This is an essay / poem series about reality and the internet, which can be read in full here: https://www.daysliketelevision.co.uk/looser-constructons

The 3 pieces creatively explore the constant re-shaping of reality, narrative, and truth, to question how this obscurification is being used for socio-political power, and how we might remain vigilant to this. 

 The internet’s influence is inherent to the text; quickly moving between fragmented speech, commands, and collage; allowing the reader to construct multiple narratives depending on any connections they may or may not make, whilst exemplifying digital manipulation and ambiguity.

The central essay, ‘Yes and No’, discusses these points at the intersection of memory, love, and connection to question the role of the author and the narrative within this unstable reality. This piece is bookended by 2 poems; ‘And it Gave’, and ‘And it’s like’, which present an identity submerged in the digital. Discussions of what the internet physically looks like in our every day life are contrasted with the concept of a weightless digital abyss, and it’s offer (or threat) of endless possibility. 

 Overall, it is this digital abyss that the series investigates, where my generation has discovered and cultivated so much of it’s identity from- unlimited access to voices and histories, interrupted by notifications, adverts, and ideologies. How might we connect, love, and create within this abyss, whilst remaining ever aware of it’s powerful effect in the contemporary socio-political landscape, where truth and reality is becoming increasingly malleable?

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Daniel Bryden