Strange Oceans

The poem's 4th stanza contains some flashing and moving imagery that may affect photosensitive viewers. By clicking on the pause menu in the lower left corner, you may skip ahead to the next stanza if necessary.

Viewing on a Chrome browser is recommended.

Reading time: Approx. 10 min

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Strange Oceans is an interactive digital poem that takes readers on journey through the world of the Web, examining the ways we interact with one another online. It was penned and developed as part of a Master of Design.

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Troubleshooting:
Despite best efforts, you may run into the occasional bug when reading the poem. These can normally be solved by refreshing the page and skipping back to the relevant stanza via the pause menu controls.

The following are known bugs:

• Fish can disappear or be in the wrong position in stanzas 3 and 4 when they are rewatched. 
• "a sea of billions" in Stanza 6 on repeat does not blur and bottle interaction does not appear
• Animated content can appear off-colour with visible artefacts on Firefox. This is due to how the browser processes video files, and can be solved by viewing the poem on Chrome or Safari.