Weltenportal Nr. 05 – 10-2023

von noosphaere · Veröffentlicht 9. Oktober 2023 · Aktualisiert 26. Oktober 2024

Cover: Detlef Klewer, www.kritzelkunst.de

Hrsg. von Christoph Grimm

Inhalt:

Stories

Yvonne Tunnat: Die Geburtstagsparty (S. 6-9)
Jol Rosenberg: Eine Person, eine Karte (S. 10-17)
Nicole Hobusch: Die Hitze der Bürokratie (S. 18-22)
Galax Acheronian: S. A. I. S. (S. 28-30)
Manuel Otto Bendrin: Die Staffel (S. 32-36)
Kai Focke: Herrschaft der Algorithmen (S. 59-61)
Frank Lauenroth: Fly me to the dune (S. 62-67)
Anke Elsner: Pisauridae (S. 68-72)
Nele Sickel: Harmonien (S. 73)
Sarah Lutter: Opium (S. 74-81)
Volker Dornemann: Microstories (S. 9, 17, 67)

Magazin

Petra Berger: Haiku (S. 3-)
Detlef Klewer: Das Artefakt (Comic) (S. 23-)
Christoph Grimm: Interview mit Manuel O. Bendrin (S. 38-)
Christoph Grimm: Interview mit dem Nova -Team (S. 44-)
Reiner Krauss: Interview mit Brandon Q. Morris (S. 50-)
Sarah Lutter: Interview mit Kai Focke (S. 56-)
Sarah Lutter & Christian Endres: Die Prinzessinnen: Die hohe Kunst des Ausschlachtens (S. 83-)
David A. Lindsam: Abgespaced: Science-Fiction Soap
Opera kann anders sein (S. 88-)
Rezensionen (S. 98-)

Redaktionelles

Editorial (S. 4-)
Impressum (S. 4-)
Inhaltsverzeichnis (S. 5-)
Mitwirkende dieser Ausgabe (S. 112-)
Content Notes (S. 114-)

Illustrationen zu den Kurzgeschichten

Quelle: Midjourney/ Ralf H. Schneider

: Yvonne Tunnat: Die Geburtstagsparty – Midjourney Prompt (v. 5.2): perfect looking children::1 multiple pose lomography, neon color palette, High-definition, double exposure,creative and unconventional angles::1 –chaos 8

: Yvonne Tunnat: Die Geburtstagsparty – Midjourney Prompt (v. 5.2): perfect looking children::1 multiple pose lomography, neon color palette, High-definition, double exposure,creative and unconventional angles::1 –chaos 8

: Yvonne Tunnat: Die Geburtstagsparty – Midjourney Prompt (v. 5.2): onely 5 year old boy with green glasses sitting at a birthday table::1 multiple pose lomography, neon color palette, High-definition, double exposure,creative and unconventional angles::1 –chaos 8

: Jol Rosenberg: Eine Person, eine Karte – Midjourney Prompt (v. 5.2): brush illustration of a woman in worn clothes stands in front of a futuristic dull concrete building with dim light, quadcopter flys in the air, next to her a travel bag, dimly lit street in the night, sandy street, in the background you can see a desert landscape, surreal, two moons in the night sky, colony on a desert planet, science fiction, soft colors, light, light colors. Artwork by Igor Burlakov and Xavier Collette

: Jol Rosenberg: Eine Person, eine Karte – Midjourney Prompt (v. 5.2): brush illustration of a woman in worn clothes stands in front of a futuristic dull concrete building with dim light, quadcopter patrols in the air, next to her a travel bag, dimly lit street in the night, sandy street, in the background you can see a desert landscape, surreal, two moons in the night sky, colony on a desert planet, science fiction, soft colors, light, light colors. Artwork by Igor Burlakov and Xavier Collette

: Jol Rosenberg: Eine Person, eine Karte – Midjourney Prompt (v. 5.2): brush illustration of a woman in worn clothes stands in front of a futuristic dull concrete building with dim light, quadcopter flys in the air, next to her a sports bag, dimly lit street in the night, sandy street, in the background you can see a desert landscape, surreal, two moons in the night sky, colony on a desert planet, science fiction, soft colors, light, light colors. Artwork by Igor Burlakov and Xavier Collette

: Jol Rosenberg: Eine Person, eine Karte – Midjourney Prompt (v. 5.2): a woman in trousers stands in front of a futuristic dull concrete building with dim light, next to her a sports bag, multirotor flys in the air, next to her a sports bag, dimly lit street in the night, sandy street, in the background you can see a desert landscape, surreal, two moons in the night sky, colony on a desert planet, science fiction, manga

: Jol Rosenberg: Eine Person, eine Karte – Midjourney Prompt (v. 5.2): a woman in worn clothes sits at a table in a pub, two id cards lie on a table, a futuristic drone flies over the tables, science fiction, manga, black and white

: Nicole Hobusch: Die Hitze der Bürokratie – Midjourney Prompt (v. 5.2): a sweating woman sits on a chair in a hallway, the air shimmering with heat, lomography, bokeh

: Nicole Hobusch: Die Hitze der Bürokratie – Midjourney Prompt (v. 5.2): A cloaked figure with no face and a cape sits at an office desk with files, with a window in the background pointing to a gloomy hot city, in the style of dark crimson and orange, future tech, shiny eyes, dark gray, sanriocore, zone focusing, pulpy style

: Nicole Hobusch: Die Hitze der Bürokratie – Midjourney Prompt (v. 5.2): A cloaked figure with no face and a cape sits at an office desk with files, in the style of dark crimson and orange, future tech, shiny eyes, dark gray, sanriocore, zone focusing, pulpy style

: Galax Acheronian: S. A. I. S. – DALL-E 3 Prompt: minimalistic illustration, prohibition sign with a crossed-out robot, rusty, rusty, vintage, science-fiction

: Galax Acheronian: S. A. I. S. – Midjourney Prompt (v. 5.2): a very old woman waits in a hallway a futuristic hospital, science fiction

: Galax Acheronian: S. A. I. S. – Midjourney Prompt (v. 5.2): hologram net floating on the ceiling in a futuristic living room, a very old man lies injured and unconscious on the floor, science – fiction

: Manuel Otto Bendrin: Die Staffel – Midjourney Prompt (v. 5.2): dark cellar vault, greenish shimmering, furniture and walls covered with mould, gloomy light, a dark figure made of mould stands in the background

: Manuel Otto Bendrin: Die Staffel – Midjourney Prompt (v. 5.2): movie scene, 40s, a very old sick tired beardless thin man sits in a wing chair next to a burning fireplace, gloomy light

: Manuel Otto Bendrin: Die Staffel – Midjourney Prompt (v. 5.2): an old man lying in his bed, his legs covered with white hyphae, drawing, brown shades, vintage, style of the house of usher

: Kai Focke: Herrschaft der Algorithmen – Midjourney Prompt (v. 5.2): a dozen of humanoid androids on cables with gas bubbles in transparent water cylinder, in the background cooling towers of dilapidated nuclear reactors, cyberpunk

: Kai Focke: Herrschaft der Algorithmen – Midjourney Prompt (v. 5.2): a dozen of humanoid androids on cables with gas bubbles in transparent water cylinder, in the background cooling towers of dilapidated nuclear reactors, cyberpunk

: Kai Focke: Herrschaft der Algorithmen – Midjourney Prompt (v. 5.2): a dozen of humanoid androids on cables with gas bubbles in transparent water cylinder, in the background cooling towers of dilapidated nuclear reactors, cyberpunk

: Frank Lauenroth: Fly me to the Dune – Midjourney Prompt (v. 5.2): a dried up little apple lies in the sand of a huge dune, closeup

: Frank Lauenroth: Fly me to the Dune – Midjourney Prompt (v. 5.2): endless dunes in a desert landscape, a woman in a protective suit sits on a futuristic glider shaped like a motorbike made of a sheet of metal flying 100 meters above the dunes, a black hawk-like warbird in the background, science-fiction, glistening light

: Frank Lauenroth: Fly me to the Dune – Midjourney Prompt (v. 5.2): endless dunes in a desert landscape, a woman in a protective suit sits on a futuristic glider shaped like a motorbike made of a sheet of metal flying 100 meters above the dunes, a black hawk-like warbird in the background, science-fiction, glistening light

: Anke Elsner: Pisauridae – Midjourney Prompt (v. 5.1): man with long oily shining black hair, narrow white face, a protruding hooked nose and strangely shaped dark eyes, cobwebs on the shoulder

: Anke Elsner: Pisauridae – Midjourney Prompt (v. 5.1): offices taken from above, identical looking people with long black hair, sunglasses, grey overalls, sitting and standing in the offices, child book style

: Anke Elsner: Pisauridae – Midjourney Prompt (v. 5.1): photo of a man with a grey overall stands on a surface of an alien black planet, partially covered by very large cobwebs, in the style of movie still, soft, eerie lightin, candid moments captured, otherwordly scenes, online sculpture, tabloid photography, white grey and blue colors

: Anke Elsner: Pisauridae – Midjourney Prompt (v. 5.1): photo of human-sized spider cocoon in the corner of a normal room, in the style of movie still, soft, eerie lightin, otherwordly scenes, tabloid photography, white grey and blue colors

: Anke Elsner: Pisauridae – Midjourney Prompt (v. 5.1): surface of an alien black planet, partially covered by very large cobwebs, eerie light, children book style

: Nele Sickel: Harmonien – Midjourney Prompt (v. 5.2): a flute lies on strange looking grass next to extraterrestrial plants with strange leaves, in the sky are strange planets, coloured drawing

: Nele Sickel: Harmonien – Midjourney Prompt (v. 5.2): close-up of large exotic leaves, alien planet with plants and a blue sun

: Nele Sickel: Harmonien – Midjourney Prompt (v. 5.2): gigantic generation spaceship lies in a green extraterrestrial landscape with alien vegetation, blue light, science-fiction, aerial view

: Sarah Lutter: Opium – Midjourney Prompt (v. 5.2): gloomy atmosphere at night on a riverbank, a body of a young man floating face down in the river next to a riverside staircase

: Sarah Lutter: Opium – Midjourney Prompt (v. 5.2): old opium den with metal barber chairs, a few cables and metal fixtures on the chairs

: Sarah Lutter: Opium – Midjourney Prompt (v. 5.2): close-up of a body of a young man floating face down in the river next to a riverside staircase, gloomy atmosphere at night on a riverbank

Kurzeindrücke zu den einzelnen Texten

Die Geburtstagsparty
von Yvonne Tunnat

Yvonne Tunnat: Die Geburtstagsparty - Midjourney Prompt (v. 5.2): perfect looking children::1 multiple pose lomography, neon color palette, High-definition, double exposure,creative and unconventional angles::1 --chaos 8

Yvonne Tunnat: Die Geburtstagsparty - Midjourney Prompt (v. 5.2): onely 5 year old boy with green glasses sitting at a birthday table::1 multiple pose lomography, neon color palette, High-definition, double exposure,creative and unconventional angles::1 --chaos 8

Die Anpassung an die Klimakatastrophe bleibt nicht unsere einzige Herausforderung. Auch die Hybris der Menschen, sich ständig optimieren zu wollen, treibt in der Zuknft wilde Blüten. Wenn man schon nicht das Klima, die Umwelt oder sich selbst retten kann, müssen es eben die Kinder sein.

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Eine Person, eine Karte
von Jol Rosenberg

Jol Rosenberg: Eine Person, eine Karte - Midjourney Prompt (v. 5.2): brush illustration of a woman in worn clothes stands in front of a futuristic dull concrete building with dim light, quadcopter flys in the air, next to her a travel bag, dimly lit street in the night, sandy street, in the background you can see a desert landscape, surreal, two moons in the night sky, colony on a desert planet, science fiction, soft colors, light, light colors. Artwork by Igor Burlakov and Xavier Collette

Jol Rosenberg: Eine Person, eine Karte - Midjourney Prompt (v. 5.2): a woman in trousers stands in front of a futuristic dull concrete building with dim light, next to her a sports bag, multirotor flys in the air, next to her a sports bag, dimly lit street in the night, sandy street, in the background you can see a desert landscape, surreal, two moons in the night sky, colony on a desert planet, science fiction, manga

Jol Rosenberg: Eine Person, eine Karte - Midjourney Prompt (v. 5.2): a woman in worn clothes sits at a table in a pub, two id cards lie on a table, a futuristic drone flies over the tables, science fiction, manga, black and white

Auch in der Zukunft sind Beziehungen zu Menschen das verlässlichste Sicherheitsnetz in prekären Situationen. Suboptimal ist es allerdings, wenn man dazu neigt, unangepasst und ungefiltert seine Meinung zu äußern.

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Die Hitze der Bürokratie
von Nicole Hobusch

Nicole Hobusch: Die Hitze der Bürokratie - Midjourney Prompt (v. 5.2): a sweating woman sits on a chair in a hallway, the air shimmering with heat, lomography, bokeh

Nicole Hobusch: Die Hitze der Bürokratie - Midjourney Prompt (v. 5.2): A cloaked figure with no face and a cape sits at an office desk with files, with a window in the background pointing to a gloomy hot city, in the style of dark crimson and orange, future tech, shiny eyes, dark gray, sanriocore, zone focusing, pulpy style

Nicole Hobusch: Die Hitze der Bürokratie - Midjourney Prompt (v. 5.2): A cloaked figure with no face and a cape sits at an office desk with files, in the style of dark crimson and orange, future tech, shiny eyes, dark gray, sanriocore, zone focusing, pulpy style

Ziemlich beängstigende Aussicht auf den Moment, da auf eine negative Lebenseinstellung die Konsequenzen folgen …

Ich hab’ schon immer vermutet, dass Ämter im Grunde etwas völlig anderes sind …

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S. A. I. S.
von Galax Acheronian

Galax Acheronian: S. A. I. S. - Midjourney Prompt (v. 5.2): a very old woman waits in a hallway a futuristic hospital, science fiction

Galax Acheronian: S. A. I. S. - DALL-E 3 Prompt: minimalistic illustration, prohibition sign with a crossed-out robot, rusty, rusty, vintage, science-fiction

Galax Acheronian: S. A. I. S. - Midjourney Prompt (v. 5.2): hologram net floating on the ceiling in a futuristic living room, a very old man lies injured and unconscious on the floor, science - fiction

Eine allwissende, omnipräsente, allmächtige und fürsorgliche K.I.?

Man folgt den Zeilen und lauert auf den großen Knall, die kalte Seele der K.I., die für Menschen nicht wirklich viel übrig hat … wahrscheinlich ist Defätismus ein allzu menschlicher Zug, der künstlichen Lebensformen eher unbekannt ist.

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Die Staffel
von Manuel Otto Bendrin

Manuel Otto Bendrin: Die Staffel - Midjourney Prompt (v. 5.2): dark cellar vault, greenish shimmering, furniture and walls covered with mould, gloomy light, a dark figure made of mould stands in the background

Manuel Otto Bendrin: Die Staffel - Midjourney Prompt (v. 5.2): movie scene, 40s, a very old sick tired beardless thin man sits in a wing chair next to a burning fireplace, gloomy light

Manuel Otto Bendrin: Die Staffel - Midjourney Prompt (v. 5.2): an old man lying in his bed, his legs covered with white hyphae, drawing, brown shades, vintage, style of the house of usher

Im Andenken an E.A. Poe und mit Mycophobie gewürzt, bewahrt einen diese Geschichte beim nächsten knarzenden Geräusch sicher nicht vor Gänsehaut.

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Herrschaft der Algorithmen
von Kai Focke

Kai Focke: Herrschaft der Algorithmen - Midjourney Prompt (v. 5.2): a dozen of humanoid androids on cables with gas bubbles in transparent water cylinder, in the background cooling towers of dilapidated nuclear reactors, cyberpunk

Wenn die menschliche Evolution nur noch eine Fußnote im Code der nach universellen Gesetzen der Wirtschaftlichkeit agierende Algorithmen ist, versteht man schnell, wie unbedeutend einst der menschliche Traum von Kontrolle war.

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Fly me to the Dune
von Frank Lauenroth

Frank Lauenroth: Fly me to the Dune - Midjourney Prompt (v. 5.2): a dried up little apple lies in the sand of a huge dune, closeup

Frank Lauenroth: Fly me to the Dune - Midjourney Prompt (v. 5.2): endless dunes in a desert landscape, a woman in a protective suit sits on a futuristic glider shaped like a motorbike made of a sheet of metal flying 100 meters above the dunes, a black hawk-like warbird in the background, science-fiction, glistening light

Wüsten sind wohl unsere Zukunft, auch wenn wir das gar nicht möchten. Lasst uns saftige Äpfel mehr wertschätzen, solange es sie gibt.

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Pisauridae
von Anke Elsner

Anke Elsner: Pisauridae - Midjourney Prompt (v. 5.1): surface of an alien black planet, partially covered by very large cobwebs, eerie light, children book style

Anke Elsner: Pisauridae - Midjourney Prompt (v. 5.1): photo of human-sized spider cocoon in the corner of a normal room, in the style of movie still, soft, eerie lightin, otherwordly scenes, tabloid photography, white grey and blue colors

Anke Elsner: Pisauridae - Midjourney Prompt (v. 5.1): photo of a man with a grey overall stands on a surface of an alien black planet, partially covered by very large cobwebs, in the style of movie still, soft, eerie lightin, candid moments captured, otherwordly scenes, online sculpture, tabloid photography, white grey and blue colors

Anke Elsner: Pisauridae - Midjourney Prompt (v. 5.1): offices taken from above, identical looking people with long black hair, sunglasses, grey overalls, sitting and standing in the offices, child book style

Anke Elsner: Pisauridae - Midjourney Prompt (v. 5.1): man with long oily shining black hair, narrow white face, a protruding hooked nose and strangely shaped dark eyes, cobwebs on the shoulder

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Eine stille Invasion extraterrestrischer Wesen ist in einer Welt, in der Unternehmen abgeschlossenen Systemen gleichen und sich sowieso keiner mehr für andere interessiert, einfacher als man vermuten möchte. Und wenn man schlussendlich zu den transformierten Spitzenprädatoren zählt … wen kümmert’s?

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Harmonien
von Nele Sickel

Nele Sickel: Harmonien - Midjourney Prompt (v. 5.2): a flute lies on strange looking grass next to extraterrestrial plants with strange leaves, in the sky are strange planets, coloured drawing

Nele Sickel: Harmonien - Midjourney Prompt (v. 5.2): close-up of large exotic leaves, alien planet with plants and a blue sun

Nele Sickel: Harmonien - Midjourney Prompt (v. 5.2): gigantic generation spaceship lies in a green extraterrestrial landscape with alien vegetation, blue light, science-fiction, aerial view

Sollten wir einmal unser Sonnensystem verlassen (müssen), wird von dem, was wir einst kannten, nicht mehr viel nützlich sein. Die Anpassung wird zwangsläufig unser Überleben bedingen.

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