Multisensory Experience of a Poem
The making of Bloodie writes an anthem
This is a story of how we progressively transformed a poem into multisensory experiences using ASMR, sound, vocal, visual texture, and abstract patterns.
The Beginning
It started when Rebecca Xu showed me the book The Illumination Project, gifted by Emily Vey Duke at her reading at the Light Work studio. Rebecca suggested creating an animated visual interpretation of the poems.
The book contains illustrations by Shary Boyle and poems by Vey Duke, intertwined and inspired by each other. Rebecca and I each picked three favorites from the book. Among the choices, there was one poem in common, which was Bloodie Write an Anthem.
Artist Intention
Bloodie is the name of a young girl who travels across fantastical lands populated by all manner of creatures. The poem we chose situated Bloodie in the time of awakening, subtle and fragile; it almost reminded me of Proust’s madeleine moment which would lead to her self-discovery.
