First Contact

Ece Serdaroglu

Ariel Kim

LOGS / ​​NM-Radio-Telescope-Center / 2053-Onwards


01–01-2053

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hello 

from the children

of planet #NULL

to planet EARTH

we have 

your sounds

we have 

all your sounds

we perceive

/ hear you

do you perceive 

/ hear us












02–01-2053

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hello 

from the children of planet #NULL

to planet EARTH


we seek breath and vibration

in the black /

the void /

the soundless


we are

finite in

the infinite

we are echoes


these are our sounds

do you perceive

/ hear us









04–01-2053

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children of planet EARTH

traverse the black 

/ the void 

/ the soundless

make atoms tremble


we wish 

to follow, to reflect 

reverberate the light of stars

to radiate

find ones

like us


to become

less finite

to become

unbound


we have bent the black for you

do you perceive

/ hear us











08–01-2053

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is planet #NULL

too distant

is our sun

too weak that it

loses to the black


yours is a world

of blue and green

of sound and light


ours is a world

of gold and sand

of shining spires


warmed by 

the rays of a

too-bright sun


we have bent the black for you

do you perceive

/ hear us


are you there









08–01-2065

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sound seeking

light seeking

voyaging across

too-great distances


our sun

is sharper now

taking our breath


our world

is warmer now

decaying


too much black between us

to carry our light

too little 

before breath ends


help us

if you hear us















02–01-2085

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echoes are sounds

perceived again

the finite

made infinite


breath / life 

must be echoed

this is our hope

the force 

bending our nothingness


we are ending

we are finite

but we last

so long as 

our sounds echo


hear us

help us

echo us













24–12-2115

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these are the sounds of

the children of planet #NULL

echo us

these are the sounds of

the children of planet #NULL

echo us


these are the sounds of

the children of planet #NULL

echo us


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