The Poetics of Poetry Film

Sarah Tremlett

Description

Set to generate and influence discussions in the field for years to come, this is an encyclopaedic work on the ever-evolving genre of poetry film. It will set the benchmark for all subsequent works on the subject, being the first book of its kind. 

Poetry films are a genre of short film, usually combining the three main elements: the poem as verbal message; the moving film image and diegetic sounds; and additional non-diegetic sounds or music, which create a soundscape. This book examines the formal characteristics of the poetic in poetry film, film poetry and video poetry, particularly in relation to lyric voice and time.

Provides an introduction to the emergence and history of poetry film in a global context, defining and debating terms both philosophically and materially. Examines the formal characteristics of the poetic in poetry film, particularly in relation to lyric voice and time. Includes interviews, analysis and a rigorous and thorough investigation of the poetry film from its origins to the present. This is a very important, groundbreaking work on film poetry. The ideas discussed here are of great importance, and the diversity and breadth of the volume is especially impressive and very useful. This book brings together in one place crucial ideas and information for practitioners, students and academics, and is clearly and accessibly written. 

Including over 40 contributors and showcasing the work of an international array of practitioners, this will be an industry bible for anyone interested in poetry, digital media, filmmaking, art and creative writing, as well as poetry filmmakers.  It explores working practices, processes of collaboration and the mechanisms which make these possible. It also reveals the network of festivals disseminating and theorizing poetry film and presents a compelling bibliography.

This is the most incisive and complete analysis of filmic poetry to date. It is poised to become a major text in the field.

Essential reading for academics teaching poetry filmmaking, moving image, film, media and media poetry, writing and art. Undergraduate and postgraduate students in those fields. Great potential for textbook adoption.

Also relevant to poets, filmmakers, visual artists, graphic artists and theorists, filmmakers, screenwriters, art historians, philosophers, cultural commentators, arts journalists.

Illustrations

Foreword 

    Valerie LeBlanc

Preface xix

Introduction: Poetry, Song, Philosophy – The Combined Lyric Aesthetic 

 

PART ONE: FORM AND STRUCTURE 

1. Terminology across Time 

2. Realization and Structure 

3. Voice and Narrative 

4. Time and Mind 

5. Constructing Dynamic Spatio- Temporality 

6. Tonality, Light and Colour 

7. Sound Design 

8. Poet on Screen: Persona and Subjectivity 

 

PART TWO: ARTISTS’ VOICES 

9. Contemporary Pioneers 

    George Aguilar 

    Enzo Minarelli 

    Enzo Minarelli 

    Tom Konyves 

    Javier Robledo 

    Peter Todd 

    Valerie LeBlanc and Daniel H. Dugas 

    Stuart Pound and Rosemary Norman 

    Rosemary Norman 

    Stuart Pound 

    Heather Haley 

    Thomas Zandegiacomo del Bel 

    Zata Banks 

    Gabrielė Labanauskaitė 

    Dave Bonta 

    Alastair Cook 

    Marc Neys 

10. Making 

    Chaucer Cameron 

    Marie Craven 

    Lucy English

    Ian Gibbins

    Jane Glennie

    Suzie Hanna

    Kate Jessop

    Adeena Karasick 

    Martha McCollough 

    Matt Mullins

    Adele Myers

    Charles Olsen

    Caleb Parkin and Helmie Stil

    Helmie Stil

    Caleb Parkin

    Maciej Piatek

    Dave Richardson

    Othniel Smith

    Howard Vause

    Susanne Wiegner

11. Poetry Film and Videopoetry in Portugal and Spain: Alive and Thriving

    Charles Olsen

    Alexandre Braga

    Manuel Vilarinho

    Eduardo Yagüe

    Tarha Erena

    Alejandro Céspedes

    Celia Parra

    Jordan T. Caylor

    Belén Gache

    Santiago Parres

    Lola López- Cózar

    Agustín Fernández Mallo

    David Argüelles Redondo

    Ángel Guinda and Sándor M. Salas

12. Experimental Poetry in Argentina from the 1960s to the 1990s: Political Voice and Prefiguring the Turn to Digital Literature and Video Poetry

    Marisol Bellusci

13. Liberated Words: Developing a Poetry Film Festival and Workshops

    Butterflies Haven Workshop

        Helen Moore

        Howard Vause

 

PART THREE: SELECTED NARRATIVE FORMS

14. Collections

    John D. Scott

15. Text- on- Screen

16. Video Haiku and Video Haiga

    Katia Viscogliosi and Francis Magnenot

    Judy Kendall

17. A Documentary Approach to Poetry Film

18. Dance and Movement

    Helen Mort

19. The Ecopoetry Film

    Meriel Lland

    Janet Lees

    Janet Lees

    Helen Moore and Howard Vause

    Helen Moore

Overview

Examples of Leading Poetry Film Festivals

References

Artists and Authors Index

Sujets

• Cinéma
• Cinéma
• Cinéma
• Cinema
• Film
• ART
• Digital
• Electronic
• Poetry
• History of film
• Video

Informations

• Publié par: Intellect Books
• Date de parution: 15 octobre 2020
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9781789382709
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

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The Poetics of Poetry Film
Selfie with Marilyn , Sarah Tremlett and Heidi Seaborn, 2020.
The Poetics of Poetry Film
Film Poetry, Videopoetry, Lyric Voice, Reflection
Sarah Tremlett
with over 40 contributors
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Contents
Illustrations
Foreword
Valerie LeBlanc
Preface
Introduction: Poetry, Song, Philosophy – The Combined Lyric Aesthetic
PART ONE: FORM AND STRUCTURE
1. Terminology across Time
2. Realization and Structure
3. Voice and Narrative
4. Time and Mind
5. Constructing Dynamic Spatio-Temporality
6. Tonality, Light and Colour
7. Sound Design
8. Poet on Screen: Persona and Subjectivity
Part Two: Artists’ Voices
9. Contemporary Pioneers
George Aguilar
Enzo Minarelli
Enzo Minarelli
Tom Konyves
Javier Robledo
Peter Todd
Valerie LeBlanc and Daniel H. Dugas
Stuart Pound and Rosemary Norman
Rosemary Norman
Stuart Pound
Heather Haley
Thomas Zandegiacomo del Bel
Zata Banks
Gabrielė Labanauskaitė
Dave Bonta
Alastair Cook
Marc Neys
10. Making
Chaucer Cameron
Marie Craven
Lucy English
Ian Gibbins
Jane Glennie
Suzie Hanna
Kate Jessop
Adeena Karasick
Martha McCollough
Matt Mullins
Adele Myers
Charles Olsen
Caleb Parkin and Helmie Stil
Helmie Stil
Caleb Parkin
Maciej Piatek
Dave Richardson
Othniel Smith
Howard Vause
Susanne Wiegner
11. Poetry Film and Videopoetry in Portugal and Spain: Alive and Thriving
Charles Olsen
Alexandre Braga
Manuel Vilarinho
Eduardo Yagüe
Tarha Erena
Alejandro Céspedes
Celia Parra
Jordan T. Caylor
Belén Gache
Santiago Parres
Lola López-Cózar
Agustín Fernández Mallo
David Argüelles Redondo
Ángel Guinda and Sándor M. Salas
12. Experimental Poetry in Argentina from the 1960s to the 1990s: Political Voice and Prefiguring the Turn to Digital Literature and Video Poetry
Marisol Bellusci
13. Liberated Words: Developing a Poetry Film Festival and Workshops
Butterflies Haven Workshop
Helen Moore
Howard Vause
Part Three: Selected Narrative Forms
14. Collections
John D. Scott
15. Text-on-Screen
16. Video Haiku and Video Haiga
Katia Viscogliosi and Francis Magnenot
Judy Kendall
17. A Documentary Approach to Poetry Film
18. Dance and Movement
Helen Mort
19. The Ecopoetry Film
Meriel Lland
Janet Lees
Janet Lees
Helen Moore and Howard Vause
Helen Moore
Overview
Examples of Leading Poetry Film Festivals
References
Artists and Authors Index
Illustrations
Figure 1: Five Miles (Simple Brush Strokes on a Naked Canvas) , Marc Neys, Howie Good, 2015. Film and music copyright © Marc Neys (Swoon).
Figure 2: Anemic Cinema , Marcel Duchamp, 1926. Image copyright © DACS UK.
Figure 3: L’Étoile de Mer ( The Star Fish ), Man Ray, 1928. Image copyright © DACS UK.
Figure 4: At Land , Maya Deren, 1944. Image copyright © Tavia Ito. Courtesy of Re:Voir.
Figure 5: Cinetest/Cinetext , Jeanne Dillon, Mario Diacono, 1970. Image copyright © Mario Diacono.
Figure 6: ‘Island’ from First Screening , bpNichol, 1984. Image copyright © the estate of bpNichol.
Figure 7: Heather Haley with Thesa Pakarnyk, photo by Tom Wiebe, Visible Verse Poetry Film Festival, 2011.
Figure 8: Robin , Efrat Benzur, Yuval and Merav Nathan (Emily Dickinson), 2012. Image copyright © Yuval and Merav Nathan.
Figure 9: Jig , Adele Myers, Gaia Holmes, 2016. Image copyright © Adele Myers, 2016. All rights reserved.
Figure 10: Claire Climbs Everest , Sam Harvey, Sarah Tremlett, 2017.
Figure 11: Alle Tage , Marc Neys (Ingeborg Bachmann), 2015. Film and music copyright © Marc Neys (Swoon).
Figure 12: It Was Mine , Kajsa Naess, 2015. Image copyright © Mikrofilm AS.
Figure 13: Belles Lettres – Mirror , Kylie Hibbert (Sylvia Plath), 2005.
Figure 14: It Turns Out , Martha McCollough, 2013d.
Figure 15: Abachan , Alastair Cook, 2011. Image copyright ©Alastair Cook.
Figure 16: Landmine in a Field of Flowers , Matt Mullins, 2015.
Figure 17: Instructions to Hearing Persons Desiring a Deaf Man , Brooke Griffin, Raymond Luczak, 2014. Image copyright © Brooke Griffin, 2014.
Figure 18: ‘In a Station of the Metro’, Ezra Pound, Poetry magazine, 1913. Copyright © Faber and Faber Ltd.
Figure 19: Apples and Oranges , Daniel H. Dugas, 2016.
Figure 20: Waterworx – (A Clear Day and No Memories) , Rick Hancox, 1982.
Figure 21: People on the Bridge , Beata Pozniak, 2014. Image copyright © Beata Pozniak. All rights reserved.
Figure 22: Words , Maciej Piatek, 2012.
Figure 23: The Future Is Here , Helen Dewbery, Bianca Stone, 2016. Image copyright © Helen Dewbery.
Figure 24: Sakura Yama (桜 山) Coup de Coeur Rendez-vous du Carnet de voyage , Yves Bobie, 2014.
Figure 25: Our Bodies , Matt Mullins, 2012.
Figure 26: Mr Sky , Lucy English, Sarah Tremlett, 2018.
Figure 27: Sandpiper , John D. Scott (Elizabeth Bishop), 2011.
Figure 28: Innocent Beat , Martha McCollough, 2013.
Figure 29: Un Coup de Dés Jamais N’Abolira Le Hasard (A Throw of the Dice Will Never Abolish Chance) , Stéphane Mallarmé, 1897; translated by A. S. Kline. Copyright © 2007.
Figure 30: Death in the Morning (Water) from Flow: Big Waters , Valerie LeBlanc, Daniel H. Dugas, 2014–15.
Figure 31: Vida , Tarsem Sing Sidhu, Safar Jeet, 2016.
Figure 32: Afterlight , Timothy David Orme, 2013.
Figure 33: Kiki’s Film , Gwendolyn Audrey Foster, 2018.
Figure 34: Hallaig , Neil Kempsell, Martyn Bennett, 2011.
Figure 35: The Celebration , Ghayath Almadhoun, Marie Silkeberg, 2014.
Figure 36: Far Away and Long Ago , Lucia Sellars, 2016.
Figure 37: Beware of DOG , Tom Konyves, 2008. Image copyright © Tom Konyves.
Figure 38: Whore in the Eddy , Heather Haley, 2012.
Figure 39: I Am Nobody’s Nigger , Paris Zarcilla, Dean Atta, 2012.
Figure 40: Ruski Makeup , Mariola Brillowska, 2008.
Figure 41: Ophelia: Me Too , Sarah Tremlett, 2018.
Figure 42: Tortures , Beata Pozniak, 2017. Image copyright © Beata Pozniak. All rights reserved.
Figure 43: Selfpoem , Enzo Minarelli, 2013.
Figure 44: Mistaken Identity , Sarah Tremlett, 2005.
Figure 45: Todos esos momentos se perderan (All Those Moments Will Be Lost in Time) , Dier, 2011. Image copyright © Tom Konyves.
Figure 46: ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival, 2016. Photo copyright © Thomas Mohn.
Figure 47: Mountain City , Yingli Cai, 2016.
Figure 48: Marchant Grenu (Walking Grainy) , Francois Vogel, 2013.
Figure 49: Streamschool , Péter Vácz, 2012. Image copyright © Péter Vácz.
Figure 50: My Mum Is an Aeroplane , Yulia Aronova, Alexander Nochin, 2013.
Figure 51: Chess Queen , Gabrielė Labanauskaitė, 2013. Image copyright © Gabrielė Labanauskaitė and AVaspo.
Figure 52: Scene , Alastair Cook, 2010. Image copyright © Alastair Cook.
Figure 53: Five Miles (Simple Brush Strokes on a Naked Canvas) , Marc Neys, Howie Good, 2015. Film and music copyright © Marc Neys (Swoon).
Figure 54: The Litany of the Saints , Lucy English, Helen Dewbery, 2015.
Figure 55: Dog , Kate Jessop, 2013.
Figure 56: And the Alarm Rang , Charles Olsen, Lilián Pallares, 2013.
Figure 57: The Desktop Metaphor , Helmie Stil, Caleb Parkin, 2017. Image copyright © poetry cinema.
Figure 58: Love’s River of Errors , Dave Richardson, 2016.
Figure 59: Ann Savage and Tom Neal in Detour , Edgar G. Ulmer, 1945. Image in the public domain.
Figure 60: Just Midnight , Susanne Wiegner (Robert Lax), 2010.
Figure 61: (Ce nést pas une) Chanson d’Amour ([This Is Not a] Love Song) , Alexandre Braga, 2007. Image copyright © Alexandre Braga.
Figure 62: 4º Segundo Pliegue: El Dentro/Fuera (4th Second Section: Inside/Out ), Alejandro Céspedes, 2016.
Figure 63: Aurelia: Our Dreams Are a Second Life , Belén Gache, 2013.
Figure 64: Viento ( Wind ), David Argüelles Redondo, 2015. Image courtesy of En buen Sitio Producciones.
Figure 65: Revista Diagonal Cero (Zero Diagonal Magazine ), edition 23, 1967.
Figure 66: Bertie Bert , Butterflies Haven workshops; Helen Moore and Howard Vause, 2015.
Figure 67: In the Waiting Room , John D. Scott (Elizabeth Bishop), 2013.
Figure 68: Qué Es El Amor ( What Is Love ), Eduardo Yagüe, Lucy English, 2016.
Figure 69: Double Life in REM State , Marc Neys, Cindy St Onge, 2015. Film and music copyright © Marc Neys (Swoon).
Figure 70: Things , from Flow: Big Waters , Valerie LeBlanc, Daniel H. Dugas, 2014–15.
Figure 71: Selbstverbesserung (Self-Improvement) , Jörg Piringer, 2015. Image copyright © Jörg Piringer.
Figure 72: accidentals (recalculated) , Ian Gibbins, 2016.
Figure 73: Haiku no. 17 , Cinema Fragile, 2016. Image copyright © Cinema Fragile.
Figure 74: Murmuration , Judy Kendall, 2000.