TWOXISM

Claudia Serea & Maria Haro — Poetry / Photography / Urban Art / Collaboration

Book Description

Twoxism is an invented word for all things two — among them, love, life, friendship, and relationships.

What began as a poem-photo collaboration project between two life-long friends — Maria Haro, a visual artist, and Claudia Serea, a poet — resulted in a refreshing lyricism of urban photography and poetry. TWOXISM is a work that finds beauty in unexpected places and sees the mundane with redemptive eyes. A city love story, tender and gritty at the same time, it explores the spaces between two people, between image and word, between the seen and the felt.

From snow to cement to subway platform to gutter, the flickering lights of the city reveal the hidden treasures that surround us and yet we never see. We walk speedily with blinders on through our lives and miss the essence of what we truly seek: companionship. Everywhere around us it is present, from the cigarette butts to the telephone booths to the blizzard — if only we slow down enough to look. In TWOXISM, Serea and Haro have kindled the rarest of fires: when two artists meet halfway and create something that indubitably would have been impossible to create alone.

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\"I was fortunate to see Twoxism in its earliest form when Maria and Claudia came to me with an idea for an exhibit in our office. What started as a way to show off the talent of two team members turned into an imaginative, fresh, and inspiring look at the world around us. I'm also proud that many of those pieces have found their way into this collection. And I'm very proud of these two amazing artists.\"

Rich Levy, Chief Creative Officer, FCB Health Worldwide

\"In Twoxism, Claudia Serea and Maria Haro have kindled the rarest of fires: when two artists meet halfway and create something that indubitably would have been impossible to create alone.\"

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Author Bio

CLAUDIA SEREA is a Romanian-born poet who immigrated to the U.S. in 1995. Her poems and translations have appeared in New Letters, 5 a.m., Meridian, Word Riot, Apple Valley Review, and many others. A two-time Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominee, she is the author of several poetry collections including A DIRT ROAD HANGS FROM THE SKY (8th House Publishing) and Angels & Beasts.

MARIA HARO grew up in Madrid, Spain, where she studied fine arts and graphic design. She graduated from Madrid's School of Graphic Communications and moved to New York City in 1994. She produces award-winning work as a Creative Director at a major advertising agency in New York and her photography can be found on Instagram.

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Also by This Author

Serea: A DIRT ROAD HANGS FROM THE SKY (published by 8th House), Angels & Beasts, The System, To Part Is to Die a Little. Haro: Debut with 8th House Publishing.

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