i like my body when it is with your
body. It is so quite new a thing.
Muscles better and nerves more.
i like your body. i like what it does,
i like its hows. i like to feel the spine
of your body and its bones, and the trembling
-firm-smooth ness and which i will
again and again and again
kiss, i like kissing this and that of you,
i like, slowly stroking the, shocking fuzz
of your electric fur, and what-is-it comes
over parting flesh ... And eyes big love-crumbs,
and possibly i like the thrill
of under me you so quite new
the poem incites feelings of eroticism, intimacy, physical experiences.
the text revolves around a set of keywords (in italics) which represent actions or emotions felt and more importantly the repetitive notion of the line: "...again and again and again...". The aspect of feeling a persons body is always a sensation, but the most genuine positive emotion is the first time to feel someone. the thrill is evoked through being given the permission to discover and also setting aside your own vulnerability submitting yourself to exploration.
"...again and again and again..." illustrates the repetitive aspect in this kind of human interaction. searching for acceptance and the thrill again and again; confirming your own importance through likeability. thus i think the poem is actually very lonely. the poem comes across as passionate and caring but this romantic notion is linked with the ecstasy of the act.
the idea of liking oneself only when you are with another conveys a necessity to assert your libido. project an image of yourself through (temporary) sensations created by others.
the visual output.
simplistic, minimalistic, almost abstract black and white close shots of areas on a female body and the keywords from the poem which load and enforce the emotion represented in the photos.
format is based on a bird and/in a cage spin toy. two images, one the photo of the body, the other the word from back-to-back melt into one when spinned.
this has the repetitive action of the sensation ( to see the complete image aka get satisfaction, you have to spin the contraption aka put in effort ), the emotions felt and also the aspect of solitude as the two parts that make up an emotion are actually separated and the pictures themselves are in a way solitary and longing in their graphic and minimalistic sense (also due to their memory flash type of cadre .
we intend to use images shot on photographic film and possibly handprint the text to stay true to the organic intimate feel of the poem and the action described.
today is thursday and the deadline is next thursday. friday i and greg will take test shots with his digital camera to ensure we have a consensus in the way the images should look. after processing the images we will send them ali and philippa who can then start work on text. on monday we will have a meeting to clear final details and a final assembly on thursday morning by which time we have already taken the pictures on film and printed both them and the texts and procured the necessary supplies.
