This vitally important essay (from 2011) is long overdue on the website. It gives an in-depth account by pioneer Canadian videopoet (to use his own term) – Tom Konyves – of his rationale behind creating a manifesto for the subject. I first met Tom at the Bury Festival of Text in 2009 when he was […]
Exploring Contemplative Effects in Text-based Videopoems and Poetry Films Sarah Tremlett May 2017 (updated March 2019) extracted from the The Poetics of Poetry Film, Intellect Books and online at: Moving Poems www.movingpoems.com (June, 2017), Atticus Review https://atticusreview.org (July-Aug, 2017), Poetryfilmkanal http://www.poetryfilm.de (Aug, 2017) and PoetryFilmLive www.poetryfilmlive.com. In relation to poetry film and videopoetry my work particularly […]
MIX 2019: Experiential Storytelling – Poetry Film meets Profiling and the Panoptic Gaze
The New Generation of Poetry Filmmakers, June 2019, by Sarah Tremlett Rebecca Hilton – Suspended Up Up Up Until You Breathe Poet, fine artist and filmmaker Rebecca Hilton has recently graduated from Central Saint Martins, London, and for me, is already a leading light in the new generation of videopoets and poetry filmmakers. Her poetry […]
Looking forward to presenting a reading and poetry film Paper River, Knotted River at MIX 2019 next Tuesday and hearing the great poetry film panel speakers – especially keynote Thomas Zandegiacomo del Bel. It will also be screened in the selected British films throughout the event. Tree – Discovering Identity Through the Geopoetics of Ancestral […]
Really looking forward to The Scottish Centre for Geopoetics Conference June 14-16th at Wiston Lodge in Biggar, Scotland. Beautiful wooded location, much music, poetry (come and see Helen Moore), and deep connection with the landscape. I will be premiering an excerpt ‘Paper River’ from my ancestral poetry film novel project Tree, created from 25 years […]