LOG E012025-02

LOG E012025-02

by Maria F Izaguirre

Project

Postpoetic Machine Artifacts
(Featuring Eleonora Requena and Enrique Enriquez)

Release Date

July, 2022

ABOUT THIS COLLECTION

The Postpoetic Machine series explores the residual space of language through collaborative poetry experiments. These limited-edition artifacts feature hybrid poems born from a dialogue between the Postpoetic Machine and Venezuelan poets Eleonora Requena and Enrique Enriquez.

The project began with a question: How can machines amplify a poem? Each artifact captures this interplay—oscillating between resonance and echo, noise and rhythm, rupture and meaning. 

Residue (from the Latin re-sidere) means that which prevents reality from moving forward, that which forces us to remain seated and static, that which cuts off the flow of time and its cyclical feedbacks. (Mallo, 2018)

In this series, the postcard becomes an analogue record of a performative process—where human and machine operations collide to create something neither could achieve alone.

A postcard is a brief confession to distance: an image on one side, a few words on the other, stitched together by the hope that someone far away will hold it and feel closer. It is a fragment of place and time—small enough to hold in one hand, yet vast enough to carry a horizon. It is an open letter to the world, a traveling image gathering fingerprints, scents, and stories along the way. A moment flattened and set adrift. A portable memory touched by strangers before finding the hands it was meant for. A time capsule.

Materials Used

The production honors the principle of small-scale, high-quality, and intentional publishing.

  • Paper: FSC-certified, uncoated, naturally textured Mohawk Superfine paper, 32pt, double thickness, and seam color.
  • Printing: Local, short-run digital press in Rhode Island to minimize waste and environmental impact.
  • Format: Postcard Set.

This is a transmedia artifact that includes an auditory experience.

EDITION DETAILS

Titles

Bird Talk featuring Enrique Enriquez (31 postcards)
Semi-automatic Poems featuring Eleonora Requena (27 postcards)

  • Limited Edition: 7 copies per title (including 2 archive copies)
  • Signed & Numbered: Each copy is hand-signed and numbered by the artist
  • Format: 5.5” x 8.5”
  • Print Specs: Matte cover, black-and-white interiors with typographic compositions, illustrations, machine-generated visual fragments, and a QR code linked to an audio file.

CREATION PROCESS

  • Start Date: December 2021
  • Completion Date: July 2022

Behind the Scenes

The process began by feeding the poets’ voice into the Postpoetic Machine—a custom system designed to mutate language using algorithms to write visual patterns. What emerged were sequences that destabilize meaning while preserving echoes emerging from the original voice.

These poems were curated and arranged in collaboration with the poets, allowing the work to remain porous—part human, part machine.

Creating these artifacts was a way of grounding a reflection on the materiality of a poem and how technology could enhance the poetic experience. More than a translation, this experiment transmutates voice into a new hybrid lexicon while revealing traces of its residues hidden in space.

DETAILS & CARE

  • Dimensions: 5.5” x 8.5”
  • Weight: Approx. 1.5 pounds each

Care Instructions

  • Store in a cool, dry place
  • Avoid prolonged exposure to sunlight
  • Handle with clean hands to preserve the matte finish

PACKAGING & DELIVERY

What’s Included
Your order includes:

  • One limited-edition artifact
  • Certificate of Authenticity
  • Artist note
  • Protective sleeve for preservation

Shipping Details
Artifacts ship in rigid, recyclable mailers to ensure safe delivery. See [Shipping Policy here].

For customers in Canada & Mexico: local duties, taxes, or import fees may apply at delivery and are the buyer’s responsibility.

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Thank you for participating in this experiment in human–machine postpoetics. These artifacts belong to a continuum of inquiries into language, technology, and presence. By collecting one, you hold a fragment of a process that remains alive. Each observer contributes a new iteration to the postpoem, sustaining the growth of an open system.