Denne måneds kunstner er argentinske Ana Maria Uribe, hvis animerede digte viser en sjælden sans for brug af typografiens visuelle muligheder
Ana Maria Uribes digte er baserede på et sammenspil mellem den semantiske betydning af digtets titel og selve bogstavets karakter og visuelle komposition. I Ana Maria Uribes tilfælde er humor og enkelhed de to karakteristika, som giver digtene deres gennemslagskraft og charme.
Typoems, som er fra slutning af 60'erne, blev til ved hjælp af en skrivemaskine. Med 80'ernes nye digitale teknologiske muligheder for lyd og bevægelser, blev det til Anipoems, animerede digte.
Ana Maria Uribe døde tidligere i år, derfor denne lille nekrolog:
"In the late 1960s Argentine artist Ana Maria Uribe began creating typoemas -- static black-on-white visual compositions rendered using a standard office typewriter. Anticipating the keyboard’s pancultural ubiquity and its potential for artmaking, these early works provided a foundation for the anipoemas that emerged in the 1980s. The creative possibilities afforded by new computer technology led Uribe to incorporate animation, sound and eventually colour into later projects while retaining the frame size and single-font restrictions intrinsic to her creative process. The ease of dissemination provided by the internet allowed the her to cultivate an international audience, and yet her work transcended language through exploration of the plasticity of letters and symbols and their potential for the generation of meaning as visual objects. Her works are infused with a sense of rhythm and dance – the joy of movement translated onto the page with technical mastery and a deep aesthetic understanding. Ana Maria Uribe died in early March, leaving a living body of work that is a testimony to the perpetuity of her medium. She will be missed." - Peggy MacKinnon
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