Les métamorphoses du ciel : espaces et formats dans la poésie spatialiste

Abstract

Prominent representatives of the avant-gardes and inventors of “spatialism” in the early sixties, Ilse Garnier (1927-2020) and Pierre Garnier (1928-2014) are best known for their creations in the field of visual poetry and sound poetry. Their works use a large variety of media (paper, tape, photographic film), formats (from objects that can be held in the hand to others measuring a meter across) and objects (separate sheets, bound books, slides, ephemeral installations). This diversity is linked to the very principles of their poetry, where space plays a central role. The article examines how in their visual works the poets played with supports and thwarted codes, not hesitating whenever possible to let the poem expand out of the page, to renew the forms of the book, and to circulate their creations from one medium to another.

Keywords

• photography
• artist’s book
• space
• Garnier (Ilse)
• Garnier (Pierre)
• spatialism