~ Poet: Michael Anthony Ricciardi ~

Apocalypse Later by Michael Anthony Ricciardi

On 21 December, 2012 by Dave Bonta with 0 Comments - Author-made videopoems
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XATMw6d8DMk

A great example of remix videopoetry from before the YouTube era. Michael Anthony Ricciardi, whose YouTube channel is called Video Poetry TV, says of this piece:

An alternative perspective on ‘the end of the world’. This video poem received a ‘top ten finalist’ award at the Cin(e)-Poetry Festival XXII (San Fran, 1998). It was made with original, found, and some appropriated footage (analog). Soundtrack composed of sampled radio, original moog, acoustic guitar riffing and vocal.

A Time of Water Bountiful by Michael Anthony Ricciardi

On 25 January, 2010 by Dave Bonta with 0 Comments - Author-made videopoems
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp4LCBMpPtA

This is something I haven’t seen before: a videopoem made of almost entirely of old home movies and photos, with just a few additional Creative Commons-licenced images to fill in the gaps. As Michael Ricciardi describes it,

Experimental, narrative short (an eco-prophetic autobiography) reconstructed from my family’s Super 8mm home movies (late 1960’s) and my Dad’s photos (WWII) – this video was/is a jury-selected finalist in the 2009 H2O Film on Water Exhibition (installed at: Great River Arts Center, Bellows Falls, VT, sponsored by Orion Magazine, Water for People, and Cynthia Reeves Gallery).

Thanks to Michael for leaving a comment here and inviting me to visit his YouTube channel.