~ Author-made videopoems ~
you knew this by J.P. Sipilä
http://www.vimeo.com/6749663
A short piece by J.P. Sipilä, a young Finnish poet with an impressive command of filmmaking techniques.
“The wish for a garden was simple” by Tyler Flynn Dorholt
“Poem written by Tyler Flynn Dorholt with the first line ‘The wish for a garden was simple,'” says the description on Vimeo, and I’m trying to remember why that name sounds so familiar. Then I remember: we published him at qarrtsiluni last spring. Here’s his blog. Judging from the latest post, it sounds as if he’s getting into video poetry in a fairly big way.
Two Theories by Linh Dinh
Linh Dinh’s gritty, low-tech video poems are hit or miss with me; this one was a definite hit. “From the collection Borderless Bodies (Factory School 2006).”
Losing My Religion by Ren Powell
One of my favorite animated poems by Ren Powell.
Winding by Christine Swint, Jo Hemmant, and Michelle McGrane
This video poem was the result of a unique intercontinental collaboration between Christine Swint in Atlanta, Jo Hemmant in England, and Michelle McGrane in South Africa, and was published in Qarrtsiluni’s collaborative-themed issue Mutating the Signature earlier this year. Go there for the text of the poem and a detailed description of the process.
Vocab Lab by Linh Dinh
Vietnamese-American poet Linh Dinh has a number of video poems on YouTube, all of them in this rather crudely produced, grungy style. I really like “Vocab Lab” — for the poem, if not necessarily the video. But the latter does have its moments.
The Parentage of the Dix Pear by Ren Powell
Poem and animation by Ren Powell
For a higher quality version, see AnimaPoetics.
Dark Cities by Stacie M. Kiner, Jan McLaughlin and Bruce Weber
A 16mm, ten-minute-long film “based on a poem by Stacie M. Kiner, Jan McLaughlin and Bruce Weber,” directed by Edward J. Reasor and produced/written by Jan McLaughlin. For the rest of the credits, see here.
2 poemas para baños (two poems for bathrooms) by Julián Herbert
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p-QkerEWb4
Video documentation of a typographic installation in public restrooms by the Mexican poet Julián Herbert. The music is “Mind map”, by Jar G. This project forms part of the activities of a collective for visual and kinetic poetry known as El Taller de la Caballeriza.
The first poem says, “To translate is to {invent the light/arrange the voice} on the other side of the mirror.”
My Mind is Peopled with a Great Crowd by Barry Pomeroy
Poem and video by Barry Pomeroy, from the YouTube-based literary magazine Shape of a Box. The video isn’t perfect, but it’s pretty good, I think, and I want to showcase as many author-made videos here as possible. Aaron Bissell is credited with an editing role. Visit the YouTube page for the text of the poem and a short bio of the author, though a more entertaining biography may be found here:
Barry Pomeroy received his PhD. from University of Manitoba in 2000, although it would be a pity if that were his sum total. He is an itinerant English professor, boat designer and builder, traveller, carver, sometimes mechanic, woodworker, and web designer. As a writer he is responsible for Multiple Personality Disorder, a long poem in dialogue; at present he is thrashing through another novel tentatively entitled Meeting Ray, and a collection of stories loosely based on the Christian bible called A Bloody History of the Fertile Crescent.
Front Towards Enemy by Eric Gamalinda
Avant-garde videopoem by Eric Gamalinda, “constructed out of images shot randomly around new york city.”
Mommie’s Coming Back by Jan McLaughlin
Poem and video by Jan McLaughlin, who blogs at Faux Press. This was originally shot in 35mm, black and white, in 1994 — see McLaughlin’s filmography for the complete details.
It’s pretty impressive that a professional filmmaker can also write poems this good.
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