You are the one thinking this: locative poetry as deictic writing
This article presents an experiment in locative literature. Using the textopia system for sharing of literary texts through spatial annotation and locative exploration with mobile devices, a commissioned work was created for a poetry festival. The project aimed to explore how professional, renowned poets could contribute a deepened understanding of the locative medium. The texts produced show two important traits. Firstly, a particular use of deictic relationships, in which words like “you” and “here” take on a particular importance, indicating that these words work like entry points for fiction and markers of make-believe. Secondly, a preoccupation with relations of absence and presence, both temporal and spatial, producing poetic recreations of a location's memory and spatial connections to the rest of the world.
Works referenced:
Title | Author | Year |
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Yellow Arrow | Brian House, Christopher Allen, Jesse Shapins | 2004 |
Uncle Roy All Around You | Blast Theory | 2003 |
Itinerant | Teri Rueb | 2005 |
Can You See Me Now? | Blast Theory | 2001 |
'Scape the Hood | Leslie Rule | 2005 |