Project Details
”Acesulfame K recreates the dangerously seductive and literally
intoxicating world of the grocery store aisle. The title refers to the chemical
name of an industrial sweetener that is over 100 times sweeter
than sugar itself. The work offers a cynically playful critique of human subjection to the
dictates of the capitalocene which simultaneously caters to our artificially created
consumptive habits and destroys our bodies from the inside out.” -Ensslin, Astrid. 2020, p.94.
”You get the chance to control a skeleton falling, smashing into objects, and creating your
own anti-capitalistic poetry. It has a distinct video game feel and we found ourselves
getting lost for long stretches of time. Perfect for ignoring those real-world things
that bring you anxiety. Who knew poetry could be so much fun?”
-Melling, Dan and Christopher Wilson. 2018.
Published & exhibited
Enterprise Square Galleries, DYSCORPIA: Future Intersections of the Body and Technology group exhibition, Edmonton, Canada, 2019. Curated by Astrid Ensslin.
Ensslin, Astrid. 2020. ”Stories in Flesh and Bytes: "Telling" the Posthuman Body in Electronic Literature”. in M. Oliver and D. Laforest (ed.) Dyscorpia: Future Intersections of Technology and the Body. Edmonton: University of Alberta, Department of Art & Design, pp. 94-98.
Melling, Dan and Christopher Wilson. 2018. ”A note from the editors”. the new river, a journal of digital writing and art. Fall 2018.
Select impact
Special mention at Video Festival Videomedeja, Media installations, Serbia, 2019.
Shortlisted for the Public library price for electronic literature, Denmark, 2019.
Select documentation
Dyscorpia, Acesulflame K, individual page.
Griffith University. 2019. ”Digital poet on winning stream with electronic art”. 29 November 2019.
Elmcip entry: https://elmcip.net/creative-work/acesulfame-k
Playable version: https://www.dpoetry.com/falling/