We consider visual poetry, as well as conventional poetry, to be what it is just when it exists in absence of purposefulness. By this it differs from a poster or an illustration.
That is why, in our opinion, it is strange to think about any concept when creating an image.
But when inner passions of making an image calms down, what's wrong with meditation on the process of creation?
Let us image situation when, during their artistic watch, authors try to change options in the «game»-«not game» pair. The same for the «signifier»-«signified» pair.
Let us see it on three images: Remembering a hobbyhorse; Our flag (together with Miro); Andrey Kozlov takes aboard the boat.
In Remembering a hobbyhorse, nostalgia of the lyrical hero who is set behind the scene, is destroyed by dividing the subjects into fragments. But it turns out, the inner subject of the series is missing. Instead there supposed to be an outer subject. To read it there are regular frames with stochastic contents. But are they really stochastic?..
Our flag (together with Miro). The artwork of famous Spanish artist, with a small insect and a balloon, seems to become a serious flag if a white stripe is added. But this flag is hoisted to virtual moon. The seriousness disappears immediately. The authors glorify Juan Miro with their playful hymn.
In Andrey Kozlov takes aboard the boat, these boats are wooden sculptures by naive artist Andrey Kozlov. Here they arrive into computer game. Andrey gets spare lives. Maybe, the essence of artist's life is indeed to sail in a boat of his own.
The seriousness can be defeated only from inside. But there is no sense to struggle with it. It takes some time, and it will be destroyed by itself.
Mikhail Vyatkin.
Born in 1949, lives in Moscow. Graduated from STANKIN Moscow state technological university. Member of the Union of Russian journalists, the Union of Russian writers.
Mikhail works in absurd poetry since 1998, since extraordinary metamorphosis he had an occasion to go through. Since 2003 the sprouts of post-absurd appears in his texts, as a style the author practices till now.
Publications: «После абсурда» (М., 2008), journals: «Журнал ПОэтов», «Дети Ра», «Черновик», «Футурум АРТ», «Другое полушарие», «Text only», «Полутона», collections of festivals of vers libre, etc. In visual poetry he works in collaboration with his son, graphic artist Nikolay Vyatkin.
Nikolay Vyatkin.
Born in 1987 in Moscow. Graduated from High school of graphic design (2010). Member of the Union of Moscow artists.
Exhibitions: Конкурс карикатуры (Турция), Всероссийский конкурс знаков и логотипов, Выставка плакатов для музыкального фестиваля «Длинные руки», Московская международная биеннале графического дизайна «Золотая пчела 9» (Москва 2010), 4-я Московская биеннале современного искусства (Москва 2011), «Пробный шар» (Москва, 2011), Выставка финалистов конкурса плакатов «Город без художника» (Москва 2012).
Publications: «Дети Ра», «Независимая газета», «Черновик», «Другое полушарие».
Illustration to the poetry book «После абсурда» (М., 2008).