Taper #7 : Wonders
Fall 2021

Circles of vibrant colors vibrate and deflect in a tribute to Julio Le Parc. At a much more meditative pace, black dots form language, for a while. After work is done, pile those items in storage and see what you find in the night sky. One poem, evoking the organic, moves toward a stable seven-line form dynamically, another, made of numerals and colors, overwrites itself constantly in an assertive seven-wide grid.

Games are at play here too: The famous pyramid puzzle with snowball poems on each rod as well as a wobbly, interactive reimagining of tic-tac-toe. One of this issue’s offerings reconstructs a famous musician’s portrait, while another encodes a thank-you note from a famous scientist. Everyday wonders can be brought to mind when you take a virtual dérive — and when you’re ready to leave the screen, follow printed parageographical instructions to really get lost.