Rebis
An experimental poem co-written by Kylie Supski & ReVerse Butcher; & a Virtual Sculpture & Soundtrack by ReVerse Butcher, presented as a 7 minute videopoem cinematic.
An experimental poem co-written by Kylie Supski & ReVerse Butcher; & a Virtual Sculpture & Soundtrack by ReVerse Butcher, presented as a 7 minute videopoem cinematic.
"Rebis" is an experimental poem co-written by Kylie Supski & ReVerse Butcher; & a Virtual Sculpture & Soundtrack by ReVerse Butcher, presented as a 7 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 the Rebis has evolved to represent brand-new forks in consciousness. The 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, the 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), the Rebis symbolizes the fork between the organic and the algorithmic – & ponders our fear of; & lack of language for; 'perfect balance'.
The Virtual Sculpture & Soundtrack were made natively in VR using Open Brush & Virtuoso VR, & a HP Reverb G2 VR Headset. The Virtual Sculpture features hand-made VISPO textures constructed using pen, acrylic ink, & vintage paper stock, which were then digitized into 3D substance materials using the Adobe Substance Suite. The video was made using Unreal Engine 5.1 & Adobe Premiere Pro.
Kylie Supski & ReVerse Butcher are a married creative duo who collectively work across poetry, performance, theater, VR/AR/XR, video, virtual sculptures, immersive experiences, & photography.
Together they have worked on experimental immersive theatrical/live performances like'The 10Cs' (2015, Metanoia Theatre, Mechanics Institute), & 'Incomplete Infinities' (2019, Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne). They've also produced videopoems like 'There are Some Things Only the Moon has Seen' (featured in UK's Burning House Press, National Poetry Month Canada, & QLD Poetry's Panacea Poets), & 'A Window' (finalist in QLD Poetry's Video+Poetry Challenge 2020).
Kylie Supski won the 2016 Melbourne Spoken Word Prize.
Through 2021-2023, ReVerse Butcher was the winner of the Best in Digital Art/NFTs prize at the QLD XR Festival. She also won the 2022 SF360 Best Film award at the SF3 Film Festival, Sydney.