As my 7th project of visual communication I developded an illustrated poetry book under the guidance of Julieta Sobral, Gabriella Gusmão, André Beltrão, and Izabel Gomes. All illustrations and poems are my original creations.
It journey borders limits, revealing desires, easing intense emotions, and seeking to understand existence. Who can one be in an unknown space, surrounded by strangers, while being a stranger oneself? The word 'delirium' refers to a state of intense mental excitement, where reality blends with dreams, utopias, and imaginations. It is in this space between the real and the imaginary that the deepest desires, the most intense pains, and the poems of this book emerges.
The process was organizing the poems I wrote in the last year, to make abstract illustration setting the tone of the poetry and editorial choices.
I filled 5 A5-sized notebooks, totaling over 400 pages, including some illustrations, a few short stories, and many poems. The idea of creating a book had always been present in my mind, even though I never explicitly set this intention while writing. From over 200 written pieces, I typed and printed 92 poems. Over the course of 4 weeks, I read, selected, excluded, and reflected on what would shape this book. In the end, I selected 17 poems and created a timeline of a delight.
For the illustrations I used black ink on 120g paper and tried it in many ways, after documenting taking pictures of the ink dry or sometimes wet, I edited on photoshop and manipulated with crops, inverting colors and making patterns.
All illustrations were created using ink on 120g paper with water, then edited in Photoshop, primarily working with 'mirrors' or crops.
During my exchange program in Berlin, Germany, in 2023, I began writing daily. Not to document events, but to understand my emotions in the face of so many unfamiliar experiences. I filled 5 A5-sized notebooks, totaling over 400 pages, including some illustrations, a few short stories, and many poems. The idea of creating a book had always been present in my mind, even though I never explicitly set this intention while writing. From over 200 written pieces, I typed and printed 92 poems. Over the course of 4 weeks, I read, selected, excluded, and reflected on what would shape this book. In the end, I selected 17 poems and created a timeline of a delight.
