Archive for category Videopoems

Written in My Dream by William Carlos Williams

This kinetic text poetry animation by Nikolaus Lesnik uses a reading by Allen Ginsberg.

The God of Sugar by Vicki Feaver

Alastair Cook‘s latest filmpoem features cinematography by James William Norton and a terrific score by Luca Nasciuti. Vicki Feaver is a highly regarded, regularly anthologized English poet with three poetry collections out.

Cioran by Peter Wullen

Peter Wullen; voice: Bart Stouten; concept, camera, editing, music: Swoon. Of all the many videopoems Swoon has put together, this may well be my favorite so far.

A Border History by Forrest Gander

Poem, music and film are all by Forrest Gander.

Subway Services by Philip Dacey

A neon animation by Jack Feldstein based on a poem by Philip Dacey.

The Last Days of the Suicide Kid by Charles Bukowski

An award-winning film by Dutch filmmaker and artist RJ (Jetze Roel van Assen).

coração (heart) by Marcelo Sahea

Brazilian poet, performer, and visual and sound artist Marcelo Sahea produced the text, did the reading and made the film with the help of some crowd-sourced footage:

During two months, some friends and interested people were invited to participate sending short clips of its naked bodies filmed by themselves with any types of cameras. Some of these images are part of the work that you will see.