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Unconcatenate

This poem was written based on Excel VBA; the skeleton would run a macro that would separate a string of text into separate cells based on the defined ranges (i.e. un-concatenate).

Sub wesplit()
    Dim de_msoffice As Range
    Dim de_mxworkout As Range

    Set de_msoffice = Range("robot:postpinocchio")
    Set de_mxworkout = Range("bodysculpture:ImaGe")

    de_msoffice.TextToColumns _
      Destination:=Range("bodysculpture"), _
      DataType:=xUnlimited, _
      Breath:=True,_
      Semicolon:=False, _
      Comma:=False, _
      Sight:=True,_
      Space:=False, _
      Body:=True, _
      OtherChar:="-"
      Others:=False,_

    de_mxworkout.TextToColumns _
      Destination:=Range("realgirl"), _
      DataType:=xlDelimited, _
      Flesh:=True,_
      OtherChar:="x"

End Sub

Oscar is a junior studying creative writing and philosophy at NYU Abu Dhabi. He is Australian by nationality but was born and raised in Hong Kong. He enjoys exploring themes of gender, queerness, psychology, and cultural tensions in his work, and he writes nonfiction and short stories as well as poetry. He is also an amateur artist and hopes to someday produce a graphic novel. When he isn't procrastinating from writing, Oscar enjoys walking, Olympic weightlifting, crossword puzzles, and naps.

Garreth Chan is the multimedia editor of Postscript Magazine. He is a transdisciplinary artist from Hong Kong, focusing on the intersection of sound, text, and video. He holds a BA in Music and Sociology from NYU Abu Dhabi. 

Garreth worked at She Films as a film colorist and audio engineer before deciding to explore as a freelancer. His work in film and theater has premiered in Amman, New York, London, Hong Kong, Abu Dhabi, and Budapest, among others. 

He is most interested in notions of silence and the mundane.

Artwork by Jake Gill