Leakage video poem published in Verity La
I’m super pleased and grateful that my video poem Leakage has been published in Verity La, as part of their Slot Machine stream.
Poetry
these days short-listed for 2019 Film Poetry Competition
“these are the days that were the days that would be the days…”
… on the road, the long way home, with chrome and flashing lights and the danger of landscapes passing all too quickly… what did we see? what did we imagine? how will it end when control is lost?
My video these days was short-listed for the 2019 Film Poetry Competition sponsored by Poetry Film Live and was shown as part of The Big Poetry Weekend in Swindon, UK, on 4th October, 2019. The shortlist of 12 was selected from over 200 international entries.
dog daze in the Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2019
My video dog daze is an official selection for screening in the Artist’s Film section of the Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2019 in York, UK, November 2019. This is one of the biggest and most diverse short film festivals around, so I’m totally amazed that my little video got it there!
Click here to see more about the Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2019.
days before dawn in StylusLit
days before dawn is a long poem that documents 4 weeks of sleepless nights… What has been going on? Why? Who is responsible? It’s now published in StylusLit along with an interactive version.
Click here to read StylusLit and click here or on the picture above to see the interactive version.
interactive & animated web poems
Web-based poems allow a unique range of options for reader to interact with the text: there can be animations, branch points, options depending on what is selected and more.
Here are some examples that Ian has made… click on the titles or links to see them.
>> preface – edge detection. The full text is published in code::art::0 and was based on a piece written for AGITATE:21C.
>> days before dawn. The full text is published in StylusLit.
Interrogation
There are two different versions of this poem:
• Survey Monkey version• WordPress version (currently inactive)
… plus you can read the full text version published here at otoliths.
>> Click here to see two animated GIF poems, The Various Contrivances by Which and Game Over (Grand Final Edition) published in otoliths.
>> Click here to see two animated GIF poems, a skeleton of desire and eclipse summer published in otoliths. The text of a skeleton of desire is published in Ian’s chapbook of the same name.
>> Click here to see Rescue, an animated GIF visual poem in otoliths.
META ´PATAPHYSICAL INTER/ACTIONS – a collaboration with Frédéric Iriarte
During our recent visit to Sweden, I did an impromptu recording session of poetry with musician / artist Frédéric Iriarte [UNIC6 Electroacoustic Universal Art Music]. Frédéric then composed and played backing tracks for the poems. This is a very different approach compared to my usual style. There also are some interesting conversations in the mix…
dog daze in SOLID AIR
Solid Air: Australian and New Zealand Spoken Word, edited by David Stavanger and Anne-Marie Te Whiu is a really fabulous, unique collection just published by UQP. I’m delighted to have the text of my video poem dog daze included in the mix.
As the promo says, “Over the past decade, Spoken Word has established itself as a central part of contemporary Australian & New Zealand poetry. For the first time ever, these voices are transported from the stage to the page, captured in print so that the spoken-word experience can be shared with a new and broader audience.
Solid Air showcases the work of more than 100 performance poets – combining elements of slam, hip-hop and experimental performance poetry – to deliver an unforgettable reading experience that is both literary and loud. Poems capture themes of modern culture, identity and resistance.”