Binary Poetry: birth (Performance)

"birth" is a binary poem by Delta poetica that explores the poetic intersection of technology and human existence. The work uses candlelight as a physical manifestation of binary code, where lighting a candle represents 1 and extinguishing it signifies 0. Through this interplay of presence and absence, Delta poetica draws connections between the ephemeral nature of candle flames, the concept of birth, and the digital language of binary systems.

The flickering light becomes a metaphor for life itself—fragile, transient, yet deeply meaningful—while simultaneously echoing the precision and abstraction of binary code. In ‘birth,’ the act of lighting and extinguishing mirrors creation and cessation, inviting reflection on how life emerges, exists, and is recorded within systems, both organic and technological.