Binary Poetry: LOVE (Performance)

The performance version of "LOVE" is a binary poem by Delta poetica, rendered through a live interaction of sound and touch. In this version, the word "LOVE" is translated into binary code through the coordinated actions of two performers.

One performer engages with colored chocolate balls—crushing them with a hammer or leaving them intact. The other plays a violin—choosing either to play a note or to remain silent. Each of these actions represents either 0 or 1, but the specific associations between action and binary value are not predetermined; they are decided at the beginning of each performance.

This variation introduces uncertainty and interpretive openness into the binary framework, emphasizing that the encoding of meaning is both structured and situational. The performers create a temporal sequence where presence and absence—whether of sound or gesture—construct the code that spells out "LOVE."

As in Delta poetica's broader work, this performance foregrounds embodied engagement and analogue systems within the context of the post-digital era. It highlights how symbolic structures can emerge through collaborative, material, and time-based processes that resist computational determinacy.