Interview and reviews of POETRY FILM presentations at LYRA

Lucy English has just sent me a really comprehensive review of Helen Dewbery's and my own poetry film presentations at LYRA last Sunday. It is a really interesting piece of writing – we were interviewed after the event and I was wondering how it would turn out. So here it…

Wonderful Review of The Poetics of Poetry Film in JULIET art magazine by Enzo Minarelli

A great article on The Poetics of Poetry Film by leading experimental Italian poet Enzo Minarelli in longstanding, contemporary art magazine – JULIET. I received a copy of the magazine the other day and it looks beautifully printed in the flesh, with some really interesting observations by Enzo. The article is…

REELpoetry 2022 – 25–27 February 'Better than ever before'

Congratulations to Fran Sanders and her team in Houston for organising this richly programmed hybrid (first day live, the rest mainly online) poetry film festival this year. From poetry film curations and open mic performances by the deaf and hard of hearing (Willy Conley, Sabina England, Meridith Gray) to individual artists'…

Angel Guinda sad news - dedication to him for Versopolis screening on February 4th

Unfortunately, I bring some very sad news – Aragonese poet Ángel Guinda passed away this weekend (Zaragoza 1948 – Madrid 29 January 2022). Charles Olsen, who worked with him, describes him as 'a poet, friend and inspiration, both in his poetry and his way of being'. He says that 'Ángel always…

Interviews on the Poetics of Poetry Film at Brave New Literatures Festival by Versopolis Review

Brave New Literatures festival has begun! In combination with the Review and its readership itself, this is a vital, large-scale event organised by the stimulating, up-to-the-minute and eye-opening Versopolis Review.So pleased that there are two bilingual (Spanish and English) video interviews in it this year related to The Poetics of…

HAPPY HOLIDAYS to the Birds

To Everyone – have a happy and peaceful festive season. Here is my gift to myself for the birds – in these cold days. ******* See you in the New Year!

Fotogenia – Delluc Avant Garde prizewinner Ian Gibbins in Conversation with Laura Bianco

I was so very pleased that as a juror for FOTOGENIA festival, Mexico City this year, I selected The Life we Live is not Life Itself by Australian filmmaker Ian Gibbins and Greek poet Tasos Sagris (and produced by +the Institute for Experimental Arts, 2021) for the DELLUC Avant Garde…

Film and Video Poetry Symposium

The final of the winter festivals (I think!) is from The Film and Video Poetry Society in South Pasadena, USA. Another extraordinary festival with multiple strands, it is different in spanning a longer time frame from 1st–31st December. Looking forward to what is on offer :)

OBHEAL 26th–28th November, beautiful Cork

So, this is the fourth of the five worldwide WINTER FESTIVAL offerings! ÓBhéal’s new hybrid Winter Warmer poetry and poetry film festival is happening on the 26th–28th November in beautiful Cork. I went a few years ago when my film of Lucy English's poem Mr Sky was shown, and I would…

The Poetics of Poetry Film in FOTOGENIA – in conversation with Dr Christian Patch, 25, 11, 8pm GMT

Really LOOKING FORWARD to FOTOGENIA festival this year which runs from the 24th–27th November. There are 11 truly diverse and exceptional screenings. My film with Caleb Parkin’s visceral ecopoem I swallow will be in the first section, alongside I want to Breathe Sweet Air by Pamela Falkenberg and Jack Cochran…

FIREWASH in ZEBRA – 25-28, 11, the Urania, Berlin

The mighty ZEBRA is now in its 12th edition, and is coming up at the end of the month from the 25th to the 28th at the new location of the Urania, Berlin. I am really pleased to say my geopoetic film Firewash about a mediaeval mining ancestor has been…

I Swallow in Fotogenia, Mexico City and Absurdah, Art House Film Festival, Sheerness

  A big thank you to the judges at Fotogenia, Mexico City and Absurdah (Absurd Art House Film Festival) for selecting the poetry film of Caleb Parkin’s visceral ecopoem i swallow in their screenings. Fotogenia will be online from the 24th to the 27th of November and I will be…