Really very proud that my poetry film and poem Villanelle for Elizabeth not Ophelia is a finalist in the Absurd Art House film festival this year. Villanelle centres on suicidal relationships, and how Elizabeth Siddall a Pre-Raphaelite poet, model and wife of dominating poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti finds life mirrors art or art mirrors life as a […]
TRANAS AT THE FRINGE 2–9 July International screening of experimental films and videopoems If you can get there try to visit Tranas this year, where there are three sections, literature, film and performance arts. I have a great respect for their curations and their details are very enticing! Tranås at the Fringe is a multidisciplinary arts […]
Very pleased to say my presentation on TPOPF – voice and narrative – is part of The Digital Culture and Audiovisual Challenges conference, Corfu on the 13 and 14th May. A big thank you to the organisers of the conference which is part of the 15th Audiovisual Arts Festival there. Looking forward to watching all […]
Really pleased to introduce a new poetry film collective in Bristol. Sebastian Lewis connected me up and they are having a screening on May 5th at Strange Brew – sounds really interesting, so take a look. I won’t be able to get there as I was given Dylan Moran tickets for my birthday! So, sad […]
LYRA 2022 is fast approaching and the theme this year is Breaking Boundaries: New Worlds. On 3rd April at the historical location of the SS Great Britain (in a theatre not the ship itself!) Helen Dewbery of Elephant’s Footprint will be curating a selection of poetry films on the festival theme. Her artists are: Carolyn […]
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’ curations from literally all around […]