The Metaphysical World Where I Live – Lois P. Jones in-depth interview (winning film Frame to Frames I)

An important update to this year’s edition of Frame to Frames: Your Eyes Follow ekphrastic poetry film screening and competition has been the inclusion of a memorable poem on Ana Segovia's festival painting by leading American poets Lois P. Jones and Elena K. Byrne (known for her extensive ekphrastic collection…

Marc Zegans: Dada, Cage and Burroughs – a review of Borrowed Words – cut-up poetry by Peter Wortsman

About 15 years ago now I was deeply immersed in concrete and visual poetry, dipping in and out of the Futurists, Surrealists and Dadaists and the joy of cut-ups (découpé in French). Periodically this concept enters the poetry film world as in the now famous and leading work by American…

Frame to Frames update: Lois P. Jones & Elena K. Byrne – powerful ekphrastic competition poem

Leading American poets Lois P. Jones and Elena K. Byrne have teamed up to compose an arresting ekphrastic poem on the festival painting Huapango Torero by Ana Segovia, for Frame to Frames: Your Eyes Follow ekphrastic poetry film competition this year. The event will be screened as part of FOTOGENIA…

Narratives of Climate Crisis – The British Library and MIX, Janet Lees, Csilla Toldy and Sarah Tremlett

[Notes by Sarah Tremlett on climate crisis and the aesthetics of climate change, including participant presentations from Csilla Toldy and Janet Lees (unable to attend), at MIX conference, The British Library, July 7th, 2023. Also featuring an in-depth conversation with climate activist, poet and extractive scientist John Bolland adding some…

Videopoetry Vidéopoésie pdf available here from Valerie LeBlanc and Daniel H. Dugas

Canadians Valerie LeBlanc and Daniel H. Dugas have kindly allowed me to promote the bilingual pdf of their extraordinary work Videopoetry Vidéopoésie which was published by Small Walker Press in 2020. With the advent of COVID turning our world upside down I think this powerful overview of their work (at…

Presenting in MIX: STORYTELLING IN IMMERSIVE MEDIA, The British Library

MIX conference is back, and this time at The British Library in London, on the 7th of July. Co-hosted this year by Bath Spa University and The British Library, the programme centres on leading practitioners in AR, VR, game design, interactivity, etc. It also includes  established poetry filmmakers such Jane…

Podcast on Poetry Film with Sophie Kazan

REALLY THRILLED to be invited to take part in an interview for a Spotify podcast by SOPHIE KAZAN (art historian and great podcaster) about POETRY FILM. A really interesting set of questions xx thank you so much Sophie xx Already I am getting great feedback from listeners. Really rewarding. Thank…

CUERPO TRANSPARENTE / TRANSPARENT BODY Buenos Aires online screening 23 June

INVITATION TO CUERPO TRANSPARENTE I was sent details today (Midsummer's Day, 21 June) by my good friend Sol Bellusci (you may know through VideoBardo) about an event that has really taken off in Argentina and its second event is now happening live and online. Here are the details, and please…

Presenting at Women in Word poetry film screening, Hypatia Trust, Penzance

Thrilled to be presenting at Women in Word festival as part of Hypatia Trust in Penzance this Friday, where a really strong and vital selection of poetry films will be screened. The whole weekend promises to be really memorable and is already nearly sold out, so try and get to…

Ana Segovia painting inspiration for Frame to Frames: Your Eyes Follow, Fotogenia, & Link for Entry forms

The ‘Frame to Frames: Your Eyes Follow’ II prize (£200) is judged by an independent panel of leading poetry filmmakers, and awarded by myself for ekphrastic poetry films based on paintings or other types of art. The deadline is 30 September 2023 and all rules and regulations can be found…

Poetry Film Festival of Thuringia - 19/20 - and bumper bilingual magazine

This week the International Poetry Film Festival of Thuringia 2023 (see poetryfilmtage.de) will take place in Weimar on May 19th and 20th. There will also be a chance to see the festival online through the Media Library from May 19th– 31st. Dance is the theme for this year with some…

INNOVATIVE BOOK DESIGN Rosemary Norman and Stuart Pound – the book of the film

As mentioned previously I am beginning a series on Poem & Image and related publications and so I was very happy to recently receive a really interesting book from leading poetry filmmakers Rosemary Norman and Stuart Pound. I have to say that I couldn't take a photo of the cover…