“My first digital poem, “Não!” (No!), was conceived in Portuguese in 1982 and shown publicly in 1984 at the Centro Cultural Cândido Mendes, in Rio de Janeiro, on an LED display. An ASCII version of this poem was published in my artist’s book “Escracho” (1983). “Não!” is organized in text blocks which circulate in virtual space at equal intervals, leaving the screen blank prior to the flow of the next text block. The visual rhythm thus created alternates between appearance and disappearance of the fragmented verbal material, asking the reader to link them semantically as the letters go by. The internal visual tempo of the poem is complemented by the subjective performance of the reader.”_______Eduardo Kac