start–screen–spiral (2023)

Using the format of a visual novel, “start -screen-spiral” is a metamorphosis of the poem by nvk of the same name. Mixing different found, self generated & manipulated texts, images & videos, “start-screen-spiral” takes the viewer on a journey through a cyber no-space, constantly lost, but always mesmerized by flashes of meaning.

Audio sources include (alphabetical by song name):

“Deformed Pearl” – Susumu Yokota; “Doll”; “Last” – Reichi Nakaido; “Final Fantasy 6 Sound Effects” – Nobuo Uematsu; “Got To Be Real” – Cheryl Lynn; “Inner Beauty” – Lonnie Liston Smith, The Cosmic Echoes; “Intro” – Wasei JJ Chikada; “Nube” – Yoichiro Yoshikawa; “Proud [Peter Presta QAF mix]” – Heather Small; “Trapped” – Yasuharu Takanashi

nvk is an artist, poet, performer and producer who investigates the archive and its debris as repertoire to be rehearsed, fractured and reconfigured, repeatedly. nvk explores ways that the virtual and personal can inspire new conceptions of context, time, access and equity. nvk has recently published a metamorphic book of poetry, “w-a-t-e-r-s-l-i-d-e-s” with Risiko Press (Antwerp), appearing as sound with Ignota Press, and a performance with Montez Press Radio (NY). nvk has ongoing performance-based collaborations with Michelangelo Miccolis, Kris Lemsalu, Autumn Knight, Cally Spooner, Nikima Jagudajev, and Dora García.