Anagoge
Anagoge is a cycle of 7 poems composed by Anne Dykers as a part
of her collaboration with Stephane Janin for the group exhibit "This Is Our
Body," a project pairing writers and visual artists to explore the topic of the
body.
The project was organized by Anne Becker, then poet laureate of
Takoma Park, MD and took its title from Gary Snyders' poem The Bath.
of her collaboration with Stephane Janin for the group exhibit "This Is Our
Body," a project pairing writers and visual artists to explore the topic of the
body.
The project was organized by Anne Becker, then poet laureate of
Takoma Park, MD and took its title from Gary Snyders' poem The Bath.
from Anagoge:
when
by a visible fact an invisible fact is declared
1.
what is my body?
shroud
anagoge
twin
imagination’s animal
metamorphic
vegetable
speechless speaker
synchrony of river and birds
intoxicate
earth-ball
hermes
aphroditic
wing
with the moon at his back
rock-borne in her
lingua
slave of
|
Track 1
what is my body |
Track 2
you feel so wretched |
Track 3
the same body |
Track 4
wind and negative capability |
Track 5
one door |
|
Track 6
absence carved |
Track 7
heartbreak |
Anagoge evolved over the course of a year, during which time Anne and
Stephane met with dancers Erin Seibert and Nettie Legters and engaged
in meditative movement practice in and around Sligo Creek in Takoma Park,
MD. Stephane then began to work with his handmade box camera with three
apertures and torn film inserted into the camera, capturing three slightly
different, and always unforeseeable, images which then deliver their
mysterious panoramic forms.
see www.stephanejanin.com
Anne and Stephane then discovered that the images could be printed on the
paper Anne had been making by hand, 95% gampi and 5% abaca, a thin
traditional Japanese paper that further accentuated the feeling of the images,
hovering between corporality and incorporality.
Anne then composed the cycle of poems to be experienced by headphones
as viewers walked along the series of images. Parts of the poems are included
in the slideshow.
The term '"anagoge" refers to a method of interpreting spiritual texts, "when by
a vibible fact and invisible fact is declared."
http://stephanejanin.com/public-html/media/Anagoge/index.html
Stephane met with dancers Erin Seibert and Nettie Legters and engaged
in meditative movement practice in and around Sligo Creek in Takoma Park,
MD. Stephane then began to work with his handmade box camera with three
apertures and torn film inserted into the camera, capturing three slightly
different, and always unforeseeable, images which then deliver their
mysterious panoramic forms.
see www.stephanejanin.com
Anne and Stephane then discovered that the images could be printed on the
paper Anne had been making by hand, 95% gampi and 5% abaca, a thin
traditional Japanese paper that further accentuated the feeling of the images,
hovering between corporality and incorporality.
Anne then composed the cycle of poems to be experienced by headphones
as viewers walked along the series of images. Parts of the poems are included
in the slideshow.
The term '"anagoge" refers to a method of interpreting spiritual texts, "when by
a vibible fact and invisible fact is declared."
http://stephanejanin.com/public-html/media/Anagoge/index.html