Poet: Robert Louis Stevenson

Cherry Tree by Robert Louis Stevenson

8 March, 2013 by Dave Bonta - 4 Comments - Posted in Videopoems
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Stevenson’s dreamy lyrics juxtaposed with footage of a woman restocking a vending machine. Emily Tumbleson notes:

Footage taken on a Canon 7D. Poem by Robert Louis Stevenson from A Child’s Garden of Verses.

I am currently exploring the relationship between desire or aspiration, childhood nostalgia, and social or cultural context.

Foreign Lands by Robert Louis Stevenson

24 June, 2011 by Dave Bonta - 5 Comments - Posted in Animation
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Update: this video is no longer online.

This seemed like a fitting follow-up to yesterday’s Ruben Dario videopoem. Ilsa Misamore made the animation, with cut-paper sculptures by Helen Musselwhite.