Publication

Graph Paper Poems

Concrete poems explored thru typewritten characters and graph papers. These are part maps part illustrations part poetry, but I have tried to leave enough space between these ideas for your own associations which go beyond my own.

Installation

Laundry Day/The Space Between

12:09 in duration. This was my first attempt at a film and an important exploration regarding my investigation into what type of site is necessary for the creative act.

Publication

literatur

Using discarded library materials and covers left over from burned books, I reflect on the role of libraries, the act of book burnings, and examine how we preserve information in book form while simultaneously destroying it.

Installation

The Precariousness of Space/ The Room without a view

In an attempt to solve the issue of having a lack of creative space to call my own, I rented a storage unit to create a makeshift office out of. My writing attempts to redefine the word "poet" as a verb: an action word. Moving the concept away from... More

Publication

Vessel

After a discussion with Akash Inbakumar about the idea of a clay-bound book and explorations of material agency, I wrote and printed this poem to be bound between clay tablets. The resulting body warms in the sunlight or cools in the dark and... More

Installation

Witness Windows

Installation, 2019-present Sticks, gardening wire, embroidery thread, painted stones

Work by

Leah Benetti aka. pseudonym

Publication

“i am interested in the intersections of art and poetry, and after many years of practicing as a poet-for-hire i have come to understand ‘poet’ as a verb; an action word. ...” [More]