It’s not often I get to see a new videopoem for the work of a poet whose blog I’ve been reading for years. This is a poem from Juliet Wilson’s debut collection, Unthinkable Skies, from the Scottish Calder Wood Press. The film is by the indefatigible Alastair Cook, who adds that this is the “the first of a series of films with Juliet, which will be premiered at my upcoming solo show at the Drill Hall in Leith on 29th July this year: outoftheblue.org.uk“
Adrift by Juliet Wilson
June 21st, 2010 § Tagged: Video Poems, Juliet Wilson, Alastair Cook, Scotland
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Portobello by Morgan Downie
June 8th, 2010 § Tagged: Video Poems, Morgan Downie, Alastair Cook, Scotland, This Collection
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Another film by Alastair Cook for the This Collection project of 100 videopoems about Edinburgh, and his second in collaboration with Morgan Downie — the first was Scene.
La Plage by Jane McKie
May 5th, 2010 § Tagged: Video Poems, Jane McKie, Alastair Cook, Scotland, This Collection
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Another film by Alastair Cook for the This Collection project of 100 videopoems about Edinburgh. I found the soundtrack particularly effective.
Emily Melting by Gérard Rudolf
April 19th, 2010 § Tagged: Video Poems, Gérard Rudolf, Alastair Cook, South Africa
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A collaboration between Scottish filmmaker Alastair Cook and South African poet Gérard Rudolf. The poem is from his new collection Orphaned Latitudes. Cook writes, “This film is the beginning of a series of work with Gérard, and we plan to write, produce and direct a feature length film in due course.”
Niddrie by Claire Askew
April 7th, 2010 § Tagged: Video Poems, Claire Askew, Alastair Cook, Scotland, This Collection
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Another film from the This Collection project of 100 videopoems about Edinburgh. This one is by Alastair Cook. Claire Askew is one of the project coordinators, and the text of the poem is on the Vimeo page.
Scene by Morgan Downie
March 11th, 2010 § Tagged: Video Poems, Morgan Downie, Alastair Cook, Scotland, This Collection
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Strangely enough, considering the flourishing poetry scene in Scotland, this is the first Scottish videopoem I’ve posted here. It’s evidently the first of three films Alastair Cook will be making for something called this collection, which promises to deliver many more Scottish videopoems:
this collection is a collaboration between Edinburgh writers and filmmakers inspired by these poems, which aims to create a detailed picture of day-to-day life in the city, with all its foibles and issues, through the media of poetry and film.
Basically, we have gathered 100 poems by Edinburgh writers, each poem no more than 100 words long. We’re now looking to invite filmmakers, sound designers, animators who will like to get to work on creating short films based on poems of their choosing. We then intend to showcase the poems and the films together, both online and at events across the city throughout 2010-2011.
The full list of poems is included on the blog. “Scene” is one of two poems on the list by Morgan Downie.
