Cadence directors Chelsea Werner-Jatzke and Rana San have been running the video poetry festival (as well as associated workshops etc.) since 2018. I love their brief guiding principle ‘We approach video poetry as a literary genre presented as visual media that makes new meaning from the combination of text and moving image.’ They have also […]
A Spirited Misreading of Romances without Words / In Solitary – Larry Beckett’s translation of Paul Verlaine’s Romances sans Paroles and Cellulairement by Marc Zegans “The soul of an immortal child,” says one who has understood him better than others, Charles Morice, “that is the soul of Verlaine…especially, the unceasing renewal of impressions in the […]
Now in its ninth year, Cadence Video Poetry Festival (the brainchild of Chelsea Werner-Jatzke and Rana San) is now in full swing at the Northwest Film Forum in Seattle, USA. Celebrating National Poetry Month (in April in America), this year you can see a wide variety of genres, with live and online screenings (taking place […]
I have known the leading Australian poetry filmmaker Ian Gibbins for a number of years now, and marvelled at his skill as both an auteur poet and filmmaker, as well as his extraordinary evolution from an earlier life as a neuroscientist. However, unfortunately his work has become more and more prescient, timely and relevant. His […]
Introduction by Sarah Tremlett Immersive storytelling can be many things, but in terms of poetry film it provides a great opportunity to extend into the world of theatre and performance in a unique way, doubling the reach of the film’s capabilities and audience, and expanding how creatives work together. For example, I read a family […]
VideoBardo, with Director Javier Robledo, is a firm favourite of mine, since it was the first videopoetry festival I submitted to, way back in 2008 (and even 2006) and is one of the most experimental (with visual and verbal poetry). After showing there twice I was invited to give a talk in November 2012 at […]