J.I. Kleinberg
CONSIDER
IMAGE DESCRIPTION: On a dusky green background, a poem is pasted. It is made of words and phrases torn from magazines. Most of the words and phrases have a white background with a black font, but some of them have a turquoise background and white font. The poem reads, “Consider a // human life. / Like the wind /// said, vulnerable, // bones, // filled with / hurt, / necks /// and knees, / boundaries // of the body”
I HEAR MY HAND
IMAGE DESCRIPTION: On a dusky green background, a poem is pasted. It is made of words and phrases torn from magazines. Most of the words and phrases have a white background with a black font, but some of them have a black background and white font, and some have a light green background and black font. The poem reads, “I hear / my hand / Count on / flowers / what / glossy / whisper / the / pronunciation of / bone, / The sound / of a shoulder.”
TO COMPREHEND
IMAGE DESCRIPTION: On a dusky green background, a poem is pasted. It is made of words and phrases torn from magazines. The words and phrases have a white background with a black font, but some of them have a black background and white font. The poem reads, “to /// comprehend / need / question / first the body / the head /// tainted / hands, / not still / but /// dusty / The empty / self—”
Artist statement: The body is always a surprise. This work has me continually searching for words that capture the body's unexpected presence in the moment and restitching them into a new visual syntax, much as our cells create visual sentences that we call self.