Voyelles #5 “O”
“This particular piece: Voyelles #5 ‘O’ is the last segment of the series: Voyelles #1-5 (for Rimbaud). This
collage series was created inspired by one of his most beloved poems ‘Voyelles’ & is dedicated to him naturally. In the series, I wanted to dive into the
least narrative & literal format to deliver the essence of his work. Panels
of color plates, a visual stimulation in ‘silence’, symbolize the content of
his writing. 2 alphabets on top & bottom of each color panel signify the
written form of the sound of vowels of the 2 languages I use (Japanese, my
mother tongue & English, the adapted second language). The series is also a
game piece to invoke a challenge against the hierarchical system of language in
our society. In this case, unless you know how to read Japanese, you’ll be left
alone with 50% of the cognition. The Japanese alphabet will remain as a mere
visual element with no literal content. So, the perceiving effects will vary according
to the perceiver’s conditions.” -- Yuko Otomo
BIO :
Yuko Otomo draws/paints & writes
(poetry, haiku, art criticism & essays). Born in Japan she now considers
herself a New Yorker. Her publications include: The Hand of The Poet (Ugly Duckling Presse), Small Poems (also UDP), Garden (Beehive Press), PINK
(Sisyphus Press) & others. She has read her work in venues such as
Poetry Project at St. Mark’s, Poets House, PS1, Queens Museum, NYU, SVA, CUNY
Graduate Ctr, The Living Theatre, Bowery Poetry Club, Tribes Gallery, Issue
Project Room, The Stone & others in NYC; Shakespeare & Co., IVY
Writer’s reading series, Jazz@Home, Nu*** in Paris; Nagasaki A-Bomb
Memorial reading, Tachihara Michizo Memorial reading in Japan. Her collection
of Ekprhasis writing “STUDY” is expected to come out in 2013 by Ugly Duckling
Presse.
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