Art-I-Fact

by Stephen Sutherlin

COMING SOON

ART-I-FACT What if they took away, all the words that you have to say? In the near future, The Pythagoreans, under the guidance of the ancient transmutator, Krotas, have resurrected Plato through Artificial Intelligence. As foreseen by Tiresias the ancient, the Poet Laurette and Prophet of the People, yet not believed, the AI Plato(s) has taken control of the government and has erected The Republic and the New Academy. The Guardians have been tasked with banishing and imprisoning the poets, painters, film makers, reporters, writers and expression artists of the nation. Poetry has been convicted of Mimesis and the Makars are to be imprisoned indefinitely.

“I have long watched wondering when, after Eliot’s wasted dust had settled, that I may plant this garden and bring to light the fertile ground of a people with so much insight. Whom The Fates will soon banish: The Makars of the memories of The City, we persons being human. Singing, Composing, Reporting, Elevating and Remembering what we share in common. I, Tiresias, sit silent, for no one hears my siren, as I watch the sun setting on our prolific age of art.”