- Haptic Poetry
Haptic poetry, like
visual poetry andsound poetry , is aliminal art form combining characteristics oftypography andsculpture to create objects not only to be seen, but to be touched and manipulated. Indeed, in haptic poetry, the sense oftouch (and, to a lesser extent, the other senses) is equal to, if not more important than, the sense ofsight , yet both text-based poetry and haptic poetry have the same goals: to create anaesthetic effect in the minds of the intended audience.History
The history of "poetic objects" may be traced back to the
Dada productions ofMarcel Duchamp andKurt Schwitters , and to thesurrealist ic boxes ofJoseph Cornell (among others), as well asFluxus objects and editions, but an even older tradition ofcharms , talismans,Gnostic gems , seals, and fetishistic objects exists. A further tradition exists in the use and exploration ofbraille in the creation of literary texts. Yet another and more recent tradition that feeds into the idea of "poetic objects" is the creation ofartist's book s.The ever-widening application of haptic poetics to the burgeoning field of
digital art , with the creation of increasingly sophisticated, interactive and virtual environments, has yet to be properly documented.Haptic Poets
Contemporary haptic poets of note include
Julian Blaine (France),John Furnival (USA),Kathy Ernst (USA),Ian Hamilton Finlay (Scotland), andKitasono Katue ,Takahashi Shohachiro ,Ay-O ,Ozono Yumiko ,Mori Ikuo ,Nakayama Yutaka ,Kubota Jun ,Aoiki Eime , andHayashi Michiyo (Japan).Ahadada Books (Tokyo/Toronto) is currently assembling the first "Anthology of Haptic Poetry", set for publication in late 2008.ee also
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Readymades of Marcel Duchamp
*Why Not Sneeze Rrose Sélavy?
*Kurt Schwitters
*Joseph Cornell
*Fluxus External links
* [http://www.dreamdilation.com The Pace, a haptic poem by Elizabeth Knipe]
* [http://www.plantarchy.us Scores by Justinkatko and Katharine Frank]
* [http://acg.media.mit.edu/projects/stream/ Stream of Consciousness, a haptic poem by Tom White and David Small c.1998.]
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