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Table of Content:
BOOK I: innocence
BOOK II: pride
featured in
Rhizome.org ArtBase,
May 2001
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About
the Process:
The Net Rush: Homecoming
is a two-book collection of visual haiku (eku). This collection of poems
was created with the process of Ekphrasis poetry in mind. "Ekphrasis
can be defined as art within art; the act of exercising one art form (poetry)
to bring life to other art forms (paintings, sculptures, music, and dance)."
This process was first appears in the Golden Age of Greece. Now at the
age of Aquarius, humankind has evolved toward new technological advances
for expressions and mediums; digital and the Internet. Now, artisans can
give a new meaning to the process of Ekphrasis.
"Xfrasis" was coined from a Greek term "Ekphrasis. Xfrasis
plans to quilt poetry, visual arts and music to the text based information
highway. “Xfrasis” is a digital process that allows for the
fusing of different layers of artistic expressions and mediums. This fusion
of poetry, visuals, images, dance, and/or music result in a breathtaking
creative multimedia experience. Xfrasis can help turn computer terminals
into colorful canvases; and can do for poetry what video did for music.
These eku was created with a Sony digital camera and Macintosh Powerbook
G3; using programs such as Adobe Photoshop, After Effects, Macromedia
Flash and EditDV. The Homecoming collection was created in a period of
three months. A poem was created
almost daily to showcase that, with today's digital tools, we can
create visual poems as easy as composing poetry in the text format that
we are accustomed to.
Just imagine our future! : )
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