Fifty Days At Iliam
Christian Bök has prompted Sudowrite to compose ten lines of poetry, each line derived from the title of a painting in the series, ‘Fifty Days at Iliam’ by Cy Twombly. Sarah Ridgley has then used her own algorithm to repeat each of these outputs in the form of handwritten flourishes.
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YOU MUST WEAR THE BRONZE ARMOUR OF YOUR DREAMS
YOU MUST ROLL THE DICE TO GAMBLE AWAY YOUR REALM
YOU MUST LET YOURSELF BE SMITTEN BY YOUR BITTERNESS
YOU MUST GUARD THE DOORWAY OF YOUR EMPTY CHAPEL
YOU MUST PLUCK, LIKE LOVE, A VIOLET FLOWER OF FLAME
YOU MUST VISIT HELL TO SEEK THE MASONS OF YOUR FATE
YOU MUST KILL A VIPER, IF IT HAS DEFILED YOUR ORCHARD
YOU MUST LAUD YOUR DEATH IN A SYMPHONY OF SILVER
YOU MUST AIM YOUR BOW SKYWARD TO PROD THE STARS
YOU MUST FIRST BREAK A MOUNTAIN TO BECOME A GOD
FIFTY DAYS AT ILIAM
