The Art & Poetry project brings together digital artists and the vivid verses of renowned Neapolitan poet Carmen Auletta. Her work captures not only the city of her birth but also the universal themes of love and memory, childhood and death.
Art and Poetry, Cose Nove installation was premiered
at Atlantide Art Exhibitions on December 12, 2011.
Seking a universal aspect of the poem Aequitas explored the moment of apprehension. The lonely poet awaits inspiration.
With patience and determination the the poet waits as phrases begin to travel down the path from the future to the past. It's up to the poet to apprehend them.
The book comes to life with a moving image of the poem washing up on shore and returning to the sea in waves, another opportunity for the poet to apprehend a poem.
I pass my gaze over the wet sand
Absorbed by the sea that comes and goes
Carrying things that burrow holes
Drilling into this heart, and that does no good.
Like the waves that get hold of the sand
And get carried back out to sea
So am I, chained to this great pain
In search of less bitter thoughts.
A handy net awaits, it's use? To capture phrases from the air.
The waves tell of new things
The sea speaks of them after the storm
And now it's calm, it wakes me with its sound
Bringing me a little bit of party in the breeze
Carmen Auletta
English Version: translation by Professor Jessica Otey
Thanks to Roxelo Babenco, Carmen Auletta, Juliet Petlyakov and Il Museo del Metaverso for a great experience. This photo was taken as Carmen was being interviewed for an Italian radio station.
