VISUAL POETRY / BIOGRAPHICAL MAPPING, 2018
The Geopoem Series is an intermedia visual poetry work based on geolocation and biography. The series converges diagrams, video, sound, geolocation systems, and Haiku.
The core of this work is based on considering biography through space instead of time. Instead of thinking about a chronology of events, I create diagrams with the coordinates of the locations where important experiences occurred; the precise coordinates become the “verses” of each poem, each poem revealing a specific cluster of data. Each verse is written over the paper in analogy to the location of its coordinate on the diagram based on Mercator map. In this work, the poetry can only be reached in the landscapes of the experience it evokes.
The Geopoem Series Diagrams
Cristiane Bouger, 2018
In The Geopoem Series life is fully taken as part of the oeuvre, allowing space for the viewers to reflect upon their own experiences and existential maps.
Although coordinates replace the verses in my geopoems, one exception is made for Thirteen Unspoken Epiphanies, in which I write a haiku dedicated to each epiphany / location. At the side of this geopoem the viewer finds a tablet display opened on Google Earth. This allows the viewer to explore the cartography of each epiphany with accuracy by selecting the coordinates to access the location that inspired each haiku. The geopoem acquires then another layer of visibility. The spatiality of the geopoem is amplified, while viewers can also look for the coordinates that marked their own life.
The Geopoem Series
The Geopoem Series
The Geopoem Series
The Geopoem Series
The Geopoem Series
The Geopoem Series
GEOSONIC HAIKU
The geosonic haiku are created from soundscapes of mapped experiences, and edited in a structure of 5 sec, 7 sec, 5 sec, summing up an audio of 17 seconds, instead of a poem of
17 syllables.
Mixtape n.1, 35°N, 135°E Kyoto
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LOCATION PHOTOGRAPHY
CREDITS
Visual Poetry Series by Cristiane Bouger
Photography and Video Documentation by Cristiane Bouger
Poster Design by Larissa Brandão
EXHIBITIONS
BROOKLYN/NY, USA
2018 The Geopoem Series, Bushwick Open Studios, Umwelt Studio, September 2018.
2019 Works in Process, Bushwick Open Studios, Umwelt Studio, September 2019.
The Geopoem Series is an intermedia visual poetry work based on geolocation and biography. The series converges diagrams, video, sound, geolocation systems, and Haiku.
The core of this work is based on considering biography through space instead of time. Instead of thinking about a chronology of events, I create diagrams with the coordinates of the locations where important experiences occurred; the precise coordinates become the “verses” of each poem, each poem revealing a specific cluster of data. Each verse is written over the paper in analogy to the location of its coordinate on the diagram based on Mercator map. In this work, the poetry can only be reached in the landscapes of the experience it evokes.
In The Geopoem Series life is fully taken as part of the oeuvre, allowing space for the viewers to reflect upon their own experiences and existential maps.
Although coordinates replace the verses in my geopoems, one exception is made for Thirteen Unspoken Epiphanies, in which I write a haiku dedicated to each epiphany / location. At the side of this geopoem the viewer finds a tablet display opened on Google Earth. This allows the viewer to explore the cartography of each epiphany with accuracy by selecting the coordinates to access the location that inspired each haiku. The geopoem acquires then another layer of visibility. The spatiality of the geopoem is amplified, while viewers can also look for the coordinates that marked their own life.
The geosonic haiku are created from soundscapes of mapped experiences, and edited in a structure of 5 sec, 7 sec, 5 sec, summing up an audio of 17 seconds, instead of a poem of
17 syllables.
Mixtape n.1, 35°N, 135°E Kyoto
Visual Poetry Series by Cristiane Bouger
Photography and Video Documentation by Cristiane Bouger
Poster Design by Larissa Brandão
BROOKLYN/NY, USA
2018 The Geopoem Series, Bushwick Open Studios, Umwelt Studio, September 2018.
2019 Works in Process, Bushwick Open Studios, Umwelt Studio, September 2019.
The Geopoem Series is an intermedia visual poetry work based on geolocation and biography. The series converges diagrams, video, sound, geolocation systems, and Haiku.
The core of this work is based on considering biography through space instead of time. Instead of thinking about a chronology of events, I create diagrams with the coordinates of the locations where important experiences occurred; the precise coordinates become the “verses” of each poem, each poem revealing a specific cluster of data. Each verse is written over the paper in analogy to the location of its coordinate on the diagram based on Mercator map. In this work, the poetry can only be reached in the landscapes of the experience it evokes.
In The Geopoem Series life is fully taken as part of the oeuvre, allowing space for the viewers to reflect upon their own experiences and existential maps.
Although coordinates replace the verses in my geopoems, one exception is made for Thirteen Unspoken Epiphanies, in which I write a haiku dedicated to each epiphany / location. At the side of this geopoem the viewer finds a tablet display opened on Google Earth. This allows the viewer to explore the cartography of each epiphany with accuracy by selecting the coordinates to access the location that inspired each haiku. The geopoem acquires then another layer of visibility. The spatiality of the geopoem is amplified, while viewers can also look for the coordinates that marked their own life.
The geosonic haiku are created from soundscapes of mapped experiences, and edited in a structure of 5 sec, 7 sec, 5 sec, summing up an audio of 17 seconds, instead of a poem of 17 syllables.
Mixtape n.1, 35°N, 135°E Kyoto
Visual Poetry Series by Cristiane Bouger
Photography and Video Documentation by Cristiane Bouger
Poster Design by Larissa Brandão
BROOKLYN/NY, USA
2018 The Geopoem Series, Bushwick Open Studios, Umwelt Studio, September 2018.
2019 Works in Process, Bushwick Open Studios, Umwelt Studio, September 2019.
The Geopoem Series is an intermedia visual poetry work based on geolocation and biography. The series converges diagrams, video, sound, geolocation systems, and Haiku.
The core of this work is based on considering biography through space instead of time. Instead of thinking about a chronology of events, I create diagrams with the coordinates of the locations where important experiences occurred; the precise coordinates become the “verses” of each poem, each poem revealing a specific cluster of data. Each verse is written over the paper in analogy to the location of its coordinate on the diagram based on Mercator map. In this work, the poetry can only be reached in the landscapes of the experience it evokes.
In The Geopoem Series life is fully taken as part of the oeuvre, allowing space for the viewers to reflect upon their own experiences and existential maps.
Although coordinates replace the verses in my geopoems, one exception is made for Thirteen Unspoken Epiphanies, in which I write a haiku dedicated to each epiphany / location. At the side of this geopoem the viewer finds a tablet display opened on Google Earth. This allows the viewer to explore the cartography of each epiphany with accuracy by selecting the coordinates to access the location that inspired each haiku. The geopoem acquires then another layer of visibility. The spatiality of the geopoem is amplified, while viewers can also look for the coordinates that marked their own life.
The geosonic haiku are created from soundscapes of mapped experiences, and edited in a structure of 5 sec, 7 sec, 5 sec, summing up an audio of 17 seconds, instead of a poem of
17 syllables.
Mixtape n.1, 35°N, 135°E Kyoto
Visual Poetry Series by Cristiane Bouger
Photography and Video Documentation by Cristiane Bouger
Poster Design by Larissa Brandão
BROOKLYN/NY, USA
2018 The Geopoem Series, Bushwick Open Studios, Umwelt Studio, Sept 2018.
2019 Works in Process, Bushwick Open Studios, Umwelt Studio, Sept 2019.
VISUAL POETRY / BIOGRAPHICAL MAPPING, 2018
The Geopoem Series is an intermedia visual poetry work based on geolocation and biography. The series converges diagrams, video, sound, geolocation systems, and Haiku.
The core of this work is based on considering biography through space instead of time. Instead of thinking about a chronology of events, I create diagrams with the coordinates of the locations where important experiences occurred; the precise coordinates become the “verses” of each poem, each poem revealing a specific cluster of data. Each verse is written over the paper in analogy to the location of its coordinate on the diagram based on Mercator map. In this work, the poetry can only be reached in the landscapes of the experience it evokes.
The Geopoem Series Diagrams
Cristiane Bouger, 2018
In The Geopoem Series life is fully taken as part of the oeuvre, allowing space for the viewers to reflect upon their own experiences and existential maps.
Although coordinates replace the verses in my geopoems, one exception is made for Thirteen Unspoken Epiphanies, in which I write a haiku dedicated to each epiphany / location. At the side of this geopoem the viewer finds a tablet display opened on Google Earth. This allows the viewer
to explore the cartography of each epiphany with accuracy by selecting the coordinates to access the location that inspired each haiku. The geopoem acquires then another layer of visibility. The spatiality of the geopoem is amplified, while viewers can also look for the coordinates that marked their own life.
The Geopoem Series
Umwelt Studio, Brooklyn, 2018
Photography by Umwelt Studio3
The Geopoem Series
Umwelt Studio, Brooklyn, 2018
Photography by Umwelt Studio
The Geopoem Series
Umwelt Studio, Brooklyn, 2018
Photography by Umwelt Studio2
The Geopoem Series
Umwelt Studio, Brooklyn, 2018
Photography by Umwelt Studio6
The Geopoem Series
Umwelt Studio, Brooklyn, 2018
Photography by Umwelt Studio7
The Geopoem Series
Umwelt Studio, Brooklyn, 2018
Photography by Umwelt Studio5
GEOSONIC HAIKU
The geosonic haiku are created from soundscapes of mapped experiences, and edited in a structure of 5 sec, 7 sec, 5 sec, summing up an audio of 17 seconds, instead of a poem of 17 syllables.
Mixtape n.1, 35°N, 135°E Kyoto
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LOCATION PHOTOGRAPHY
"The Writer's Path II" – Location Photography, The Geopoem Series
New York, 2018
CREDITS
Visual Poetry Series by Cristiane Bouger
Photography and Video Documentation by Cristiane Bouger
Poster Design by Larissa Brandão
EXHIBITIONS
BROOKLYN/NY, USA
2018 The Geopoem Series, Bushwick Open Studios, Umwelt Studio, Sept 2018.
2019 Works in Process, Bushwick Open Studios, Umwelt Studio, Sept 2019.