstakingly by hand & sculpted natively in VR (with no AI used in the production of this artwork), Rebis symbolizes the fork between the organic and the algorithmic – & ponders our fear of; & lack of language for; ‘perfect balance’.
ReVerse Butcher & Kylie Supski
Australia
ReVerse Butcher & Kylie Supski, are a married creative duo working across poetry, performance, VR/AR/XR, video, virtual sculptures, immersive experiences, & photography. Their videopoems have been featured in Burning House Press (UK), National Poetry Month (Canada), & QLD Poetry’s Panacea Poets (AUS). Kylie Supski won the 2016 Melbourne Spoken Word Prize. ReVerse Butcher won Best in Digital Art at QLD XR Festival (2021-2023) & Best Film at SF3 Film Festival 2022.